Category Archives: WCMY News
Senate subcommittee digs into coronavirus at LaSalle veterans home
Changing the hand sanitizer at the veterans home in LaSalle is one thing the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs hope helps fight coronavirus there. ID...
Nov 24, 2020
Changes made at veterans home after COVID outbreak
The veterans home in LaSalle is getting a different brand of hand sanitizer to use in the fight against the coronavirus. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs says staff are being trained again ...
Nov 24, 2020
LaSalle County COVID fatalities up to 123
Five more COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department Tuesday. That makes 123 so far. As has been the case for the most part, the latest cases affected older people f...
Nov 24, 2020
Broadband prospects to be subject of survey in Oglesby
A plan may be coming together to deliver higher speed internet to Oglesby. City Commissioner Jason Curran says there's a survey about how residents use the internet and how they'd like to use it. He h...
Nov 24, 2020
Judge and public defender Bute remembered
Former LaSalle County judge and public defender Dan Bute died Monday at age 69. He retired four years ago after being a judge for 11 years and a public defender for 18. Bute was known for telling it l...
Nov 24, 2020
LaSalle County judge to fill appellate vacancy
After almost 20 years as a judge in LaSalle County, Gene Daugherity will become an appellate judge. An Illinois Supreme Court announcement says Daugherity will fill the Robert Carter vacancy. Carter i...
Nov 24, 2020
Peru cancels Christmas parade and gift give-away
There'll be no Christmas parade or gift give-away in Peru. The City Council Monday night talked about coronavirus safety and decided there's too much risk. Both events were planned for Saturday, Decem...
Nov 23, 2020
Former judge and public defender Dan Bute dies
Former LaSalle County Judge Daniel Bute died Monday. He was 69. Bute retired in 2016 after 11 years as a judge. Before that, he was a public defender in LaSalle County for 18 years. He had developed a...
Nov 23, 2020
Bureau County crash claims Peru man's life
A head-on traffic crash in western Bureau County claimed a Peru man's life Saturday morning. State Police say 41-year old Christopher Gedraitis was driving eastbound in the Annawan area when a westbou...
Nov 23, 2020
Known coronavirus cases have reached 5% of LaSalle County
About 5% of everyone in LaSalle County is known to have had the coronavirus. The LaSalle County Health Department says 5,589 people from the county have tested positive as of Monday. Of them, 3,154 ha...
Nov 23, 2020