Utilities and Services

Electricity
Commonwealth Edison
www.comed.com

Natural gas
Nicor Gas
1-888-NICOR4U
www.nicorgas.com

Telephone
Frontier  
www.frontierinternet.com

For more information on Mendota utilities

Media

The Mendota Reporter (weekly)
703 Illinois Avenue
Phone (815) 539-9396
www.mendotareporter.com

Shaw Media
426 2nd St, La Salle IL, 61301
Phone (815) 223-3200

Studstill Media
3905 Progress Blvd. Peru, IL 61354
815-224-2100 advertising@studstillmedia.com 

Comcast Cable
Phone (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. https://graveshume.org

Churches

• 12 denominations
• 14 Churches

Hospitality & Banquet Facilities

Quality Inn & Suites
1307 Kailash Drive
Phone (815) 538-3355

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

Mendota Civic Center
1901 Tom Merwin Drive
Phone (815) 539-3411
• Banquet facilities seating up to 350
www.mendotaciviccenter.com

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

MASS – Mendota Area Senior Services
located in the Feik Parlor of the Mendota Civic Center
1901 Tom Merwin Drive
Phone (815) 539-7700
www.MendotaAreaSeniorServices.org

OSF St. Paul Medical
25 bed facility located at
1401 East 12th Street
Phone (815) 539-7461
Fax (815) 538-5516
www.mendotahospital.org

Heritage Health
1201 First Avenue
Phone (815) 539-6745
www.heritageofcare.com/mendota

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

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
www.mendota289.org

Blackstone Elementary School
1309 Jefferson Street
Phone (815) 539-6888
www.mendota289.org

Lincoln Elementary School
805 Fourth Avenue
Phone (815) 538-6226
www.mendota289.org

Northbrook Elementary School
1804 Guiles Avenue
Phone (815) 539-6237
www.mendota289.org

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

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)  www.niu.edu
• Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal (75 miles, 120 kilometers) illinoisstate.edu
• Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington-Normal (75 miles, 120 kilometers)
• Rockford University, Rockford (55 miles, 88 kilometers) www.rockford.edu
• Bradley University, Peoria (80 miles, 128 kilometers) www.bradley.edu
• Illinois Central College, East Peoria (80 miles, 128 kilometers) www.icc.edu
• Midstate College, Peoria (80 miles, 128 kilometers) www.midstate.edu
• North Central College, Naperville (40 miles, 64 kilometers) northcentralcollege.edu