Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle Station gets green safety rating from NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will explain at 5pm Wednesday, June 30 why it gives LaSalle Station a good safety rating for 2020. The commission gave the nuclear power plant a green rating in its c...
Jun 28, 2021 Nuclear Regulatory Commission / CC
St. Rep. Yednock undecided on run for reelection, pleased with legislature's finish to the session
Ottawa Democrat Lance Yednock says he hasn't decided if he's going to run for reelection to the Illinois House. If he does, it'll be in a somewhat different district. Yednock says the budget is the mo...
Jun 28, 2021
Parking to be restricted for fireworks in Peru Saturday
There will be parking restrictions in Peru Saturday, July 3 for the Independence Day fireworks. You can find a complete list of the restrictions at the following link: Peru parking restrictions July 3...
Jun 28, 2021
Ottawa cuts the ribbon on canal project
The day former Ottawa Mayor Bob Eschbach has been waiting for finally came Saturday. There was a big crowd for a ribbon cutting by the Illinois and Michigan Canal tollhouse for the canal re-watering p...
Jun 28, 2021 A view of the ribbon cutting ceremony from the LaSalle St. overpass.
The University of Illinois Extension hosted a week long camp for kids to learn about different 4-H topics
The University of Illinois Extension held a camp for kids that featured creating projects from 4-H called Find Your Spark in the Park. Children from age eight to twelve went to Rotary Park in Lasalle ...
Jun 28, 2021 Alachua County / CC
IVCC starting dental hygiene program to keep those students local
In a little over two years, there'll be a dental hygiene program at Illinois Valley Community College. The time to start the program gives students applying for it time to take their prerequisite clas...
Jun 28, 2021 Jan Fidler / CC
McNabb teen gets two-year head start on college through dual credit courses
The dual credit program at Putnam County High School has enabled a McNabb teen to finish high school with a diploma and an associate's degree. Abigail Thompson went through Illinois Valley Community C...
Jun 26, 2021 IVCC provided this picture of Abigail Thompson who earned an associate's degree while earning her Putnam County High School diploma.
LaSalle County weekly report: a week without fatal COVID cases, no new cases among oldest people
LaSalle County has gone a week without any COVID-19 deaths. The county health department figures provided Friday show 12,918 cases known of altogether and 12,509 recoveries. There were 12 new cases an...
Jun 25, 2021
16th district Congressman Adam Kinzinger introduces bill that would help educate American's on cyber security
Congressman Adam Kinzinger, along with four other members of the House of Representatives has introduced a bill to create a campaign to increase knowledge on cyber security. The American Cyber Securit...
Jun 25, 2021 Richard Patterson / CC
Lasalle County Democratic Party chair calls the lawsuit filled by local GOP a misuse of taxpayer dollars
The lawsuit filed by the Lasalle County Republican Party is being called "an ongoing political circus" by the Lasalle County Democratic Party. Chair Dani Brzozowski says that it's unfortunate that the...
Jun 25, 2021