Category Archives: WCMY News
Regional Economic Development C.E.O is leaving
The President and C.E.O for the North Central Illinois Economic Development Corporation is resigning. Mike Kirchoff is leaving after two years to become a Key Account Executive for Ameren. Board Chair...
Aug 2, 2021 North Central Illinois Economic Development Corporation logo
Red Cross blood drives depend on volunteer help
Some of the people you meet at a Red Cross blood drive aren't paid staffers. Regional Communications Manager Drew Brown says they are "blood donor ambassadors", greeting donors and checking them in. S...
Aug 2, 2021 Charleston's TheDigitel / CC
Lasalle County Republican Party Chairman says there is a groundswell of conservatism in Illinois
Chairman of the Lasalle County Republican Party Larry Smith says that candidates running for various elections not only believe in conservative principles, but live them. Smith says that there is a gr...
Aug 2, 2021
Some Gold Star family members to get free license plates
Parents and spouses of military members who were killed in action won't have to pay $151 for Gold Star license plates in Illinois anymore. They'll be free. Other relatives who qualify for the plates w...
Aug 1, 2021 Jonathan Cutrer / CC
IVCC VP of Business Services and Finance retires
Cheryl Roelfsema of rural Marseilles has retired from her financial oversight job Illinois Valley Community College. She was the Vice President for Business Services and Finance for the last 13 years....
Aug 1, 2021 Cheryl Roelfsema at IVCC. Photo provided by IVCC.
Health department reports another death from COVID-19, says cases are still going up
Active cases of COVID-19 keep going up in the county. The Lasalle County Health Department reports 493 active cases with 80 new cases and only 19 recoveries. There has also been another death. The hea...
Jul 31, 2021
Republican candidate wants Kinzinger expelled from House Republican Caucus
Republican candidate for Congress Jack Lombardi says that House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy should expel 16th district Representative Adam Kinzinger from the House Republican Caucus. Lombardi says ...
Jul 31, 2021
Sen. Dick Durbin says money from infrastructure bill can eliminate lead pipes in Illinois
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says If passed, money from the Build America Act of 2021 would allow many infrastructure projects to happen. Durbin says in Illinois that $89 million dollars alone would go t...
Jul 30, 2021 Brenton Cooper / CC
Aden Lamps 5k to be virtual again; raises money to prevent sudden infant deaths
For the eighth year in a row, a local woman is honoring her son with a memorial walk to raise money to prevent sudden infant deaths. Ashley Lamps has raised enough money to buy more 7,244 safe sleep s...
Jul 30, 2021 Picture of Aden Lamps from the Aden Lamps Foundation web site.
Ill. Sen. Republicans want full audit of unemployment insurance system
Illinois Republican state senators are calling for a full audit of the state's unemployment insurance program. An auditor general's report this week shows more than 4,500 people got nearly $42 million...
Jul 30, 2021 LongitudeLatitude / CC