Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa High on all remote learning; Streator schools adjust to quarantines and possible virus exposures
While some Streator schools are dealing with possible COVID-19 exposure among staff or students, Ottawa High School is simply beginning all remote learning today. That announcement came Friday. The sc...
Aug 24, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Sunday, August 23
LaSalle County added seven COVID-19 cases Sunday. That makes 1,094 so far. There were 51 recoveries added for a total of 600. The deaths in the county attributed to the virus remain at 39. Those figur...
Aug 24, 2020
IVCH nurses appear in Huey Lewis music video
Two nurses at Illinois Valley Community Hospital are in a new video by Huey Lewis and the News. Julie Repsel and Mary Milashoski recorded video of themselves holding signs for the video two months ago...
Aug 23, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Saturday, August 22
There were as many new cases as there were recoveries in Saturday’s LaSalle County Health Department update on the coronavirus. The 18 additional cases make 1,087 so far. The same number of reco...
Aug 22, 2020
Document signing last big thing before Ottawa family moves into Habitat home
One of the last things Habitat For Humanity still needs to do for the house it built at 1206 Catherine St. is have a closing. That's the process of signing all the documents that transfer the property...
Aug 22, 2020
Lots of work ahead in Peru Mall redevelopment
The redevelopment of the Peru Mall to "The Crossroads at Peru" is not a done deal yet. A redevelopment agreement between the city and mall owner GK Real Estate is expected to be negotiated and approve...
Aug 22, 2020
Ottawa's anti-burning ordinance remains in place despite lingering storm cleanup
Ottawa fire fighters needed an hour to put out a pile of burning logs Friday night. A property owner in the 1800 block of Poplar had piled up cut up tree branches and trunks. It's illegal to burn thin...
Aug 22, 2020
Update on schools reacting to possible COVID-19 exposures
Two staff members and 18 students at Streator High have been told to quarantine because of possible coronavirus exposure. The district says two students have been confirmed to have the virus, but neit...
Aug 22, 2020
Burgoo Festival cancelled
There will be no Burgoo Festival this year. The LaSalle County Historical Society announced Friday, it has cancelled the 51st annual event. It's the latest event in this area to be affected by the pan...
Aug 22, 2020
Head of county auditors association urges voters to keep post in LaSalle County
If LaSalle County voters eliminate the elected auditor's job, they may come to regret it. That's the warning from Bob Grogan, the president of the Illinois Association of County Auditors. He says some...
Aug 22, 2020