Category Archives: WCMY News
COVID-19 statistics for Thursday, October 8
The state's new coronavirus case count went up by 3,059 Thursday, a one-day number that's up substantially from just a few weeks ago when new cases were less than 2,000. The Illinois Department of Pub...
Oct 08, 2020
Ottawa to install downtown wifi
Two companies have been chosen to install what the city of Ottawa needs for wireless internet in the downtown area. Mayor Dan Aussem wants to have it by December. It’s mainly for the merchants a...
Oct 08, 2020
Defendant and candidate for county prosecutor have same name
If Mendota lawyer Todd Martin wins the LaSalle County State's Attorney's race, he could have the job of prosecuting a Streator man with the same name. Streator police say a 44-year old Todd Martin tur...
Oct 08, 2020
NCAT offers free rides for early voting
NCAT buses will take people to the Etna Rd. courthouse for early voting at no charge. Call North Central Area Transit at 833-433-6228 to make an appointment. You must call at least two days in advance...
Oct 08, 2020
Marseilles to get high end RV park
Marseilles Mayor signs an annexation agreement to develop a cutting edge RV park along route 6. Marseilles Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says: When all construction is complete sometime in the summer of 2021, ...
Oct 08, 2020
Fall colors explode across Illinois state parks
The peak color season at Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Park is the second and fourth week of October. Lisa Sons, the Natural Resource Coordinator with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources...
Oct 07, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Wednesday, October 7
A woman in her 40s from Bureau County is one of 42 fatal cases the Illinois Department of Public Health tallied Wednesday. That makes 8,878 so far across the state. The state reported 2,630 new cases ...
Oct 07, 2020
Oglesby woman asks for break from pet ordinance
An Oglesby woman with about 16 cats is asking for permission to keep them all. Mayor Dominic Rivara read her letter to the City Council asking for a waiver to the ordinance that allows up to three per...
Oct 07, 2020
Expired TIF to come off Oglesby maps
A tax increment financing district in Oglesby is no more. The City Council dissolved TIF number five where the SuperValu grocery store is on the north side of Richard Moyle Highway west of Interstate ...
Oct 07, 2020
Ottawa announces trick-or-treat hours
Ottawa's trick-or-treat hours are different this year. City Commissioner Marla Rodriguez says because Halloween's on Saturday, the hours will be from 5pm to 7pm instead of 6pm to 8pm. She says people ...
Oct 07, 2020