Category Archives: WCMY News

Congressional candidate Brzozowski says seeing so many people calling for change is powerful
Complaints about police brutality aren't new. But protests on such a wide scale are. Democratic Congressional candidate Dani Brzozowski thinks George Floyd's death may be the straw that broke the came...
WCMY News Jun 15, 2020

Cong. Kinzinger says National Guard airplane isn't used for spying
Cong. Adam Kinzinger says claims that the RC-26b is a spy plane used to gather information about protesters are false. The Channahon Republican says he flies the plane for the National Guard. He flew ...
WCMY News Jun 15, 2020

IVCC ag building almost done
An open house is being planned for the new Illinois Valley Community college ag building. The building is going up at an old barn site south of the main campus. College President Jerry Corcoran says t...
WCMY News Jun 14, 2020

29 more coronavirus deaths in Illinois; total now 6,289
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Health officials say an additional 29 people in Illinois have died from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,289. The Illinois Department of Public Health...
WCMY News Jun 13, 2020

Little Free Library placed at Habitat For Humanity project site
A house shaped book bin has been installed at the Habitat For Humanity home site on Ottawa's south side. The Little Free Library is in the 1200 block of Catherine just up the street from McKinley Scho...
WCMY News Jun 13, 2020

LaSalle County property owners start receiving tax bills
LaSalle County property tax bills were mailed Wednesday. Treasurer Jim Spelich says 66,137 went out. The due dates are July 15 for installment one and September 4 for installment two. But the county i...
WCMY News Jun 13, 2020

St. Rep. Yednock votes for suspending late property tax fees
St. Rep. Lance Yednock is hoping Gov. Pritzker signs a bill to grant property tax relief statewide in counties that have declared pandemic emergencies by suspending late fees. Senate Bill 685 would al...
WCMY News Jun 12, 2020

St. Rep. Lance Yednock supports bill to expand health care access
Ottawa Democrat Lance Yednock says he'll continue to look for ways to expand people's access to health care. The Illinois House member says a recently passed bill, Senate Bill 1864, expands access to ...
WCMY News Jun 12, 2020

Pandemic stops LaSalle County 4H Show and Junior Fair
Too hard to hold an event that draws thousands of people each night during pandemic restrictions, the LaSalle County Junior Fair will not happen this year. Junior Fair Board President Chuck Walter say...
WCMY News Jun 12, 2020

Another bump in involuntary manslaughter case as prosecutors opt out
The LaSalle County State’s Attorney’s Office Thursday got out of a case in which an Iowa man is accused of using excessive force by putting an Ottawa man in a choke hold that ended fatally...
WCMY News Jun 11, 2020