Category Archives: WCMY News

A very smoky grass fire northwest of Wenona is blamed for a traffic pileup on Interstate 39 Saturday afternoon. State Police say cars, vans, SUV's, and a tractor trailer truck were in the crash. Their...

Early voting has begun for the April 6 consolidated election. LaSalle County Clerk Lori Bongartz says it's being done in person from 8am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday and 8am to noon on Saturdays on...

Arrangements are being made at a funeral home in Franklin, North Carolina for Art Havenhill. When he lived in Seneca in 2010, he founded a Tea Party group for LaSalle and Bureau counties. Eventually, ...

The Illinois Valley Community College therapeutic massage program has been around for 21 years. It has taught hundreds of people to be massage therapists. But those days appear to be over. The Board o...

An animal got onto the power lines on top of a pole on Ottawa's south side Friday afternoon and tripped a fuse. Fire fighters found a squirrel's body beside the pole at Marcy and Thompson streets wher...

Corn Belt Energy has cancelled its annual meeting for the second year in a row. It says the pandemic is to blame. The co-op's statement on it says the safety of its members and employees must come fir...

St. Rep. Tom Demmer says the $13.5 billion coming to Illinois from the latest coronavirus relief bill should be used carefully. $7.5 billion of that is for state government. $6 billion is for local go...

Parking rules will be enforced again in downtown Ottawa. Police Chief Brent Roalson says the moratorium will end Monday. The city hasn't been enforcing the rules for some time. There are lines to park...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger voted in favor of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021. It would require firearm transfers between unrelated and unlicensed people to be done through licensed dealers. Tha...

St. Sen. Sue Rezin says she's happy there's a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Grundy County now. But the Morris Republican says there are still a lot of questions about Gov. Pritzker's vaccine rollo...