Category Archives: WCMY News
Park closures could help their ecosystems
While some state parks stay closed, some of the living things in them may benefit from people not being around. Conservation Police Sgt. John Williamson says sometimes mushrooms do better without peop...
May 3, 2020
LaSalle veterans home has corona virus case
The Illinois Dept. of Public Health reported Saturday there is one corona virus case at the veterans home in LaSalle. The department says additional testing is underway there. The patient is a residen...
May 2, 2020
Twelve new COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County; four recoveries
The LaSalle County Health Department announced twelve new COVID-19 cases Saturday. Cases include seven men and five women with ages ranging from their twenties to their eighties. The county's total co...
May 2, 2020
Ottawa Community Garden open again
Ottawa is continuing its community garden program located by Garden's Gate on Dayton Road. Stephanie Stacy with Ottawa is Blooming says all you have to do is fill out an application. Ten by ten and te...
May 2, 2020
IVCC commencement going online
Illinois Valley Community College will hold its commencement online at 1:30 on Saturday, May 16. The ceremony will feature pictures of around 110 students expected to participate. Former Board of Trus...
May 2, 2020
Two new COVID-19 cases; four recoveries
LaSalle County is reporting two new coronavirus cases. The cases are a man in his seventies and a woman in her twenties. There are now 55 confirmed cases in the county. The Health Department on Friday...
May 1, 2020
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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 2020