Category Archives: WCMY News

Fallen power lines and an outdoor fire on Ottawa's south side were linked to a man trimming trees after sunset last night. The fire department says the man cut an electrical wire while trimming branch...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth is sponsoring a bill to outlaw imprisoning people based solely because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, and other factors for which people often face discrimination. S...

There have been several tries to eliminate a two-year waiting period for people with Huntington's Disease to get Medicare coverage and the five-month wait for them to get Social Security disability pa...

An Earlville area family is the LaSalle County Soil and Water Conservation District's Farm Family of the Year. The district says Carl Zimmerman's family was chosen because of his dedication to soil co...

The canal boat next to the toll house on the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa has its cabin back. Ottawa Canal Association President Arnie Bandstra says seven months after a tornado and derecho r...

There's already some water in the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Ottawa. Ottawa Canal Association President Arnie Bandstra expects the rest of the re-watering job to be done in two weeks. A ribbon cut...

LaSalle County Highway 5, also known as Sandy Ford Rd., will be closed at the bridge over the Vermilion River for several months starting Monday. The LaSalle County Highway Department says the closure...

Democratic Quad Cities area Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says too many business owners don't prepare for a certain part of their futures. She says when people retire or die, their businesses just close....

A man in his 70's is the latest person from LaSalle County whose death is attributed to the coronavirus. He’s the 286th case. The county's health department says there have been 11,278 cases so ...

If things go as car companies and some environmental advocates envision, filling up the car with gas won't be something most Americans do anymore in about 20 years. The task when the car runs low on f...