Mendota News

Daryl L. Ecklund, 87, of LaMoille died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Colonial Hall Care Center in Princeton.

Trustee Paula Endress of Earlville stepped down from the Illinois Valley Community College board on June 25.

The police report does not include every crime in a community. In some cases, no police report is filed, and sometimes police withhold information on pending investigations.

The La Salle County Medical Society has named the two recipients of its special education scholarship fund for this year, Gregory Jereb of Utica and Niket Nathani of Mendota.

Barbara Schultz, outreach worker for Mendota Area Senior Services, will be at the Adams Township Building in Leland from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, and at the Earlville Public Library from 1 to 3 p.m. Anyone older than 60 who needs assistance with Medicare paperwork is invited.

Provided by La Salle County Farm Bureau DOUG STOCKLEY, Earlville - Crops look good and are responding well to the warm weather and rain showers.

The Bureau County Health Department makes routine and unannounced visits each month to various food service establishments in Bureau and Putnam counties to inspect the operations.

A crafters market place, as well as a flea market, again will be featured at Mendota's annual Sweet Corn Festival.

An Ottawa woman, convicted of participation in a 1998 murder, was in a La Salle County courtroom Friday, to formally hear that she must remain in Department of Correction's custody until her fall release.

A 23-year-old Mendota woman was arrested Tuesday on a heroin charge. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested Danielle Miller, 23, 310 3850th Road, on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony.

The Human Services Transportation Plan - Region 3 - Transportation Committee will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the Mendota Civic Center at 1901 Tom Merwin Drive in Mendota.

Just a week removed from Gov.Arnold Schwarzeneggera s visit to the Valley, where he vowed to take the water issue to President Obama, members of the state's Department of Food and Agriculture met in Mendota to speak with city and county officials to discuss the impact of the drought on communities in the Central Valley.The California State Board ...

A car accident at 1:59 p.m. Sunday at State and Glover streets is being reconstructed and investigated.

Wild West legend James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, a native son of La Salle County, will be honored in his hometown of Troy Grove on Saturday, June 27.

DIXON – DeKalb County is on the cusp of approving a major wind turbine project it would share with Lee County, with DeKalb housing the majority of the turbines – and possibly the majority of landowner benefits.

Gloria Votava, executive director of the Marseilles Public Library, told the board at this month's meeting the library received a $5,631.62 Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grant for 2009.

Madison Menzel of the Main Street Dance Academy White Sox no-hit host Spring Valley II Wednesday, 3-2. She recorded 17 strikeouts out of the possible 18 outs and walked four.

Uncle Sam will spend millions of dollars to try to succeed where many parents fail - getting kids to eat their fruits and veggies.

Sunset Ridge MX in northern Bureau County will come to life this weekend with some of the best youth motorcross racing in the country for the North Central Youth Regional Championship qualifier.

The proud owner of a vintage Farmall farm tractor fastens a carrier onto the drawbar as he prepares for Sunday's parade through the village of Channahon.