Category Archives: WCMY News
Ottawa athlete completes running and fundraising goal
Ottawa athlete Coree Aussem-Woltering completed his more than 200 miles of running and $10,000 of fundraising yesterday. He began his Big Run for Small Business on April 1, running every street in Ott...
Apr 13, 2020
Empty shelves not sign of food shortage
LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann says there's plenty of food being produced by farmers, despite the ongoing pandemic. He says the reason you may have seen some empty shelves at stor...
Apr 13, 2020
LaSalle County up to 22 corona virus cases so far
The LaSalle County Health Department reported two more corona virus cases Sunday. The total so far is 22, including six people who have recovered and one person who died. The cases announces Sunday we...
Apr 12, 2020
Out-of-work artists encouraged to ask for relief
Artists can apply for financial help from the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund. St. Rep. Tom Demmer is encouraging all kinds of artists who are out of work because of the pandemic to apply. Grants of $1,...
Apr 12, 2020
Sen. Rezin would like state trails reopened
Gov. Pritzker said everyone could still take a walk during the shutdowns. But then the state closed popular hiking trails, such as the Illinois and Michigan Canal. St. Sen. Sue Rezin says it's frustra...
Apr 11, 2020
Peru Police Chief says don't call officers stupid for trying to save lives
Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei says his police officers aren't stupid, they're trying to save lives. Bernabei says some people have called officers stupid, either in person or on social media. That's...
Apr 11, 2020
Mediacom internet customers get a break from data overage
Mediacom had already announced it's raising its monthly data use limit for Ottawa area internet customers. Then it decided after the pandemic began that it's going to ignore data limits altogether for...
Apr 11, 2020
Three new COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County
The number of people in LaSalle County who have tested positive for coronavirus is now up to twenty. The county health department announced three new cases Friday. The cases are a man in his forties a...
Apr 10, 2020
Streator police look for hit-and-run driver who caused gas leak
Streator police would like help finding whoever fled from an attempted traffic stop, drove into another vehicle, and hit a gas line marking and caused a gas leak Thursday morning. The person was drivi...
Apr 10, 2020
Sen. Rezin's ideas to ease massive unemployment
St. Sen. Sue Rezin says no one can be sure yet just how many people are out of work because of the shutdowns during the pandemic. Close to 400,000 people have filed unemployment claims in Illinois dur...
Apr 10, 2020