Category Archives: WCMY News
LaSalle County property tax bills may be on time this year
LaSalle County government's ransomware problem is a bigger threat to getting property tax bills out on time than the pandemic. Three county offices are involved in preparing tax bills. The information...
Apr 18, 2020
Virus affects labor negotiations at Ottawa City Hall
Not being able to sit down together in the same room because of social distancing guidelines, Ottawa City Hall and the fire fighters' union have agreed to just extend a labor contract. The contract ha...
Apr 18, 2020
Two more confirmed coronavirus cases and two more recoveries in LaSalle County
Two more people have tested positive for coronavirus in LaSalle County. The health department says the cases are a man in his forties and a woman in her twenties. 28 people have tested positive for th...
Apr 17, 2020
Schools to stay closed for the rest of the semester
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered schools throughout Illinois to remain closed for the rest of the semester because of the threat of the coronavirus. Pritzker announced the action Friday d...
Apr 17, 2020
Six businesses get preliminary approval for Marseilles loan program
The Marseilles City Council earlier this week approved some applicants for a local business loan program the city is offering to help businesses get thought the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Jim Hollenbeck...
Apr 17, 2020
Nicor teaches digging safety through online games
Fire departments have taught fire safety to children for decades; now Nicor Gas is teaching gas safety to children. The company has an online digital arcade with games to teach about calling 811 to fi...
Apr 17, 2020
Local company donates meals to students and first responders
The owner of Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating says a lightbulb went on when schools started asking her to help feed students out of school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rene Ficek, who is also a dietic...
Apr 17, 2020
IVCH accepting cloth mask donations
Illinois Valley Community Hospital wasn't taking donations of homemade cloth masks before, but it is now. Spokeswoman Joan Fernandez says the hospital will hand them out to patients. Patients get to k...
Apr 16, 2020
Two new cases of COVID-19 in LaSalle County and two new recoveries announced
LaSalle County is up to 26 confirmed cases of coronavirus. The county health department on Thursday announced that a woman in her sixties and a man in his forties both tested positive for the virus. T...
Apr 16, 2020
Community Cares Coalition to help people find help of various kinds
The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation has announced the Community Cares Coalition. President and CEO Pamela Beckett says it's a pooling of resources to help people who could be in need in vari...
Apr 16, 2020