Category Archives: WCMY News
Downstate Small Business Stabilization grants available through Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa Businesses that qualify for Downstate Small Business Stabilization grants can apply for them through Ottawa City Hall. A city announcement says a business with up to 50 employees can get up to ...
Sep 25, 2020
UPDATED: Ottawa water main flushing pauses for a week
Update on October 1, 2020: The Ottawa Water Department has put the water main flushing program on hold until further notice. The schedule below is no longer valid. It is preserved here for archival re...
Sep 25, 2020
St. Rep. Demmer says income tax question isn't referendum on who should pay
St. Rep. Tom Demmer of Dixon says the graduated income tax amendment shouldn't be taken as a referendum on raising taxes on everyone. He believes the people want state government to cut spending. Spea...
Sep 25, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Friday, September 25
Coronavirus recoveries are again at two-thirds of the total number of cases so far in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department figures announced Friday say there were 21 new cases and 42 m...
Sep 25, 2020
Major accident on I80 between Utica and Ottawa
Update as of 11:41am: Utica, Wallace, and Ottawa fire fighters and ambulances were at the scene of a traffic crash on Interstate 80 about three miles west of the Illinois 23 Ottawa exit this morning. ...
Sep 25, 2020
Meet write-in Congressional candidate Roy Jones
Write-in Congressional candidate Roy Jones doesn't neatly fit into the Democratic or Republican boxes. Jones says he likes guns and believes in responsible gun ownership, and he thinks a $15 minimum w...
Sep 25, 2020
Local priest recalls Archbishop Myers
Archbishop John J. Myers, born in Ottawa in 1941, died in Ottawa this week at age 79 at a senior care facility where he was living. He grew up in Earlville and began seriously considering the priestho...
Sep 24, 2020
By mail and in person, voting has begun
Things got busy for LaSalle County Clerk Lori Bongartz today as early voting began. She has to sort through the ballot requests while accommodating voters showing up in person. Bongartz says some requ...
Sep 24, 2020
Local unemployment continues drop, still affects about one in 11 in the workforce
Unemployment continues dropping, according to Illinois Department of Employment Security figures announced Thursday. LaSalle County's August rate was 9.3%, down from 10.1% in July. Bureau County's was...
Sep 24, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Thursday, September 24
State coronavirus figures announced Thursday say there were 30 more fatal cases for 8,538. That's out of 281,371 cases altogether including 2,257 added Thursday. The LaSalle County Health Department s...
Sep 24, 2020