Category Archives: WCMY News
Republican Tom Demmer defeats Wiggins with Ogle County still unreported
Republican Tom Demmer clearly defeated Democrat Seth Wiggins with 62% of the vote to Wiggin's 38% for a seat on the Illinois House of Representatives in the 90th District. Demmer received 16,300 votes...
Nov 4, 2020
Democrat Lance Yednock keeps Republican Breeden at bay
In a race that changed leads multiple times during the course of Tuesday night, incumbent Democrat Lance Yednock retained his seat on the Illinois House of Representatives for the 76th District. Yedno...
Nov 4, 2020
Republican Stephanie Jo Thompson defeats Baer in Auditor race
Republican Stephanie Jo Thompson received 56% of the vote vs. for La Salle County Auditor on Tuesday and defeated Democrat Nikki Baer who received 44%. Thompson graduated from Somonauk Baptist High Sc...
Nov 4, 2020
Democrat Todd Martin removes Donnelly from State's Attorney post
In the race for La Salle County State's Attorney, Democrat Todd L. Martin appears to have won with 52% of the vote versus Republican Karen Donnelly receiving 48%. The latest numbers are 26,215 votes a...
Nov 4, 2020
LaSalle County judges keep their jobs
Three-quarters of voters in the 13th Judicial Circuit say Gene Daugherity and Joe Hettel can keep being judges. Circuit court judges are up for retention every six years in case they aren't good judge...
Nov 4, 2020
Don Jensen hesitant to claim victory in county board chairman race
Don Jensen appears to be the winner of the LaSalle County Board Chairman's race. But he didn't want to talk about it last night because of the possibility that outstanding mail-in ballots will change ...
Nov 4, 2020
Cong. Kinzinger reelected
Republican Cong. Adam Kinzinger will return to the U.S. House. He expects to work on economic security. Kinzinger got around 65% of the votes. LaSalle Democrat Dani Brzozowski ran for the seat. She sa...
Nov 4, 2020
Record 90 new coronavirus cases for LaSalle County and 71st fatal
As deaths from COVID-19 become a daily occurrence in LaSalle County, the active case count is up to 969. The county's health department reported a 71st fatal case Tuesday. A woman in her 70s is the la...
Nov 3, 2020
Ottawa polling places are busier than ever
At one Election Poll in South Ottawa, voting has been non-stop since the doors opened today with lines out the door. Dave McClure, an Election Judge at the Lions Club on Bellevue Road in Ottawa, said:...
Nov 3, 2020
Free COVID-19 testing in Streator
A mobile testing center will do nasal swabs in Streator this weekend on people who want to know if they have COVID-19. It'll be open from 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8 at Streator C...
Nov 3, 2020