Category Archives: WCMY News
COVID-19 counts for Thursday, August 20
One new COVID-19 related death was reported by the LaSalle County Health Department on Thursday. There has been at least one death reported every day this week. The individual was a woman in her ninet...
Aug 20, 2020
Generators kept water flowing in Ottawa during outages
Two things kept Ottawa city water flowing during the power outages last week. Emergency generators powered two wells and some water pumps. And the water is stored high in the air in towers. City Engin...
Aug 20, 2020
Seneca High opens with nearly all students attending in person
Supt. Jim Carlson at Seneca High School is delighted how well things went for the first day of school Wednesday. Seneca High is big enough to accommodate all the students every day. Things are differe...
Aug 20, 2020
Mendota woman charged with child endangerment after cooking fire
A small child left alone in a Mendota apartment last Friday is doing well after a fire inside. But a woman who allegedly left the child there is facing child endangerment charges. Mendota police arres...
Aug 19, 2020
COVID-19 figures for Wednesday, August 19
The LaSalle County Health Department says two additional people have died due to COVID-19 on Wednesday. A total of 37 people have died because of the virus in LaSalle County. The individuals are a man...
Aug 19, 2020
Power companies don't have to pay for your spoiled food after an outage, but you can ask
ComEd and Ameren say they're not required to reimburse customers for damages because of storms that cause power outages. Nevertheless, you can make a claim and see how it goes. Tens of thousands of cu...
Aug 19, 2020
Twenty-one names added to Middle East conflicts wall; ceremony will be Saturday
Twenty-one more names have been added to the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles this year. They are men and women from the American military killed in military action in that part of th...
Aug 19, 2020
Schools will share health information about students to fight COVID-19
In the effort to keep the coronavirus out of schools, the state has a policy of keeping entire sets of siblings home if any of them are sick. Supt. Cleve Threadgill talked about it before the Ottawa E...
Aug 19, 2020
COVID-19 statistics for Tuesday, August 18
One more LaSalle County resident has from the coronavirus. The county health department says the individual was a woman in her eighties. A total of 35 people have died because of the virus in the coun...
Aug 18, 2020
LaSalle County GOP chairman predicts big wins this year
While Democrats are having their virtual convention this week and aiming for a big finish in November, LaSalle County Republican Party Chairman Larry Smith believes 2020 will be good for his party. Sm...
Aug 18, 2020