Around Town May 27, 2020
Elks Drago golf tournament open The Sweet Home Elks are holding their annual Howard Drago Memorial Golf Tournament…
$29.4M city budget OK’d by committee
The City of Sweet Home Budget Committee voted to approve the proposed 2020-21 city budget on Tuesday May…
Sweet Home teens killed in Hwy. 228 crash
Two Sweet Home teens were killed and their younger sister was severely injured early Saturday, May 23, in…
Graduation to include small ceremonies, processional
Sweet Home High School will hold its graduation ceremony over two days, June 4 and 5, in carefully…
Hawaiians’ response to shutdown is family-focused
By Andrew Allen As I write, the island of Hawaii has zero active cases of coronavirus. Yes, we…
Public Safety Log May 27, 2020
May 22 4:45 a.m. – Caller reported someone entered his vehicle and took things, 900 block of 23rd.…
County COVID-19 total now 116
Linn County had seven new reported cases of COVID-19 as of Monday morning, May 25, for a total…
City Council to hold special meeting Tuesday for public input on local housing, community development needs
The Sweet Home City Council is holding a special meeting Tuesday evening, June 2, to take input from…
Roy Harold Cederstam
Feb. 27, 1931 – May 12, 2020 Roy Harold Cederstam, 89, passed away in peace May 12, 2020…
Around Town May 20, 2020
Live Memorial Day services planned Memorial Day services are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at Pioneer Cemetery in Brownsville…
Sprenger, Cate, Glaser lead Republicans in contested local primaries
State House District 17 Rep. Sherrie Sprenger is carrying 65.87 percent of the vote in the Republican primary…
SH begins to reopen following COVID-19
Linn County is among 31 counties that entered Phase 1 of the governor’s plan to reopen Oregon Friday,…
Public Safety Log May 20, 2020
May 18 12:42 a.m. – Five callers reported loud explosions or gunshots, Oak Terrace and 3rd. Officer checked…
Linn County COVID-19 cases up to 109, including presumptives
Linn County had 109 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday morning, an increase from 103 one week earlier…
Four charged in big game poaching case after tip from citizen
Three area men and a woman, two of them from Lebanon, have been charged with poaching 27 big…
Two Sweet Home teens die in early-morning wreck on Highway 228
Two Sweet Home teens were killed and another was severely injured early Saturday, May 23, in a two-vehicle…
Mental health needs awareness
Editor: There is a glaring issue with health care today. I took my wife to an empty emergency…
Writer right about council’s attitude
Editor: I agree with Marilyn Taggart Schlim that the City Council doesn’t care about the people of Sweet…
3 positives from COVID-19 shutdown
Skyler Bascom As you may have noticed in my last column, I can be a bit of a…
Raymond Stevens
April 10, 1935 – May 10, 2020 Raymond “Steve” Wesley Stevens, 85, of Sweet Home died May 10,…
Santa De La Pena
Dec. 20, 1938 – May 14, 2020 Santa De La Pena, 81, of Sweet Home died May 14,…
Grace Emma McCoy
Nov. 23, 1919 – May 16, 2020 Former Sweet Home resident Grace McCoy died May 16, 2020 of…
Frances Lee Ann John
June 3, 1951 – May 11, 2020 Frances “Lee Ann” (Babcock) John, 68, of Salem, formerly of Sweet…
