Category Archives: WCMY News

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...
WCMY News 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 ...
WCMY News 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...
WCMY News 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...
WCMY News 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...
WCMY News 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...
WCMY News 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 ...
WCMY News 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 ...
WCMY News Jun 16, 2020

Only one new COVID-19 case in LaSalle County
LaSalle County COVID-19 cases are still at 183. The health department on Tuesday added one new case, but removed another reported on Monday because the patient ended up not being from LaSalle County. ...
WCMY News Jun 16, 2020

There's still time to file old tax returns
People who didn't file tax returns as far back as 2016 still have time. IRS spokesman Michael Devine says you could be missing out on money owed to you. In 2015, Devine says more 45,000 Illinoisans - ...
WCMY News Jun 16, 2020