Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa needs popcorn wagon business applicants
Ottawa City Commissioner Marla Rodriguez says for some reason it's harder this year to find someone who can run the popcorn wagon. And the summer activity season's coming quick. City Hall wants those ...
May 19, 2021 Michelle TeGrootenhuis / CC
LaSalle County coronavirus statistics: current cases down to 1,401, fatal cases at 304
A LaSalle County man in his 70's is the latest to lose his life to the coronavirus according to the LaSalle County Health Department. That brings the county to 304 fatal cases. The department figures ...
May 19, 2021
Ottawa Elementary Schools to return to regular school days this fall
The Ottawa Elementary School Board approved to return to a regular school schedule. All members including the two newest approved that schools return to regularly scheduled Instructional Days for the ...
May 19, 2021
Ottawa High aiming for outdoor graduation ceremony
Ottawa High School will try to have an outdoor graduation. That will allow the biggest audience so the graduates can have more of their relatives there to see. Supt. Mike Cushing says it'll be on the ...
May 19, 2021
The Veterans Assistance Commission will have a Veterans Expo
The Veterans Assistance Commission is going to be hosting a Veterans Expo. It's this Sunday, May 23rd at Lasalle Rotary Park in Lasalle. Superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission Steven Kre...
May 19, 2021
The Ottawa Elementary School board has two new members
The Ottawa Elementary School Board appointed two new members to the board on Tuesday. Sean Conley and Lori Kimes are the new members. Sean Conley said he decided to apply to the board because of his k...
May 19, 2021
Cong. Kinzinger to vote yes on January 6th Commission
Expect a yes vote from Cong. Adam Kinzinger on creating a "January 6th Commission". That commission would investigate the riot at the Capitol when electoral votes were being counted. Kinzinger says th...
May 19, 2021
Ottawa City Council approves contract for utility locating; union immediately files grievance
Will it save money or not is a contention over Ottawa City Hall contracting with an Indianapolis firm for water and sewer line locating services. Commissioner James Less says it won't. He says the bes...
May 18, 2021
Big attraction at Peru Mall pauses showing big attractions
The rebounding movie industry won't show anything at the Peru Mall for a while. The AMC Theater there is closed. AMC and the Peru Mall say it'll be closed until further notice for remodeling. Meanwhil...
May 18, 2021
Republicans say Democratic anti-corruption bill is too weak
Illinois St. Sen. Sue Rezin says the state has long been viewed as one of the most corrupt in the nation, but it hasn't passed any ethics reforms. A package that the state's Republicans are proposing ...
May 18, 2021 LongitudeLatitude / CC