Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa fire department helps woman out of river
The Ottawa Fire Department helped a woman get out of the Illinois River Thursday. She was in the water off Buchanan and Douglas streets. She'd been with some others who went swimming in the water, but...
Jun 26, 2020
Illinois EPA tests confirm algae bloom by Starved Rock Lock and Dam
One of two compounds found in an Illinois River water sample last week mean there is an algae bloom underway. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says the samples were taken from the north ba...
Jun 26, 2020
Hegeler Carus lawn concerts resume with pandemic admission policies
The Hegeler Carus Mansion summer concerts got started last Friday. Tonight's act is Al and Jeannie Brown, a locally known jazz group. The mansion's executive director Cindy Waddick says people going t...
Jun 26, 2020
LaSalle County reaches 200 COVID-19 cases; 145 recoveries
LaSalle County is up to 200 COVID-19 cases. The county health department announced four new cases on Thursday. The cases include two women in their twenties, a woman in her sixties, and a man in his s...
Jun 25, 2020
Mall developers eyeing housing
The owners of the Peru Mall want to develop housing there. A request to Peru City Hall for rezoning says the plan was always to build some kind of housing at the mall later in its development. Because...
Jun 25, 2020
Slight unemployment improvement from April to May
Unemployment went down locally from April to May. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the rates for LaSalle County were 18.4% in April and 15.6% in May. Bureau County's dropped from 13...
Jun 25, 2020
Mediacom handling high data use
Since the pandemic started, Mediacom has ignored the data use meters for its internet customers. People working and learning at home haven't had to worry about videoconferencing and other high demand ...
Jun 25, 2020
One new COVID-19 death; five new cases in LaSalle County
A man in his seventies is latest person from LaSalle County to die due to the COVID-19 virus. The LaSalle County Health Department says there have been seventeen deaths since the pandemic started. Fiv...
Jun 24, 2020
Ottawa City Council approves fireworks contract with one member's objection
James Less Ottawa City Commissioner James Less was the only one voting no when the City Council approved the contract for this year's Independence Day fireworks show. He says he's concerned about big ...
Jun 24, 2020
Ottawa City Hall prepares for reopening
Ottawa City Hall is preparing to reopen to the general public with some precautions still in place to minimize spreading the coronavirus. Mayor Dan Aussem says public works employees have made plastic...
Jun 24, 2020