Category Archives: WCMY News
IDNR asks fishers to clean up after themselves
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reminding fishers to clean up after themselves. Trash left behind has become a big problem at Clinton Lake in central Illinois. Conservation Police Sgt....
Aug 29, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Saturday, August 29
LaSalle County’s cumulative coronavirus case count grew by 15 Saturday to 1,223. Recoveries and deaths held at 666 and 45, respectively. The figures come from the LaSalle County Health Departmen...
Aug 29, 2020
Streator High reports staff out of quarantine, but more students are in
Streator High School says none of its staff are quarantined anymore. But 75 of its students are. There are three in-person learning positive coronavirus cases there and one among remote learners. One ...
Aug 29, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for LaSalle County and Illinois for Friday, August 28
LaSalle County's coronavirus statistics for Friday: Twenty-six new cases make 1,208 altogether. Two more recoveries add up to 666. No additional deaths were noted, so the number remains at 45. Those f...
Aug 28, 2020
UPDATED with heroin charge: Numerous charges filed with more possible after Mendota area chase
Story update: Mendota police say a 38-year old man arrested after a car chase and then a foot chase Thursday is wanted in Oregon on heroin charges. Joshua N. Hamrick also may have stolen the car he dr...
Aug 28, 2020
One month to go and around 30% of households haven't answered the census
Across the state of Illinois, about 69% of households have answered the 2020 census. Ellisa Johnson, a regional director at the Census Bureau, says LaSalle County is at about the same level of partici...
Aug 28, 2020
Electronics recycling event Saturday--registration required
After the electronics recycling event at the Etna Rd. courthouse in Ottawa Saturday, the next one for LaSalle County will be in a little over a month. That'll be on Saturday, October 3. The Environmen...
Aug 28, 2020
Return to work reflected in dropping unemployment numbers
Unemployment numbers dropped from June to July as pandemic restrictions eased and people returned to work. LaSalle County's rate dropped from 13.5% to 10.1%. Bureau County's was 10.0% in June and 7.8%...
Aug 28, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Thursday, August 27
LaSalle County has now had 45 deaths from the coronavirus, according to the LaSalle County Health Department’s daily update on Thursday. A woman in her 80s is the latest to succumb to it. Six mo...
Aug 27, 2020
COVID and schools update: LP High School to start all remote learning; no Ottawa Elem. classes Friday
LaSalle-Peru High School is moving to all remote learning starting Tuesday. That will last until October 16. That decision is on the heels of a positive coronavirus test case there. Supt. Steven Wrobl...
Aug 27, 2020