Category Archives: WCMY News
Drive-thru coronavirus testing resumes in LaSalle County
Drive-thru coronavirus testing is an option again in LaSalle County. The county health department had suspended the program about ten days ago. It said the lab that did the tests couldn't handle the d...
Jul 27, 2020
Illinois 251 and Interstate 80 to have highway closures this week
Illinois 251 at U.S. 6 in Peru will be closed from time to time starting today while a contractor repairs a damaged bridge beam. More extensive repairs will be done starting next Tuesday (August 4), r...
Jul 27, 2020
New cases outnumber recoveries, drop LaSalle County coronavirus recovery rate to 56%
LaSalle County's coronavirus recovery rate is slipping downward as the number of new cases outpaces the number of people who have beaten the virus. The LaSalle County Health Department reported Sunday...
Jul 27, 2020
Illinois American Water late fee and shutoff suspension to end
Illinois American Water customers will see late fees applied to their bill again soon. The August water use that customers get bills for in September will show them. This comes after the Illinois Comm...
Jul 27, 2020
Rep. Yednock alerts businesses to new deadline for Paycheck Protection Program
St. Rep. Lance Yednock (D-Ottawa) is encouraging small business owners to take advantage of the extended Paycheck Protection Program deadline. The Illinois House member says the program has the means ...
Jul 26, 2020
Coronavirus cases surge by 21 in LaSalle County
Coronavirus case numbers went up by 21 in LaSalle County in the statistics given Saturday. The LaSalle County Health Department says there have been 409 cases so far, after including another revision ...
Jul 25, 2020
Crowd at Walsh Park celebrates Unity in the Community
A common message at Saturday's Unity in the Community event at Ottawa's Walsh Park is that race relations could be better if people would get to know each other and talk about the problem. A lot of pe...
Jul 25, 2020
Coronavirus fears led to fewer ambulance calls and delays in calling
Ambulance calls were down in Ottawa for a while over the last few months. Fire Department Chief Andy Borkowski says the coronavirus is why. He was on WCMY’s Morning Mix show with Maggie Frost an...
Jul 25, 2020
Marseilles nursing home coronavirus cases are over; homes in Ottawa and Mendota have had recent cases
Two nursing homes in LaSalle County currently have COVID-19 cases, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health's weekly update on Friday. Ten cases at Heritage Health Mendota and seven at Ot...
Jul 25, 2020
IVCC students get $650k in coronavirus relief funds
More than 1,000 Illinois Valley Community College students received over $650,000 from federal CARES Act funding this month. Student Services President Mark Grzybowski says the average student receive...
Jul 25, 2020