Utilities and Services

Electricity
Commonwealth Edison

Natural gas
Nicor Gas

Telephone
Verizon

Cellular phone service
• Cingular
• Illinois Valley Cellular
• Nextel
• Verizon

Local Internet service
• Comcast
• Verizon

For more information on Mendota utilities

Media

The Mendota Reporter (weekly)
703 Illinois Avenue
Phone (815) 539-9396

The News-Tribune (daily)
900 Washington Street
Phone (815) 539-5200 Fax (815) 539-6086

WGLC
4162 East Third Road
Phone (815) 539-6751

Comcast Cable
816 Illinois Avenue
Phone (815) 538-6426 or (800) 824-6041
• Standard and digital cable television
• Cable modem internet access
• Dial-up internet access

Library

Graves-Hume Public Library
1401 West Main Street
Phone (815) 538-5142
The Graves-Hume Public Library, with over 28,000 volumes and an annual circulation of 46,000, is a newly constructed library with modern technology and access to major libraries nationwide.

Churches

• 12 denominations
• 14 Churches

Hospitality & Banquet Facilities

Comfort Inn
1307 Kailash Drive
Phone (815) 538-3355

Super 8 Motel
2601 E. 12th Road
Phone(815) 539-7429

Lord Stockings Bed & Breakfast
803 Third Avenue
Phone (815) 539-7905

Mendota Civic Center
1901 Tom Merwin Drive
Phone (815) 539-3411
• Banquet facilities seating up to 450

Transport

Proximity to both Chicago airports, O'Hare and Midway, as well as to the Greater Rockford Area Airport make air transportation a ready alternative.

• Illinois Valley Regional (15 miles, 24 kilometers)
• Greater Rockford (55 miles, 88 kilometers)
• Chicago's Midway (75 miles 120, kilometers)
• Chicago's O'Hare (75 miles, 120, kilometers)

The Mendota Amtrak station is a train station located at 783 Main Street (map), Mendota, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. schedule

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Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Retirement Facilities

Mendota Community Hospital
1315 Memorial Drive
Phone (815) 539-7461
Fax (815) 538-5516
• A modern, 57 bed, comprehensive community health/medical care center. Over 10 outpatient specialty clinics, home healthcare and a new skilled care unit are only a few of the many services offered.
• Physicians: 14

Heritage Manor Nursing Home
1201 First Avenue
Phone (815) 539-6745

Mendota Lutheran Home
500 Sixth Street
Phone (815) 539-7439

Stonecroft Village Retirement Home
1700 Burlington Street
Phone (815)538-5300

Education

Mendota High School District #280
2300 W. Main St .
Phone (815) 539-7446
Website

Mendota Elementary District #289

Northbrook Middle School
1804 Guiles Avenue
Phone (815) 539-6237

Blackstone Elementary School
1309 Jefferson Street
Phone (815) 539-6888

Lincoln Elementary School
805 Fourth Avenue
Phone (815) 538-6226

Northbrook Elementary School
1804 Guiles Avenue
Phone (815) 539-6237

Holy Cross Catholic School
1010 Jefferson Street
Phone (815) 539-7003
K through 8

Illinois Valley Christian School
104 6th Ave.
Phone (815) 539-3944

Holy Cross Preschool
807 Michigan Avenue
Phone (815) 539-6435

Mendota Headstart Preschool
900 Monroe Street
Phone (815) 538-3026

Illinois Valley Community College
815 North Orlando Smith Avenue
Oglesby, IL 61348
Phone: (815) 224-2720
Website

Area 4 Year Colleges and Universities

• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (45 mi 72 km)
• Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal (75 miles, 120 kilometers)
• Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington-Normal (75 miles, 120 kilometers)
• Rockford College, Rockford (55 miles, 88 kilometers)
• Bradley University, Peoria (80 miles, 128 kilometers)
• Illinois Central College, East Peoria (80 miles, 128 kilometers)
• Midstate College, Peoria (80 miles, 128 kilometers)
• North Central College, Naperville (40 miles, 64 kilometers)