Category Archives: WCMY News
Unusually late due date for some Ottawa water bills
South side Ottawa residents' water bills are due today. They would have been due ten days ago, but there was a glitch in the billing system. That caused the bills for that part of the city to go out l...
Apr 15, 2020
Ottawa honors telecommunicators
During a special meeting Tuesday, the Ottawa City Council honored the people who take calls at 911 centers. Jacqueline Boyer and Emily Rubio received certificates at City Hall for their work as teleco...
Apr 14, 2020
One new COVID-19 case in LaSalle County announced; another recovery
LaSalle County Health Officials say a man in his fifties is the 23rd confirmed case in the county. Meanwhile eight people with the virus have recovered. The state announced 1,222 new cases Tuesday and...
Apr 14, 2020
OSF Healthcare has house call program for corona virus patients
Health care workers from OSF Healthcare are making house calls during the pandemic. Dr. Cliff Martin says the Pandemic Healthcare Worker Program is for people who are sick with the corona virus, but n...
Apr 14, 2020
Cannabis company hiring despite pandemic
Despite the economic downturn, PhramaCann - the company that operates the Verilife cannabis dispensary in Ottawa - is still hiring. Spokesman Jeremy Unruh says it can be harder for the company to hire...
Apr 14, 2020
Covia Corp. idling Unimin mine in Utica
The Covia Corporation says in the face of dwindling revenues right now, it has to reduce costs, so it's idling the Utica Unimin mine. It's also idling a facility in Kermit, Texas and reducing staff at...
Apr 14, 2020
Ottawa considers budget with possibility of tax revenue cuts due to shutdowns
Ottawa's city council could adopt a $47 million budget next week for the new fiscal year that starts May 1. The $47 million in spending is matched with a little over $43 million in revenue. The $3.8 m...
Apr 14, 2020
No new LaSalle County COVID-19 cases; one more recovery
The LaSalle County Health Department says another person in the county who had contracted the coronavirus has now recovered. That brings the count up to seven recoveries. There were no new cases to re...
Apr 13, 2020
County's computer problems are mostly resolved
Last week, LaSalle County Board Chairman Jim Olson estimated the ransomware problem that county government began having in late February is about 95% resolved. https://express-images.franklymedia.com/...
Apr 13, 2020
State's Attorney against outright medical release from jail
LaSalle County State's Attorney Karen Donnelly says there are mechanisms in place in the court system to help certain inmates get out of jail while awaiting trial during the COVID-19 outbreak. She fee...
Apr 13, 2020