Category Archives: WCMY News
YMCA and OSF commit to community recreation center project
There's a big step forward on a long-awaited Ottawa YMCA building project. The Y and OSF Healthcare have announced a partnership to get it done. Caitlyn Parker with OSF says the hospital system and th...
May 01, 2020
No Freedom Run or Freedom Fest in Marseilles this year
Motorcyclists will not be in Marseilles on Father's Day weekend this year for the Freedom Run or Freedom Fest. Those events have been cancelled because of the pandemic. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck relayed th...
May 01, 2020
New buffalo at Buffalo Rock
A newborn buffalo is already drawing visitors at Buffalo Rock State Park. The buffalo was born Tuesday, and the park reopened Friday morning. Yellow tape alongside the fence enclosing the buffalo is m...
May 01, 2020 WCMY photo of the buffalo Cocoa and her baby at Buffalo Rock State Park in 2021
2020 a cloudier year than usual, so far
So far in 2020, anyone in Illinois who prefers sunshine or starry nights hasn't been getting a lot of enjoyable weather. Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford says four solar radiation recording sta...
May 01, 2020
Members of Congress urge support of local media outlets
16th District Cong. Adam Kinzinger, and around another 200 members of Congress, have signed a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to support local media outlets by spending federal money on ad...
May 01, 2020
Ottawa to have delayed Arbor Day event
Last Friday was Arbor Day. But the Ottawa Tree Board didn't get to have the usual tree planting at a school, because the schools are closed. Board chairman Brent Barron wants to do it in the fall with...
May 01, 2020
Three more COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County
The LaSalle County Health Department says three more people tested positive for COVID-19. The county's number of cases on Thursday was 53. The three new cases are a man in his seventies, a woman in he...
Apr 30, 2020
Five downstate Congressmen ask Gov. Pritzker to reopen Illinois by region
The five Republicans who represent parts of Illinois in Congress believe more businesses could safely reopen, although perhaps it needs to vary from one part of the state to the next. Adam Kinzinger, ...
Apr 30, 2020
St. Rep. Demmer calls for regional reopening plans
Dixon Republican St. Rep. Tom Demmer believes Illinois should reopen region by region and the governor's orders should apply only to regions that don't have plans for pandemics. Recognizing that some ...
Apr 30, 2020
Governor to consider regional reopening
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he'll consider a regional approach to reopening the state's economy. Pritzker says he want to wait until new COVID-19 case numbers start dropping. Pritzker says he needs to con...
Apr 30, 2020