Charles Van Horn

Mendota residents will get to hear what fellow residents would like to see in the city and provide input themselves in a pair of community summits hosted by Reimagine Mendota.

Mendota is reminding all residents that leaf pickup will continue, but leaves should be raked to the edge of the curb, not out into the roadway.

Mendota will be seeking bids for new bathrooms at Blackstone Park and Lake Mendota.

The La Salle County Veterans Assistance Commission will be offering a wish tree to get Christmas presents for those residents in the Illinois Veterans Home in La Salle.

The annual Mendota kickball contest between first responders and students took place Friday morning.

The first 5K to be held during the Celebration of Lights in La Salle will be on Sunday, Nov. 5.

In an effort to bring attention to the issue of youth homelessness, the Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley is set to host Light the Night at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1.

The American Red Cross is calling on the community to rally around a cause that truly matters: Giving blood.

Operation Elf Action, formerly known as Mendota Toys for Tots, is spreading the holiday spirit in Mendota by offering assistance to families in need.

Mendota would like to clean up the block north of the portion of Illinois Avenue that recently burned.

A fundraiser for the Ottawa Community Food Basket is set noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct 22, at the Jordan block in Ottawa.

La Salle’s Celebration of Lights returns Nov. 10 and runs through Jan. 1, 2024.

Mendota has had a rash of vehicle thefts.

La Salle’s Celebration of Lights will be back Friday, Nov. 10, and keeping with tradition, promises to be the largest drive-thru light display in the area.

A reported child abduction attempt in Mendota that was shared repeatedly on social media was determined to be unfounded.