Around Town Feb. 3, 2021
OSU lecture series focus is disasters The annual Starker Lecture Series at Oregon State University will this year focus on…
Public Safety Log Feb. 3, 2021
Jan. 25 3:37 a.m. – Micaela Gabrielle Horning, 27, cited and released on a Douglas County warrant for…
Frank Gates
July 11, 1926 – Jan. 25, 2021 Frank Gates, 94, of Molalla, formerly of Sweet Home, died Jan.…
Shirley Lynn Kenyon
Nov. 15, 1948 – Dec. 21, 2020 Shirley Lynn Kenyon, 72, of Brownsville, passed away on Dec. 21,…
Eddie Smith
Jan. 1, 1940 – Jan. 22, 2021 Eddie Smith, age 81, passed away Jan. 22, 2021 in Prairie…
Senior Center needs support
Editor: It is certainly unfortunate that the Sweet Home Center has had to close its doors to our…
Measure 109 not ‘just another drug ballot measure’
Skyler Bascom In the November 2020 election, Oregonians voted in favor of passing Ballot Measure 109. This permits…
It’s time to mend political fences
Editor: In 2016 I, along with many were shocked and disappointed when Trump won, especially after the Access…
Around Town Jan. 27, 2021
Foster Dam Road closure this week The road over Foster Dam is closed from 8 a.m. to 5…
Repairing America starts right here
Editor: I am a Linn County resident, living halfway between Sweet Home and Lebanon I am a senior…
Diane Ikola
Sept. 16, 1945 – Jan. 18, 2021 Diane Lorraine Ikola, 75, of Sweet Home died Jan. 18. 2021.…
Tree sale set for Feb. 6
By Bonnie Marshall LCSWA director The Linn County Small Woodlands Association will host its 26th annual seedling sale…
Public Safety Log Jan. 27, 2021
Jan. 18 10:39 a.m. – Caller requested assistance catching a loose chicken, 1100 block of Redwood. Officer responded,…
County employee arrested on embezzlement charges
The office manager for the Linn County Planning and Building Department was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 19, on suspicion…
OSU researchers find eDNA method trumps electrolysis in fish counts
By Molly Rosbach Oregon State University Writer Delivering a minor electric shock into a stream to reveal any…
Trump’s outsider, so he’s disliked
Editor: I’m thinking back a decade or two to the time when there were no “Tweets.” Presidents did…
Kenneth Wayne Gregory
June 14, 1939- Dec. 19, 2020 Ken’s story begins on June 14, 1939 near the orange groves of…
Roberta ‘Bobbi’ Gayle Gerard
June 18, 1953 – Jan 16, 2021 Bobbi Gerard, 67, of Sweet Home, passed away Jan. 16, 2021…
Keith Blondin
April 5, 1987 – Jan. 17, 2021 Keith Andrew Blondin, 33, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 17, 2021…
Evidence falls short in trial of Trump
By Dr. John A. Sparks The House of Representatives, with the sole responsibility of impeachment, has passed a…
Charles Clark
March 17, 1953 – Jan. 4, 2021 Charles C. Clark, 67, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 4, 2021.…
Public Safety Log Jan. 20, 2021
Jan. 11 5:10 a.m. – Caller reported she heard something like a gunshot or firework and then a…
USFWS reduces spotted owl critical habitat by nearly 3.5 million acres
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week finalized a new rule revising the designation of critical habitat…