Category Archives: WCMY News
IVCC preparing for online graduation ceremony
More than 100 Illinois Valley Community College students will pick up their caps and gowns this week for a virtual graduation ceremony this weekend. Associate Vice President for Student Services Mark ...
May 11, 2020
Corona virus case count: 105 in LaSalle County including 43 recoveries
The LaSalle County Health Department reports adding three cases to its tally of COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the county so far on Sunday. The total is now 105, including 43 people who’ve recove...
May 10, 2020
16th District Art Contest deadline extended
16th District Cong. Adam Kinzinger is again extending the deadline to submit work to the annual Congressional Art Contest. The new deadline will be until Monday, June 1. Work can be dropped off at the...
May 10, 2020
16th District Congressman named to China Task Force
Channahon Republican Adam Kinzinger has been selected to serve on the China Task Force Committee. Kinzinger says the committee is comprised of U.S. House members who will address threats posed by the ...
May 10, 2020
LaSalle County corona case count tops 100; fifth death reported
The LaSalle County Health Dept. says 102 people from the county have tested positive so far for the COVID-19 coronavirus. The total includes nine people reported added to the count Saturday afternoon....
May 09, 2020
No annual meeting for Corn Belt Energy co-op
Corn Belt Energy isn't having it annual meeting. It was scheduled for Friday, June 19. President and CEO Don Taylor says the co-op's critical business operations are continuing without interruption du...
May 09, 2020
Marseilles nursing home corona virus case count up to 40
The Illinois Department of Public Health says there are 40 corona virus cases at the Aperion Care home in Marseilles. One of them has died. The company and the state are updating their figures at diff...
May 09, 2020
County Board wants to cut fees for some junk drop-offs at landfill
LaSalle County Board members want Landcomp to cut the fee for taking a pickup truck load of junk to the landfill in half. The company currently charges at least $169 per pickup truck load, based on a ...
May 09, 2020
Illinois police say Iowa man not involved in 1992 Tammy Zywicki case
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Authorities in Illinois say an Iowa man charged in 1990s serial killings “does not appear to have been involved” in the unsolved 1992 slaying of a college student. T...
May 09, 2020
Corn Belt Energy to issue capital credits as bill credits
Corn Belt Energy has switched from sending checks to its co-op members to giving them bill credits for capital credits. When the co-op has money left over from capital improvements, it's paid back to ...
May 09, 2020