Category Archives: WCMY News

LaSalle County Highway Engineer Don Ernat presented six years worth of highway plans to the County Board this week. They're actually in two parts: a one year plan for things nearly certain to be done ...

Peru police are asking for help as they investigate a smash-and-grab theft at a store. Police say a man who'd been sitting in a car in the Walmart parking lot for some time went into the T-Mobile stor...

Ron Blue is filling the Streator area vacancy left when LaSalle County Board member Norman Sedlock died two months ago. The County Board approved his appointment Monday. Blue worked as a truck driver ...

St. Sen. Brian Stewart of the 45th District says the new energy bill will raise electric rates. The Freeport Republican says he would have supported just the parts that keep the Byron nuclear power pl...

Byron and Dresden Nuclear Power Plants might not be shutting down for now. The state senate Monday passed the energy bill that will keep the nuclear power plants open for another five years. St. Sen S...

Because they can't have a full marathon, the organization Run Starved Rock will have a half marathon Saturday. The organization says that anyone that registered for the marathon in 2020 is automatical...

A Michigan man accused of shooting at Oglesby police and hiding from them late last year is asking for a trial by judge. Thirty-five year old Peter D. Bergsma was arrested east of the Illinois Valley ...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger says more Republican elected officials should speak up in favor of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. He said on CBS's Face the Nation it's insane and silly that people think of...

Illinois farmland values are going up. Luke Worrell with the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers says it's an unusual year. Prices are up 20% in the first half of 2021 ...

Wednesday is the last day for schools to sign up for Adopt-a-Cow. The program run through the Midwest Dairy Council is a substitute for field trips to farms. Spokeswoman Robin Brown says a lot of teac...