Mendota

St. Margaret’s hospital in Peru will close at 7 a.m. Saturday, here's some answers to frequently asked questions.

Less than 48 hours before Peru’s hospital is scheduled to close, St. Margaret’s Health issued an apology Thursday afternoon to its employees and the community for how it handled announcing the closure.

Mendota High School will join the Illinois State Board of Education in the 11th statewide survey of school climate and learning conditions.

The next Region 3 - Human Services Services Transportation Plan Meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Mendota Moose Lodge at 211 E. 12th St.

The La Moille School Board met Thursday for the first time since it was informed that it was one of seven local schools that would be receiving parts of a $6.86 million federal mental health grant.

La Moille School District 303 and Arukah Institute of Healing developed and submitted a grant in October to bring mental health support and services to seven local schools in Bureau and La Salle Counties.

TacoMadre, 604 Sixth St., Mendota, announced plans to close at the end of the month.

The Illinois Critical Care Access Hospital Network recently recognized OSF St. Paul Medical Center, Mendota, for its ongoing commitment to quality of care, during a ceremony as part of ICAHN’s annual conference.

Two motorists died Tuesday night following a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 39 near Mendota.

First State Bank, Mendota, will host a special conference for area farmers.

OSF St. Paul Medical Center in Mendota has been named a 2022 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award winner by Press Ganey.

Eight students from the Mendota High School graduating class of 2023 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars.

Dollar General announced the opening of a new location Monday at 301 E. 12th St. in Mendota.

The Mendota Union Depot mural was installed Friday on the south side of the Triple Service building in Mendota. The half-scale painting of the Mendota Union Depot is 127 feet long and more than 50 feet high.

The Mendota and Troy Grove fire departments were dispatched Thursday to a wind turbine fire north of Mendota.