Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC getting grant for adult learning program
Illinois Valley Community College's adult learning programs are about to receive a boost. The college was awarded nearly $80,000 in grant funding from the Illinois Community College Board for their Ca...
Aug 09, 2020
Ottawa getting backup internet service for police & fire telecommunicators
An internet outage that affected the Northern Illinois University I-fiber system a few weeks ago cut service temporarily to the Ottawa police and fire telecommunication center. Mayor Dan Aussem says t...
Aug 09, 2020
Ottawa mayor's family has coronavirus exposure
Ottawa Mayor Dan Aussem says several people in his family have been sickened or tested positive for the COVID-19 virus after a wedding they attended out of town. He says everyone with symptoms has mil...
Aug 08, 2020
LaSalle County COVID case count continues surge; state closing in on 200,000 cases
LaSalle County's coronavirus case count went up by 47 Saturday. New cases included five children under age 13, four teenagers, and every decade of life up to the 100s, except for no one in their 90s b...
Aug 08, 2020
Grant going to LaSalle library
A grant from the Secretary of State's office was awarded to the LaSalle Public Library. The $27,500 grant was from the state's Project Next Generation grant for 2021. PNG is a program created by Secre...
Aug 08, 2020
Ottawa businesses that serve alcohol must close at 10pm
Ottawa Mayor Dan Aussem issued an emergency order today that all businesses with liquor licenses of class B, D, E, or R must close at 10pm. Violations could lead to fines of $75 to $750 and the immedi...
Aug 08, 2020
IVCH Auxiliary announces $5k in scholarships
Five people were chosen for Illinois Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarships of $1,000 each. Hospital employees and their children who are going into health care can apply for them. Among the...
Aug 08, 2020
Grant money goes to IVCC adult learning programs
Illinois Valley Community College's adult learning programs are about to receive a boost. The college was awarded nearly $80,000 in grant funding from the Illinois Community College Board for their Ca...
Aug 08, 2020
Coronavirus cases approaching 700 so far in LaSalle County
Coming off a record-high 52 cases yesterday, LaSalle County added 25 new coronavirus cases to its count today. The county health department says the total number of cases is at 697. The people who tes...
Aug 07, 2020
No resuming restrictions for LaSalle County a week after governor's warning
Gov. Pritzker hasn't issued any orders putting pandemic related restrictions back in place after easing up on them. That's despite specific warnings to places like LaSalle County last week and the cou...
Aug 07, 2020