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MENDOTA – A Mendota man was taken to a Rockford Hospital via helicopter after a two vehicle crash on Saturday.  Around 12:30 PM Mendota Fire and EMS were called to the intersection of 8th Avenue and 2nd Street.  A northbound vehicle driven by 56-year old Salvador Tinajero collided with a

SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is alerting citizens of a home repair scam in the area. According to authorities, last Thursday there was an incident involving driveway seal-coating by individuals who allegedly approached a victim at their residence offering to do the

SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is alerting citizens of a home repair scam in the area. According to authorities, last Thursday there was an incident involving driveway seal-coating by individuals who allegedly approached a victim at their residence offering to do the

    The Illinois 4-H Foundation annually recognizes 4-H volunteers for exemplary service. This year, 80 new members were inducted into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame during a celebration Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. “These volunteers fully embody what

The Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program, in partnership with Case IH and University of Illinois Extension, will conduct a field day at the campus farm along the west side of Orlando Smith Road from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 18. The field day is open to the public and

UTICA – The driver escaped injury but the vehicle was a total loss after a fire along I-80 Friday night.   Just before 10 PM Utica and Wallace Fire Departments were called to the westbound lanes near mile marker 85 where they found a pickup fully engulfed.    The pickup was towed from

MENDOTA – The Mendota Education Association took an “intent to strike” vote on Thursday. According to officials, the vote was met with a 97% approval of the membership. If a deal is not reached by October 16, the teachers will go on strike. The items that are still on the table for

    The Illinois 4-H Foundation annually recognizes 4-H volunteers for exemplary service. This year, 80 new members were inducted into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame during a celebration Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. “These volunteers fully embody what

The Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program, in partnership with Case IH and University of Illinois Extension, will conduct a field day at the campus farm along the west side of Orlando Smith Road from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 18. The field day is open to the public and

TRIUMPH – Property owners in rural LaSalle County near Triumph have begun discovering a number of dead fish in area streams on Thursday.   A few dead fish could be spotted from bridges in and around Ophir township.     A neighbor of rural Mendota resident Bob Johnson asked him Thursday