Category Archives: WCMY News
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.
IVCC proposes $34.4 million budget
Illinois Valley Community College's tentative budget for the coming school year is $34.4 million. It's up about $2.25 million dollars. The college administrators say $3 million of the spending is beca...
Jul 10, 2021
Flash floods show how well sewer improvements work
Local efforts to control sewer overflows seem to be working. Ottawa City Engineer Tom Duttlinger says he got no calls about basement backups during the heavy rains of a little over a week ago. Some pa...
Jul 10, 2021
Weekly report: LaSalle County coronavirus cases hold nearly steady, one more fatal case
The number of current coronavirus cases in LaSalle County held steady this week. The county health department's figures given Friday show 390 current cases, compared to 397 last week. There was one mo...
Jul 09, 2021
No local events for National Skinny Dip Day unless you do your own
There appear to be no local events planned for National Skinny Dip Day. The American Association for Nude Recreation says the person who operates the Marseilles based South Side Sun Club is shy about ...
Jul 09, 2021