Category Archives: WCMY News
Recoveries outnumber new cases in newest COVID-19 report from county
Seven more COVID-19 fatalities were counted in LaSalle County Tuesday, for a total of 138. The county health department says all seven were in their 70s and up. The county added 113 new cases and 281 ...
Dec 01, 2020
Recount order imminent in contested races
A Grundy County judge is ready to order a recount in the LaSalle County State's Attorney's race and the part of the Illinois House 76th District that's in LaSalle county. The LaSalle County Republican...
Dec 01, 2020
New administrator at LaSalle County Nursing Home
Chris Csernus has left work as the administrator at the LaSalle County Nursing Home. Carrie Becker has moved up into the position. The County Board this week approved a Salary of $82,500 to start. Her...
Dec 01, 2020
Return to in-person learning a month off for Ottawa Elementary
Ottawa Elementary schools will not go back to in-person learning next week. The school board decided last night to extend remote learning another month with a target return date of January 11. Supt. C...
Dec 01, 2020
County Board's new fiscal year resolutions: pay more into pensions and self-insurance
In the new fiscal year that starts today for LaSalle County government, the county will try to pay an extra $1.5 million into retirement funds. And it will put $300,000 more into the insurance trust f...
Dec 01, 2020
Coronavirus statistics for LaSalle County now up to 131 fatal cases
Coronavirus fatalities in LaSalle County now number 131. A man in his 50's and a man in his 90's were added to the county's tally Monday. There are 2,662 active and probable cases in the county, as of...
Nov 30, 2020
Lawmakers want more answers after veterans home coronavirus outbreak
St. Sen. Sue Rezin is calling for more hearings into what went wrong to cause the coronavirus outbreak at the veterans home in LaSalle. At least 106 residents and more than 96 staff members tested pos...
Nov 30, 2020
County Clerk needs another lawyer in election dispute
By noon tomorrow, a Grundy County judge hopes to know who will represent the LaSalle County Clerk's Office in a court case over the election. The State's Attorney's Office would normally do it, but St...
Nov 30, 2020
Infant co-sleeping deaths few in LaSalle County but are still preventable
Infant co-sleeping deaths have been a bigger threat than usual in Peoria County this year. The coroner's office there reports 18 deaths so far in 2020. It's more than in 2018 and 2019 combined. LaSall...
Nov 30, 2020
Coronavirus fatality count up to 129 in LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department says the fatal coronavirus case count grew to 129 over the weekend. Two men in their 80s died of it. There are 2,629 current coronavirus cases as of Sunday. That's...
Nov 30, 2020