Category Archives: WCMY News

Ottawa City Hall is taking bids until the end of this month on extending water to Illinois 71 and Interstate 80. City Engineer Tom Duttlinger says the work is being split into two parts to get more bi...

The Pistol Shrimp collegiate baseball team's quick move from Dupage County to Peru means a lot of free baseball viewing this year. There'll be no admission charge. Mayor Scott Harl says there's not en...

There were four days between the latest two reports of fatal coronavirus cases in LaSalle County. The county's health department Tuesday reported fatal case number 279. The department says a man in hi...

Cities across Illinois are waiting to find out if they're getting grants they applied for a year or more ago. There are a lot of delays processing grant applications during the pandemic. Oglesby City ...

St. Rep. David Welter and St. Sen. Sue Rezin say they're supporting legislation that would make the state update its disease outbreak handling protocols at its veterans home. Updates were recommended ...

A new video from Cong. Adam Kinzinger in his Country 1st initiative says the Republican Party is currently about scaring people and that needs to change. Kinzinger explained on CBS's Face the Nation, ...

With estimates of around a quarter million dollars to stop leaks and paint the outside of the downtown Ottawa courthouse, one LaSalle County Board member thinks maybe it's time for a new building. Jer...

LaSalle County's next electronics recycling event will be in three more weekends on Saturday, March 20. It'll be from eight to noon that day at the courthouse on Etna Rd. Registration is required to m...

The local Habitat for Humanity Chapter is building a home for an Ottawa family who will move to Ladd. Executive Director Sally Van Cura says it'll be the first Habitat home in Ladd. Two volunteers ask...

Cong. Adam Kinzinger says there's currently more than $1 trillion in unspent coronavirus stimulus money left unspent since last year. That's one reason he voted against the new package for $1.9 trilli...