Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC offers four certificates to be a Dental Assistant
IVCC's Dental Assisting program is the only one in Illinois that offers students the Expanded Functions Certificate and that makes them more valuable and hirable. Heather Seghi, the Dental Assisting P...
Nov 18, 2020
8 new deaths from COVID 19
The deaths of six men and two women bring LaSalle County's fatal coronavirus case count to 106. The LaSalle County Health Department on Tuesday says three men in their 90s, two men in their 80s and on...
Nov 18, 2020
Downtown Ottawa wifi transmitter location chosen
First National Bank of Ottawa will host the downtown Ottawa wifi transmitter. The City Council last night put on file an agreement with the bank. The plan is to get holiday music going on speakers set...
Nov 18, 2020
Ottawa Elementary District 141 tax levy going up
The Ottawa Elementary School District will be requesting $9,849,626.00 in real estate taxes for the schools next year. The amount is a 3.47 increase from last year and since that is not over 5%, it wi...
Nov 17, 2020
Delinquent Tax Sale will be postponed due to Covid-19
Mitigations regarding rising COVID 19 infections locally mean La Salle County has decided to postpone the Delinquent Tax Sale until further notice. Because of the postponement, La Salle County will co...
Nov 17, 2020
Oglesby water tower work done
Oglesby's water tower has been drained and recoated. City Commissioner Jason Curran says it's being refilled this week. After water is sampled and it tests okay, the tower will be back in service. The...
Nov 17, 2020
Mitigations regarding rising COVID 19 infections locally mean La Salle County has decided to postpone the Delinquent Tax Sale until further notice. Because of the postponement, La Salle County will co...
Nov 17, 2020
Ottawa High to ask for $13.4 million in tax levy
Property owners in the Ottawa High School district will be asked to pay $13,414,000 in real estate taxes to the school next year. The school board plans to adopt the levy request on December 14th. Sup...
Nov 17, 2020
Sports not in the near future plan at Ottawa High
Ottawa High School Supt. Mike Cushing hopes the Illinois High School Association delays basketball season to February or March. Some other sports can start this week. But for now, they're not at OHS. ...
Nov 17, 2020
LaSalle County lives lost to coronavirus now number 98
The deaths of three men bring LaSalle County's fatal coronavirus case count to 98. Monday's report from the LaSalle County Health Department says a man in his 60s and two men in their 80s are the late...
Nov 16, 2020