Mendota

Downtown Mendota will be in full Christmas mode Saturday, Dec. 4.

Mendota High School competed Nov. 16 in the Junior Achievement Business Titan competition.

Family reunites to dedicate memorial bench to Veronica Blumhorst, the Mendota woman who vanished in 1990.

Family reunites to dedicate memorial bench to Veronica Blumhorst, the Mendota woman who vanished in 1990.

Mendota High School students raised $2,000 to assist Jackson Carr, who was diagnosed with leukemia several months ago, by performing jumping jacks or jumping rope for 40 minutes during their weight room class.

Mendota High School, 2300 W. Main St., will act as a free COVID-19 testing site.

Mendota High School, 2300 W. Main St., will be a free SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 community testing site beginning Friday, Nov. 19.

A Mendota man was charged with child pornography following a months-long investigation, La Salle County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

ImpactLife, formerly known as Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, will host a blood drive from noon to 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 12, in Conference Room C at OSF St. Paul Medical Center, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota.

The Human Services Transportation Plan - Region 3 - Transportation Committee (Bureau, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, Ogle and Putnam counties) is scheduled 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. at the Mendota Moose Lodge, 211 East 12th St., U.S. 34 Mendota.