Category Archives: WCMY News

St. Rep. David Welter doesn't think Democrats will have fairness in mind when the General Assembly meets for a redistricting redo next week. The Morris Republican says they knew they were defeated tho...

While it doesn't look like anything's being done at the state level to keep the Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants open, some people feel something will happen. St. Rep. David Welter says it may c...

Interviews will be starting next week at Illinois Valley Community College to look for someone to fill the open position on the board of trustees. Former trustee David Mallery of Hennepin resigned bac...

Mediacom Communications Senior Director Phyllis Peters says parts of Boone, Bureau, Henry, LaSalle, Livingston, McHenry, and Mercer counties were affected by the internet outage when a crew setting ut...

Ottawa City Council members will talk about food trucks and noise at a workshop meeting Thursday afternoon, August 26 at 5pm. Since it's a workshop meeting, the discussion can be freeform. But the cou...

Ralph Coyle of rural Marseilles says he's taking a non-partisan approach to examining what's wrong with elections. He's starting an organization called Safeguard Our Vote to look into possible changes...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger thinks the coming closures of the Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants are enough of an emergency for Pres. Biden to use emergency powers to prevent them. Kinzinger says seven p...

LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss says Jason Martin is his new Undersheriff and David Ortiz is his new Chief Deputy. Diss says the two have a combined 42 years of service as LaSalle County deputies. Ma...

A homeowner in Marseilles smelled smoke and opened the door to the garage to find it out was on fire. Mayor and Deputy Chief Jim Hollenbeck says the fire department arrived at the home at 675 Oak Cour...

Carelessly throwing away burning cigarettes or matches caused a fire in Streator Sunday afternoon. The Streator Fire Department says neighbors noticed thick black smoke coming from the back of the hou...