Category Archives: WCMY News
American Association of University Women is looking for volunteers
American Association of University Women Chapter President Olivia Romine says the Ottawa chapter only has seven women left. She says the organization is accepting volunteers. Romine says they have to ...
Sep 06, 2021 Book Catalog / CC
School resource officer program supported in Ottawa
Ottawa's police department is supplying three school resource officers. Police Chief Brent Roalson says there wasn't much for them to do in the schools during the pandemic shutdown. Those shutdowns al...
Sep 06, 2021
IVCC offers tutoring for high school students
Free tutoring is available for high school students through Illinois Valley Community College. It's available from 3pm to 7pm on Mondays on the Oglesby campus and from 3pm to 7pm on Wednesdays at the ...
Sep 05, 2021 Upward Bound Edison State College / CC
IVCC students get scholarships for cannabis production certificates
Twenty-one Illinois Valley Community College students got $1,000 scholarships for the cannabis production certificate program this fall. IVCC says money for it came from a $100,000 gift. NuEra, which ...
Sep 05, 2021
Body found in Illinois River
Searchers removed a body from the Illinois River near Peru this morning. The LaSalle County Coroner's Office says it could take days or weeks to identify the person. The body was on the south river ba...
Sep 04, 2021
No easing of traffic restrictions in construction zones in this area for the holiday
In some parts of the state, highway construction zones lane limits will ease up for the holiday weekend. Not around here. The Illinois Department of Transportation says there will still be lane reduct...
Sep 04, 2021
ICU's nearly full, LaSalle County nears 14,000 coronavirus cases so far
LaSalle County is back to the orange warning level for COVID-19, according to Friday's LaSalle County Health Department report. The department says four of every five intensive care unit beds in this ...
Sep 03, 2021
Man passes out at Etna Rd. Courthouse courtroom
A man passed out Friday in Judge H. Chris Ryan's courtroom. Courthouse staff called 911. The man was taken out of the courtroom by ambulance. Judge Ryan moved everyone into Judge Cynthia Raccuglia's c...
Sep 03, 2021
Peer jury not getting as many cases during the pandemic
The number of cases going to the Ottawa peer jury since the pandemic began is way down. A normal year might see 80 to 100 cases of kids who've broken the law but whose cases are diverted to an alterna...
Sep 03, 2021
IVCC names former Mendota City Council member to open seat
William "Bill" Hunt will fill the opening on the Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees. The board chose him last night and he'll take the seat next Thursday. Hunt lives in Oglesby now. H...
Sep 03, 2021