Category Archives: WCMY News
COVID-19 statistics for Sunday, October 4
LaSalle County is up to 1,836 coronavirus cases so far with 1,306 recoveries and 57 fatalities. The health department's numbers Sunday say there were 16 new cases and 17 more recoveries. The recovery ...
Oct 5, 2020
Ottawa Chamber director reports well on nine months in the post
A pandemic closing so many businesses down might have been a hard time for anyone to become a new director at an established Chamber of Commerce. But Jeff Hettrick, who's been the director in Ottawa s...
Oct 5, 2020
LaSalle County Health Department offers high-dose flu shots for ages 65 and up
The high-dose influenza vaccine for people age 65 and up is available at the LaSalle County Health Department. The department is offering the high-dose clinic this Tuesday afternoon, October 6 by appo...
Oct 3, 2020
State tops 300k cases in COVID-19 statistics for Saturday, October 3
Coronavirus cases in Illinois went up by 2,442 in Saturday’s report to 300,088 total so far. It doesn’t say how many cases are still active or how many people have recovered. Thirty-one fa...
Oct 3, 2020
Seneca man charged with sexually assaulting elderly woman
A 23-year old Seneca man is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a 72-year old woman in her home. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Deparment says that happened...
Oct 3, 2020
Lincoln School letter tells of COVID-19 case
Parents of Lincoln school kids in Ottawa are being told there's a COVID-19 case at the school. The letter issued Friday says everyone who may have been in close contact with the person who has it has ...
Oct 3, 2020
Telephones are back to normal at OPD
Telephones are working normally at the Ottawa police station again. They were out for about 20 minutes overnight. 911 calls weren't affected, but anyone calling for non-emergency reasons was asked to ...
Oct 3, 2020
Union Depot Railway Museum not just for travelers
Amtrak operates two trains per day with stops at Mendota. Mike Cerveny with the Union Depot Railroad Museum in Mendota explains: Each day at 9:00AM and 7:30PM you can catch trains in Mendota going bot...
Oct 3, 2020
Judge says no to bond reduction in chase case
For 38-year old Joshua N. Hamrick to get out of jail, he must post 10% of the $20,000 bail already set for him in an aggravated fleeing and eluding case. He asked Judge H. Chris Ryan to lower his bond...
Oct 2, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Friday, October 2
The state is closing in on 300,000 coronavirus cases. The Illinois Department of Public Health figures given Friday say there have been 297,646 cases including 2,206 added Friday. Fatal cases number 8...
Oct 2, 2020