Category Archives: WCMY News
Canal in Ottawa is being drained to deal with problems
Water is being drained from the newly re-watered section of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa. That's to kill the algae and figure out what to do about the leak that caused water to get onto t...
Jul 13, 2021 The re-watered part of the Illinois and Michigan Canal wasn't supposed to look swampy, but it did in 2021.
Some parents object to mask requirement at Ottawa High
The rules for the return to classrooms will probably still be subject to change frequently when the school year starts. An audience at the Ottawa High School Board meeting tonight asked that there be ...
Jul 12, 2021
Veterans Assistance Commission will have a new building to provide mental health options
The Veterans Assistance Commission of Lasalle County is packing up and moving to Peru. A building the county board is going to help the commission rent is south of the Veterans Assistance Clinic in La...
Jul 12, 2021
County Board says no to private family cemetery
Most LaSalle County Board members don't think it's a good idea to allow private family cemeteries anymore. Such cemeteries are all over LaSalle County. Many are no longer cared for by the families tha...
Jul 12, 2021 Herry Lawford / CC
Cong. Kinzinger says Afghanistan should have been handled differently
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says in retrospect, he thinks the war in Afghanistan should have been fought differently. He says he would want to make sure the Taliban are expelled. On CNN's State of the Union,...
Jul 12, 2021
Cong. Kinzinger says Republican lawmakers need to speak the truth
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says Republican lawmakers need to speak the truth to their constituents. He says the party will crumble if it clings to the notion that Black Lives Matter and Antifa led the Janua...
Jul 12, 2021
Illinois Valley Community College is looking to fill David Mallery's open position
Illinois Valley Community College is looking for applications for the open position on the board of trustees. The person chosen would be filling a two year vacancy left by David Mallery who resigned b...
Jul 12, 2021
I&M canal boat tours are back for the summer
President of the Canal Corridor Association Ana Koval says the I&M Canal boat is a great starting place for exploring the I&M Canal National Heritage Area. Tours are available on Fridays, Saturdays, a...
Jul 12, 2021 Provided picture of the Volunteer replica canal boat in LaSalle.
Summer work season is underway in Ottawa
Ottawa's summer help is on the job. Some are painting fire hydrants. Others could do landscape work outside city buildings and at the parks. And some early morning, there'll be bright new lines painte...
Jul 11, 2021 Sydney Partridge and Maddy Poulaki painted this west side fire hydrant in Ottawa Friday, July 9.
County parks vote was as big as frack sand mining and keeping the nursing home open
Some LaSalle County Board members say keeping the county's parks open was one of the biggest issues they have ever decided. Arratta Znaniecki of Ottawa says she heard from no one who wanted to close C...
Jul 11, 2021 WCMY file photo of a LaSalle County Board meeting. In this one in June 2021, people who wanted LaSalle County's parks to stay open showed up to make their feelings known.