From Our Files (Jan. 11, 2023)
Jan. 11, 1973 Shawn Patrick Lindley was the first baby born of the Sweet Home district this year,…
Elizabeth (Liz) VanLeeuwen
Elizabeth (Liz) VanLeeuwen, 97, passed away at home on her farm Nov. 27, 2022. Liz, the granddaughter of…
Around Town (Jan. 4, 2023)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Local dogs’ lives looking up with new park
Sweet Home’s first city dog park is open, at Northside Park. The park, located at 1780 11th Ave.,…
Corps of Engineers to hold public meeting in Sweet Home, elsewhere, to discuss plan for Willamette Valley System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold public meetings, including one in Sweet Home, to discuss its…
Oh, what a year that was: 2022 in review
January — Michelle Duncan was sworn in as Linn County’s 41st sheriff to serve out retired Sheriff Jim…
Public Safety (Jan. 4, 2023)
Dec. 26 1:29 a.m. – Shaine Alan Tyree, 20, was cited for driving with a suspended license and…
Circuit Court (Jan. 4, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Corvallis man arrested after police pursuit, shooting
A Corvallis man was arrested Monday, Jan. 2, after a gunfire-punctuated, multi-agency police chase that began near Corvallis…
Man dies in Hwy. 20 crash near Albany
An unidentified Albany man died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4, in a Hwy. 20 crash near Hyak Park, west…
Lebanon crews investigate report of fire
Lebanon Fire District personnel investigated a structure fire reported Friday evening, Jan. 7, in the 1800 block of…
LFD responds to two fires in a single day; no injuries reported
Lebanon Fire District personnel battled a pair of unrelated noninjury blazes Wednesday, Jan. 4, each separated by roughly…
Wrestling: Larger schools don’t faze Huskies at NW Duals
One thing’s sure about the Northwest Duals wrestling tournament held Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 28-29, at the Linn…
Husky boys’ struggles continue at Stayton basketball tourney
Sweet Home boys basketball was unable to get a win at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High…
Girls hoops: Sweet Home goes 1-2 at Stayton
Sweet Home girls basketball went 1-2 at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High School Dec. 28-30, first…
Girls win, boys second in hastily organized home swim meet
How fast can you put a swim meet together? Pretty quickly, it turns out, when you need a…
From Our Files (Jan. 4, 2023)
Jan. 4, 1973 A local business has been using a recycled material for several years and it might…
Leland Lowe
Leland Ray Lowe, 76, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 26, 2022. He was born June 8, 1946, to…
Deborah Alice Rowley
Deborah Alice Rowley, 69, of Sweet Home, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 14, 2022. She…
Jesse James Baugus
Jesse James Baugus, 28, of Lebanon, passed away Dec. 20, 2022. He was born June 22, 1994, in…
Death Notices (Jan. 4, 2023)
Howard Leslie Lewis, 81, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 27, 2022. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Housing for the Homeless
A Sweet Home Public Works employee moves a Quonset hut, built by Sweet Home High School students, to…
Intermodal center opens
A Dec. 15 ribbon-cutting event, seen in the first photo, celebrated the completion of the $35.5 million, 64-acre…
Commissioners get flu season update
Nearly three years of isolation and people wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic likely suppressed the severity…
Real Estate (Dec. 28, 2022)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during November/ December…