MENDOTA – The very popular Crafters Market Place and Flea Market will again be featured at Mendota's 77th Annual Sweet Corn Festival. 

SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a recent decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

MENDOTA – The Mendota Area YMCA has seen a lot of Cheryl Stewart and Mariah Ambler over the last few years.

MENDOTA – Jodi Manning isn’t new to the Mendota Golf Club since she’s been a bartender or the bar manager since 2001.

MENDOTA – Mendota High School participated in the Junior Achievement Titan (JA Titan) competition on April 10 virtually. MHS competed against area high schools and both Mendota teams qualified to compete on April 18 at Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa, for scholarship monies. 

MENDOTA — The City of Mendota invites community members to come learn about volunteer opportunities.

MENDOTA – The Mendota varsity girls’ soccer team cruised to a 3-0 victory over DePue/Hall on April 25 at the MHS field.

Dixon nipped Mendota, 3-2, in varsity boys’ tennis action on April 23 at Dixon

MANLIUS – Mendota’s boys’ and girls’ track teams both took third place in the Bureau Valley Co-ed Invitational on April 22 at Manlius.

MENDOTA – Steven Charles "Grizz" Lemmer, 69, of Mendota, passed away on April 27, 2024.

MENDOTA – Mary Corinne “Renny” Tweddell Miller, passed away April 27, 2024, at the age of 101.

MENDOTA – Willis D. Vietz, 85, of Mendota, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2024, at OSF Saint Paul Medical Center, Mendota.