Category Archives: WCMY News
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
Court case document explains why State's Attorney's Office got out of involuntary manslaughter case
LaSalle County State's Attorney Karen Donnelly and others on her staff could end up testifying for the defense in the involuntary manslaughter case against 45-year old Mason Shannon of Iowa. The State...
Jun 17, 2020
IDOC says all COVID-19 cases at Sheridan have recovered
Over the last few months, Sheridan Correctional Center has had 26 coronavirus cases. Eight cases were staff members and eighteen were inmates. Now, the Illinois Department of Corrections says that all...
Jun 17, 2020 Sheridan Correctional Center
LaSalle Pool to open
The City of LaSalle's pool will open this summer, although there's no exact date yet. Mayor Jeff Grove says it will depend on when the state reaches stage four of the governor's reopening plan. He say...
Jun 17, 2020
Auditor candidate announces breast cancer diagnosis, tells women to get mammograms
Nikki Baer, who is running for auditor in LaSalle County, announced yesterday that she has breast cancer. She's encouraging women to have mammograms because that's how her cancer was found and early d...
Jun 17, 2020
Uncertainty ahead for Ottawa Grade School District
Among the many unknowns of the coronavirus pandemic is what school will look like in the fall. Ottawa Grade School Supt. Cleve Threadgill told the board of education on Tuesday that even if the state ...
Jun 16, 2020
Ottawa may ban alley pickup of residential garbage
If you live in Ottawa and take your garbage out to the alley for pickup, you might soon have to change. An ordinance the City Council put on file Tuesday night would require residential pickup on the ...
Jun 16, 2020