Around Town April 3, 2019
Citizens Academy seeking citizens Sweet Home Police Department is seeking participants for a one-day Citizen’s Academy. Once 10…
Sweet Home goes 2-3 in tough non-league softball play over break
Sweet Home split a four-game softball tournament in Redmond last week, beating Redmond 20-10, losing to Ridgeview 6-3,…
Local talent on display Saturday
Local artists will strut their stuff Saturday night as the Sweet Home Oregon Coalition for Artistic and Scholastic…
Mealey pine forest project may take shape at Sunnyside Park
By Larry Mauter For The New Era Linn County and a local woodlands group may team up to…
Public Safety Log April 3, 2019
March 29 12:55 p.m. – Caller reported an elderly male was scammed out of money in a phone…
Defendant accused of variety of charges following standoff with police
Darrell Loren Schilling, 50, of Sweet Home, was arraigned March 25 in Linn County Circuit Court on eight…
Kayakers rescued after spilling in chilly S. Santiam
Two women were rescued Sunday morning, March 31, after their kayaks overturned in the South Santiam River near…
Tow leads Huskies with 4th in Summit decathlon
Sweet Home’s Casey Tow placed fourth out of 42 competitors in the Summit Decathlon-Heptathlon competition held March 29-30…
Golfers fourth on Woodburn course
After a hiatus over spring break, Sweet Home’s boys will be back on the golf course with two…
Sweet Home Swim Club members place at state, regionals
Two Sweet Home Swim Club swimmers swam in the 2019 Northwest Region Age Group Championships March 22-24 in…
Irrigation well drilling a gusher of an idea
Sweet Home School District wants the city to charge less for water to irrigate district fields. Lacking that,…
Huskies hold off Philomath to stay unbeaten in league baseball
Sweet Home held off a last-inning rally to beat Philomath 11-7 at home Monday afternoon, April 1, in…
Dolores Hufford-Roberts
Sept. 28, 1932 – March 14, 2019 We lost our beloved Mother, Grandma and Great-Grandma Dolores Jean Hufford-Roberts,…
Ronnie Hill
Sept. 6, 1947 – March 20, 2019 Ronnie Eugene Hill, 71, of Lebanon, died at home March 20,…
James Mosher
Nov. 26, 1927 – March 27, 2019 James “Jim” Elwin Mosher, 91, of Sweet Home died Wednesday, March…
Virginia Marvin
Feb. 8, 1944 – March 28, 2019 Virginia “Ginger” Lea Marvin, 75, of Sweet Home died peacefully at…
Irene Slaughter
Sept. 26, 1936-March 24, 2019 Irene Slaughter, 82, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in…