Category Archives: WCMY News
Marseilles street plans include realignments in heavily traveled areas
Story by Michael McKenna NuCor Tubular of Marseilles could get the old Broadway Street and drivers would get a brand new US 6. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck announced Wednesday night that NuCor is offering the...
Sep 08, 2020
Illinois House candidate believes graduated income tax risks higher taxes on everyone
Republican state representative candidate Travis Breeden thinks approving a graduated income tax in Illinois would be a disaster. The question is going before the state's voters in the upcoming electi...
Sep 08, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Monday, September 7: state tops 250k cases
The state of Illinois coronavirus case count has topped a quarter million. As of Monday, the Illinois Department of Public Health says 250,961 people in the state have tested positive for the virus. M...
Sep 08, 2020
Ottawa water main flushing schedule for Sep. 15 to 18
The Ottawa water department will flush water mains over a five week period starting next Tuesday. The purpose is to clear water mains of sediment and loose corrosion. The city workers also look for fi...
Sep 07, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Sunday, September 6
The LaSalle County Health Department says there have been exactly 1,400 coronavirus cases in the county so far. That's with 26 cases added yesterday. There were 21 more recoveries for 797. And the num...
Sep 07, 2020
Donations still wanted for Ottawa canal project
As the Ottawa canal re-watering project gets into the homestretch, the city is still looking for donations to cover the nearly $900,000 cost. Grants, donations, and military reserve training have cove...
Sep 07, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Saturday, September 5
With 20 new cases and 16 more recoveries, LaSalle County is at 1,376 coronavirus cases so far and 776 recoveries. The LaSalle County Health Department reported no additional deaths Saturday. They rema...
Sep 05, 2020
Former ComEd official charged in federal bribery probe
CHICAGO (AP) - A former ComEd vice president has been charged with bribery conspiracy, the first criminal charge tied to a federal probe that has implicated House Speaker Michael Madigan. The Chicago ...
Sep 05, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Friday: state case surge actually due to catching up on backlog
The Illinois Department of Public Health says it has caught up on a backlog in its tally of coronavirus cases. So the number surged by 5,368 Friday for 245,371 in all. Twenty-nine more people have die...
Sep 04, 2020
Tree damage cleanup continues after last month's wind storm
Tree services are likely to be busy cleaning up from last month's derecho for a few weeks yet. Ottawa Tree Board Chairman Brent Barron asks everyone to look up at their own trees to make sure there's ...
Sep 04, 2020