Category Archives: WCMY News
Riverfront development still snagged by deed restrictions
Ottawa has run into a snag in its riverfront development plan. The plan looks forward to hotels, an amphitheater, and a marina along the north side of the Illinois River where Central School used to b...
Jun 19, 2020
Ottawa will have fireworks in 2020
Raising money for it hasn't been easy this year, but there will be a fireworks show in Ottawa. Larry Johnson from Ottawa First said on WCMY's Morning Meeting Friday it'll be the night of Saturday, Jul...
Jun 19, 2020
Body found in creek in Sheridan
The name of a man whose body was found in Sheridan Thursday hasn't been made public yet. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Department says the body was found in Somonauk Creek around 1:20pm. Authorities di...
Jun 19, 2020
More than half of LaSalle County voters will get mail-in ballot applications
Whether new laws that Gov. Pritzker signed achieve a massive expansion of mail-in voting will depend on how many people want to vote that way this fall. LaSalle County Clerk Lori Bongartz says voters ...
Jun 19, 2020
Fact check: mail-in ballot expansion does not require just one in-person polling place per county
If you've been told that voting in person this fall means voting in just one polling place for the entire county, you've been told wrong. The new laws Gov. Pritzker signed require there to be one plac...
Jun 19, 2020
Five new COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department says there are five new COVID-19 cases. The county's total is at 188. New cases include a teen, a woman in her twenties, a woman in her forties, a woman in her fif...
Jun 18, 2020
Drive-through COVID-19 testing available from LaSalle County Health Department
The LaSalle County Health Department had its first day of drive-through COVID-19 testing on Wednesday at the Emergency Management Agency Building at the Etna Road government complex in Ottawa. Health ...
Jun 18, 2020
Marseilles updates natural hazard plan
Marseilles Mayor Jim Hollenbeck says every few years the city looks at how it deals with a number of problems brought on by weather. The city council discussed it Wednesday. Hollenbeck says one recomm...
Jun 18, 2020
Congressional candidate Brzozowski says don't sweep aside environmental regulations
Congressional candidate Dani Brzozowski doesn't believe easing environmental regulations for business development is a winning policy. The LaSalle Democrat says it's short-sighted and everyone will en...
Jun 18, 2020
No new LaSalle County coronavirus cases; ten recoveries
The LaSalle County coronavirus case count is still at 183. The health department said Wednesday that there are no new cases to report but there are ten more recoveries. The total number of recoveries ...
Jun 17, 2020