Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC Foundation helps 325 students
Illinois Valley Community College students got $330,000 in scholarship money from the IVCC Foundation this fall. That helps 325 students. The foundation says there's a growing demand for help. It pays...
Nov 13, 2020
Attorney claims governor has no authority to issue executive orders
A lawyer who spoke to business owners at a meeting in Ottawa last night says Gov. Pritzker's executive orders on the coronavirus are invalid. Thomas Devore explained his rationale, arguing the governo...
Nov 13, 2020
Ottawa Elementary going to remote learning
Ottawa Elementary School students will have the day off Monday while teachers plan for three weeks of remote learning. The school district says 40 employees were off work because of the coronavirus ye...
Nov 13, 2020
Seneca resident's property tax rate to go down
The Seneca High School District expects their budget to go down next year because about 1 million in debt is coming off their Accounts Payable books and that means lower property taxes. Superintendent...
Nov 12, 2020
LaSalle County up to 89 fatal coronavirus cases
The LaSalle County Health Department says two more people have died of COVID-19. A man in his 80s and a man in his 90s succumbed, according to the daily report given Thursday. That makes 89 deaths att...
Nov 12, 2020
St. Sen. Rezin says COVID-19 is why the legislature needs to hold hearings
St. Sen. Sue Rezin says the coronavirus outbreak at the veterans home is one big reason why the state legislature needs to have hearings. The legislature hasn't met since earlier this year and few com...
Nov 12, 2020
St. Sen. Rezin wants investigation of corona case explosion at veterans home
St. Sen. Sue Rezin wants state officials to get to the bottom of the coronavirus case explosion at the veterans home in LaSalle. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs says 81 residents and 88 em...
Nov 12, 2020
New Festival Of Lights plan in place to collect toys and books
There will be no Festival of Lights Parade this year due to COVID 19. The Sunrise Rotary Toy and Book Float will be at Washington Park on November 28th and at the Farm and Fleet parking lot on Decembe...
Nov 11, 2020 WCMY file photo of the holiday lights in Ottawa's Washington park in 2017
LaSalle County coronavirus count so far tops 4,000
The number of known and probable coronavirus cases so far in LaSalle County has topped 4,000. That's about one in every 27 people in the county. As of Wednesday, there are 1,755 cases considered activ...
Nov 11, 2020
Oglesby American Legion commemorates Veterans Day
A scaled back ceremony due to the pandemic took place in Memorial Park in Oglesby Wednesday morning to honor Veterans Day. Oglesby American Legion Commander, Robert Blum said it was the...: A firing s...
Nov 11, 2020