Wolverine video footage captured east of Santiam Pass
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed an April 6 video of a wolverine crossing Hwy.…
From Our Files (April 19, 2023)
April 19, 1973 The Sweet Home Sailorettes Baton Twirling Class took home three first place awards in the…
John Kast
John Dean “JD” Kast, 69, of Sweet Home, died March 26, 2023, at home in Sweet Home with…
John Gaskey
John Ed Gaskey, 78, of Sweet Home, died April 13, 2023. He was born April 27, 1944, in…
Death Notices (April 19, 2023)
Donald Edward Hembree, 86, of Sweet Home, died April 15, 2023. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Rough week as softball team falls to league foes in three games
Sweet Home softball lost three league games last week, falling to Stayton 13-2 on Wednesday, Newport 10-5 on…
Music and Brews fest this weekend
The second Music and Brews event will be held Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, on the former Willamette…
Meeting some-bunny for Easter
Kenzlee Brown of Sweet Home interacts with the Easter Bunny at an Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the…
Commissioners updated about COG programs
Some 1,113 Linn County residents enjoyed 140,681 Meals on Wheels meals in 2022, Cascades West Council of Governments…
Montoya retires from county payroll department
Yevonne Montoya will miss many things about her 21 years in the Linn County payroll department (her last…
Update: Public Safety (April 12, 2023)
April 3 3:11 a.m. – Gilbert Alonzo Martinez, 47, was cited and released on a Sweet Home Municipal…
Three Native Cultural encampments set at county parks
Deitz Peters loves telling the stories of his people – members of the Grand Ronde tribe – passed…
County road department hiring for summer work
The Linn County Road Department is looking to fill 19 summer jobs that pay $18 per hour, according…
Youth invited to design shirts for county fair
Local youth involved in Linn County 4-H and FFA organizations are invited to submit designs for the 2023…
Document discoveries offer insights into history
High school history classes teach us about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, which drove poor families…
RV fire on Wiley Creek
A trailer and detached shed on 43786 Wiley Creek Road were severely burned during the 5 p.m. hour…
Back-to-back Hwy. 20 wrecks
A pair of crashes occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 4, within minutes and a mile of each other on…
Healthy You: County offers cooking program for mid-valley Latino families (April 12, 2023)
OSU-Extension-Linn-Benton Nutrition and Outreach Coordinator Tina Dodge gets excited when she talks about a new program she hopes…
Truck stolen in Lebanon recovered in Sweet Home after citizen spots it, gets rammed
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office recovered a stolen truck Saturday, April 1, after a good Samaritan located the…
Brownsville man arrested for 2021 burglary at Sweet Home church
Sweet Home police arrested a Brownsville man Tuesday morning, April 11, in connection with a 2021 burglary at…
Circuit Court updates
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Shenese Danielle Cobain, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Sweet Home wrestlers shine at Reno Worlds
Sweet Home Mat Club wrestlers finished with four Eagle awards at the Reno Worlds tournament, one of the…
Track and field: Lopez leads Huskies at Philomath Invite
Sweet Home’s track and field athletes got their first look at 4A competition Saturday, April 8, as they…
Prep baseball: Huskies lose at Marshfield
Sweet Home boys baseball lost 10-4 at Marshfield on April 4. Jon Holly took the loss on the…
Peggi Ann Rush
Peggi Ann Rush was born December 27, 1962 in Springfield, Oregon to Edith L. Baker and Robert W.…