From Our Files (Feb. 1, 2023)
Feb. 1, 1973 Reducing the high school student lunch time at the beginning of the semester was delayed.…
Around Town (Jan. 25, 2023)
Meals on Wheels weekly menu Meals on Wheels offers take-out lunch at the Sweet Home Community Center to…
Huskies turn in some ‘crazy swims,’ set PRs, in meet
Sweet Home hosted Cascade, Madras and Philomath Friday in a swim meet that turned out to be a…
Girls basketball: Girls suffer loss in league opener at Cascade after losing starter Mamac
Sweet Home girls basketball started off league play in the Oregon West Conference on the wrong foot last…
From Our Files (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jan. 25, 1973 A patrolman and junior high student were hospitalized following a collision of a school bus…
Opinion: GOP leader lists challenges he sees for Oregon
Editor’s note: Although we are a nonpartisan newspaper, we think this “open letter,” written by the chair of…
Public Safety (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jan. 16 9:00 a.m. – Caller reports non-injury motor vehicle crash at 2000 Main St. Report taken, damager…
Circuit Court (Jan. 25, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Noah David Colgrove, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
SHHS drama students to stage ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Sweet Home High School Theatre Department will present Midsummer Night’s Dream, a Shakespearean Comedy, on Jan. 27…
Donors replace emergency generator after outage at SHEM
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has been able to purchase a generator to provide electricity during power outages, board…
New Congresswoman Chavez-DeRemer names senior staff
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Happy Valley), recently announced her senior staff, hiring several experienced professionals to work on behalf…
Real Estate Sold (Jan. 25, 2023)
Following are Lebanon, Sweet Home and Brownsville area real estate transactions recorded with the county during December 2022.…
Sweet Home High School FFA competitors place in Lebanon
Sweet Home High School Future Farmers of America students were among placewinners in agricultural mechanics and interview competitions…
Boys open basketball league play with loss
Sweet Home boys basketball endured a tough result to start league play in the Oregon West Conference last…
Sweet Home wrestlers roll over district opponents in dual matches
Sweet Home’s wrestlers rolled to wins over Siuslaw, Stayton and North Marion last week as the Huskies had…
Cathy Beemer
Cathy Annett Beemer, 69, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 3, 2023. She was born July 29, 1953, in…
George Cooper
George Delwyn Cooper, 84, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 13, 2023. He was born Aug. 14, 1938, in…
Henry Deja
Henry Winston Deja, 67, of Sweet Home, died peacefully on Jan. 15, 2023 after a short battle with…
Death Notices (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jack Gerald Herring, 92, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 19, 2023. Viewing will be at 2 p.m. Saturday,…
Otis Arlie King
Otis “Oty” Arlie King, 98, died Jan. 21, 2023, at Evergreen Hospice in Albany. He was born Aug.…
Frances Louise McDonald
Frances Louise McDonald, 79, of Lebanon passed away Jan. 22, 2023. She was born May 31, 1943, in…
Gerold ‘Jerry’ Lee VanBrocklin
Gerold “Jerry” Lee VanBrocklin, 75, of Sweet Home passed away Jan. 12, 2023. Jerry lived most of his…
Carroll Eugene Bain
Carroll Eugene Bain, 77, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. He was born Feb. 11,…
Around Town (Jan. 18, 2023)
Final city-health focus group set The Sweet Home Health Committee, in partnership with Western University School of Health…
Huskies’ 2023 cheer competition doubles size of field
Sweet Home hosted its fourth annual cheer competition Saturday, Jan. 14, drawing a field of competitors ranging from…