Category Archives: WCMY News
Mayor out with coronavirus
Ottawa Mayor Dan Aussem started feeling sick yesterday and took a COVID-19 test today. He tested positive for it. He won't be at City Hall for ten days while he overcomes the virus. An announcement fr...
Nov 10, 2020
Ottawa Police say child's death not from foul play
Police looking into a child's death in Ottawa Sunday night don't believe it happened because of a criminal act. A statement issued Tuesday afternoon says a preliminary investigation points away from f...
Nov 10, 2020
Click it or ticket enforcement results in
21 drivers not wearing their seat belt were issued citations by District 17 Illinois State Police during October. That's the result of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols held in LaSalle County. Ex...
Nov 10, 2020
Oglesby American Legion commemorates Veterans Day
Veterans Day will be commemorated Wednesday starting with a parade down Clark Street in Oglesby about 10:30am from the American Legion to Memorial Park. At exactly 11:11am American Legion members will...
Nov 10, 2020
St. Margaret's Hospital and IVCH allowed to join forces
St. Margaret's Hospital and Illinois Valley Community Hospital are starting a slow integration process. The state is allowing a partnership in which they'll become St. Margaret's Health Spring Valley ...
Nov 10, 2020
Streator school stands by their COVID protocols
Dr. Lisa Parker, District 44 Superintendent, says two weeks ago a student at Kimes Elementary tested positive for the coronavirus and the instructor who taught the student, but didn’t come withi...
Nov 09, 2020
Senator Sue Rezin picked as deputy leader
Illinois State Senator Sue Rezin says she is very proud of how many of her colleagues in the Illinois House of Representatives hung on to their seats this Election Day. Senator Sue Rezin says: Rezin c...
Nov 09, 2020
Five fatal cases, 158 new confirmations in county's latest corona count
Five more coronavirus deaths and 158 new cases were reported in LaSalle County Monday. Those are records for one day. The number of known or probable active COVID-19 cases is 1,558. The figures are su...
Nov 09, 2020
Authorities look into child's death in Ottawa
Ottawa police are looking into what happened to a child on the south side Sunday night. The child died after a call for an ambulance around eight o'clock. The child had been reported to be unconscious...
Nov 09, 2020
LaSalle County deputies to do Christmas For Kids with a change
The LaSalle County Sheriff's deputies Christmas for Kids will be different this year. Deputy Felicia Rasmussen says deputies won't be able to take kids to stores, but the program is going on. Deputies...
Nov 09, 2020