Category Archives: WCMY News
COVID-19 statistics for Monday, October 12
LaSalle County's first coronavirus related death in two weeks was reported by the LaSalle County Health Department over the weekend. The person was a man in his 80s and he was the 58th to succumb to i...
Oct 12, 2020
Sen. Durbin tells of heart defect patient's plight at Supreme Court nomination hearing
Sen. Dick Durbin believes Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is all about eliminating Pres. Obama's health care law. When the Judiciary Committee hearing started Monday, Du...
Oct 12, 2020
Volunteers wanted for 4H
The effort to change an old notion about 4H continues as recruiting has moved online. Youth Development Educator Beth Dellatori is emphasizing that 4H is not just for kids growing up on farms. Dellato...
Oct 12, 2020
Crashes near Ottawa and Seneca claim lives
A one-car crash claimed a life southwest of Ottawa Saturday afternoon. Twenty-three year old Katherine Farrahi of Lockport was in the car. LaSalle County deputies say she was on Fosse Rd. when her car...
Oct 12, 2020
IVCC contracts with identity theft protection firm
Illinois Valley Community College is preparing to offer consumer identity theft monitoring to students and staff affected by a data breach earlier this year. Hackers got into IVCC's computers six mont...
Oct 12, 2020
NCAT parking lot to be redone
Parking lot work could be done in the next few months at the NCAT building. North Central Area Transit operates out of a building on Chessie Lane in Ottawa. Ottawa City Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut ...
Oct 11, 2020
It's a matter of public health that you get vaccinated for the flu
This year's flu vaccine should be almost 80% effective. That is according to: Dr. Paulo Aranas, a board-certified family medicine physician with Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers. Dr. Paulo says:...
Oct 10, 2020
Peru library parking lot resurfacing to start
A contractor is scheduled to start resurfacing the Peru Public Library parking lot Monday. Access to the lot may be blocked, so people are advised to park on the streets near the library. During the n...
Oct 10, 2020
Plan ahead and see fall colors at state parks
Majestic bluffs and canyons at Starved Rock take a backseat to an amazing fall color burst this weekend. Lisa Sons, the Natural Resource Coordinator at Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Park and the ...
Oct 09, 2020
Crash claims Ottawa teen's life
An Ottawa teen died in a traffic crash east of Grand Ridge Thursday. LaSalle County Coroner William Wujek says 17-year old Marisol A. Green was one of the drivers. Several vehicles were involved in th...
Oct 09, 2020