Category Archives: WCMY News

An April trial date has been set for the man accused of shooting at two Oglesby police officers on December 29. Thirty-five year old Peter D. Bergsma of Grand Rapids, Michigan is charged with aggravat...

St. Rep. Tom Demmer of Dixon says the new state legislature needs to work on pandemic relief. As for the new House Speaker, Demmer says he looks forward to working with people on the other side of the...

Morris Republican St. Rep. David Welter has priorities he hopes the General Assembly focuses on in the new session. He says the state needs pandemic relief. And he says the financial problems arenR...

LaSalle County State's Attorney Todd Martin is organizing his department a little differently than past prosecutors. Instead of one first assistant, he has two deputy chiefs. One’s in charge of ...

Part of the Oglesby electric rate study is done. City Commissioner Jason Curran thinks some businesses should get a rate cut. He says the city's profit margin in the small commercial category is 15.5%...

A man in his 90's is the 248th person from LaSalle County to succumb to the coronavirus, according to the county health department. He was the only person added to the county's tally Thursday. Just a ...

LaSalle County mobile home tax bills were mailed Wednesday. The Treasurer's Office says the payment due date is April 1. Penalties for paying late start the next day at $25. Payments can be made by ch...

Republican Cong. Adam Kinzinger says he didn't vote to impeach Pres. Trump to win any favors. He says he knows some Republicans aren't going to support him anymore. Some of his relatives signed a lett...

All of this area's state lawmakers voted against a police reform bill that has passed the General Assembly. In the House, Lance Yednock, Tom Demmer, and David Welter voted against it. And in the Senat...

There are 2,987 active and probable coronavirus cases in LaSalle County, according to the figures the county health department provided Wednesday. New cases outnumbered recoveries 90 to 61. The depart...