🌱 A closer look at Mendota’s police pension funding gap

Hi there, Mendota! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• A closer look at Mendota’s police pension funding gap
• Mendota athletes earn a strong showing in conference honors

Also on today's calendar: Mendota City Council Meeting @ Mendota Police Department and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A couple of showers; cooler, with a high of 55 and low of 39 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 46, low: 31.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 44 and low of 28 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Mendota police retirees paid $1.4 million into their pension fund and have collected an estimated $6.2 million (illinoisvalleytimes.com) — Mendota’s police pension fund is 66% funded, with $4.7 million in promised benefits not covered by assets, according to a state valuation cited in a new analysis. The report estimates that 14 retirees collected $6.2 million through April 2025, compared with $1.4 million in employee contributions during their careers.
   

• La Salle-Peru's Aubrey Duttlinger named co-Interstate 8 MVP: NewsTribune/BCR sports briefs (shawlocal.com) — Mendota’s Cesar Casas and Abel Nanez earned unanimous All-Three Rivers Conference selections, with Daniel Garcia and Isaac Diaz joining them on the first team. Other Mendota honorees included second-team picks Omar Nanez, Illan Garcia and Mariyah Elam, while Cruz Chavez, Eva Beetz and Zariah Escatel received honorable mentions.
   

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📸 Around Mendota

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mendota

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 14

• Coffee Barn Shop Small Saturday Pop up Shop Series →
  Coffee Barn, 701 Illinois Avenue, Mendota
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Monday November 16

• Mendota City Council Meeting @ Mendota Police Department →
  Mendota Police Department, Mendota

Wednesday November 18

• Mendota Moose Bingo Night →
  800 Washington Street, Mendota

Thursday November 19

• Mendota Rotary Club Thursday Meeting →
  800 Washington Street, Mendota

Saturday November 21

• Karaoke Nights with Charles Van Horn! →
  800 Washington Street, Mendota

Wednesday November 25

• Mendota Moose Bingo Night →
  800 Washington Street, Mendota

Monday December 7

• Mendota City Council Meeting @ Mendota Police Department →
  Mendota Police Department, Mendota

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📣 Mendota Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• 8th Grade Girls Basketball JTC Tournament
  Indian Creek Middle School, 335 E Garfield St, Waterman
  4:30 pm

Friday November 13

• FFA 3 French Hens Craft Show
  Earlville CUSD 9 Earlville, IL 60518

Saturday November 14

• JH Boys Basketball @ Holy CrossTourney
  Holy Cross, 1008 Jefferson St, Mendota
  9:00 am

Monday November 16

• Blood Drive
  Earlville CUSD 9 Earlville, IL 60518

Wednesday November 18

• NB 6/7/8BBB (H) vs. Dimmick
  Mendota CCSD 289, 1804 Guiles Ave, Mendota
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• KFC posted a job opening for ShiftSupervisor in Mendota. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Peru. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mendota here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Peru

• Sherman's in Peru celebrates rebrand as Store + Outlet (shawlocal.com)
• Carbondale cruises to first quarterfinal berth in 34 years (kfvs12.com)
• How Untreated Hearing Loss Can Affect Memory and Brain Health (shawlocal.com)

Oglesby

• Some Illinois community colleges are losing students. Others are bucking the trend (shawlocal.com)

Ottawa

• Downtown Ottawa briefly told to shelter-in-place Sunday as police arrest shooting suspect (shawlocal.com)
• See all residential properties sold in La Salle County, Oct. 26-Nov. 1 (shawlocal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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