MENDOTA – The Mendota City Council increased the number of video gaming licenses allowed in the city and approved several ordinances and requests at its April 15 regular meeting.

MENDOTA – Lake Kakusha became a little richer on Sunday, April 14.

BLOOMINGTON – The first week of April was cold, windy and wet but the start to planting season is still on the radar for Illinois farmers.

OGLESBY – Jill Wohrley of Mendota is the winner of Illinois Valley Community College’s Connie Dzierzynski Skerston Memorial Award for Support Staff Distinguished Service.

PERU – The highly anticipated Carus Summer Science Camp returns for its 22nd year, promising an engaging and educational experience for young minds.

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College recognized Thomas J. McCormack Scholars and other academic honorees at its annual Student Academic Awards Ceremony April 3. 

A late-inning rally propelled the Mendota varsity softball team to a 9-8 win over Hall in Three Rivers Conference action on April 9 at Spring Valley.

SPRING VALLEY – The Mendota track teams traveled to Spring Valley to participate in the Hall Rollie Morris Invitational on April 13.

Hall and Mendota played a baseball game over two days that went to the Red Devils, 6-1, at the MHS field. The game was started on April 11 and was halted by rain, then finished on April 12.

MENDOTA – Barbara A. Guilfoyle, 74, of Mendota, passed away April 10, 2024, at Allure of Mendota.

MENDOTA – Elaine Rose (Williams) Cain, 97, of Mendota, passed away on April 1, 2024, at Stonecroft Village in Mendota.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. – DeLois (Dee) Ann Gallisath, 95, passed away on April 2, 2024, in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla., after a life well-lived.