Category Archives: WCMY News

Steps taken to prevent online disruptions of Peru city meetings
Some on the Peru City Council found it amusing when a prankster said obnoxious things over Zoom during last week's city council meeting. People who could hear everything clearly at home and see the X-...
WCMY News Feb 12, 2021

Local Habitat for Humanity ReStore fundraising campaign is underway
The local Habitat for Humanity chapter is starting Habitat Re-store, where people can buy building materials and furniture. The store's stock will come from store overstocks, slightly damaged goods, a...
WCMY News Feb 12, 2021

IHSA has tournament this week in chess
Sports competitions are getting most of the attention, but the Illinois High School Association is having a chess tournament this week. Coach Eric Czerwin with the Illinois Chess Coaches Association s...
WCMY News Feb 11, 2021

St. Rep. Demmer says new House rules are mostly the old rules
With a 70 to 44 vote, the Illinois House approved its operating rules yesterday. Republicans are criticizing them as mostly the same old rules. St. Rep. Tom Demmer of Dixon says shell bills are still ...
WCMY News Feb 11, 2021

Starved Rock Regional Center announces 2021 ambassador
This year's Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development ambassador is five-year old Devyn Yanko. He goes to Lincoln School in Ottawa and likes talking about Godzilla, landmarks, veh...
WCMY News Feb 11, 2021

Electrical problem leads to fire in attic in Ottawa
The Ottawa Fire Department says an electrical problem led to a fire in the 700 block of Sherwood Ave. yesterday morning. The fire fighters went into the attic to tear into the space the smoke was comi...
WCMY News Feb 11, 2021

LaSalle County tallies 268th coronavirus death
The number of people losing their lives to COVID-19 every day in LaSalle County remains lower than it was just a couple months ago. But it has become a daily occurrence again. The LaSalle County Healt...
WCMY News Feb 10, 2021

Ground shift could be threatening county jail
Some LaSalle County officials are worried about the ground shifting outside the county jail. In the last three years, the ground by the women's jail pod has been drying up, so the soil pack has been s...
WCMY News Feb 10, 2021

Bipartisan call to keep northern Illinois federal prosecutor
There are Democrats and Republicans who want Pres. Biden to change his mind about firing U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois John Lausch. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth want Lausch to stay on t...
WCMY News Feb 10, 2021

Cong. Kinzinger not interested in leaving Republican Party
Against the pressure of Donald Trump supporters who say Adam Kinzinger isn't a real Republican, the Congressman assures everyone he is a conservative. He says his Country 1st initiative is to get the ...
WCMY News Feb 09, 2021
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