Heat, heights slow cross-country team
High temperatures continued to be a challenge for Sweet Home’s cross-country runners last week in two competitions, one…
Huskies roll over Estacada 45-13 for first football win
After some bobbles that resulted in a one-point loss the week before, Sweet Home’s football team came back…
Elderly bicyclist injured in collision with car
A bicyclist was injured Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17, in a collision with a vehicle near Hilltop Market in…
Tour DaVita takes hundreds of cyclists hundreds of miles – to SH
If you noticed large numbers of bicyclists riding along roads through and surrounding Sweet Home Sunday, you witnessed…
OSP investigating crash that resulted in SH woman’s death
Oregon State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a Sweet Home woman last week at the…
Girls topple Taft Tigers 3-2 Thursday at home
Sweet Home 3, Taft 2 After a weird opening that left Taft ahead 1-0 out of the gate,…
Soccer team shorthanded in loss to Taft
Taft 4, Sweet Home 1 Coming off a win a week earlier, the Huskies lost 4-1 to Taft…
Thelma Paddock
Oct. 9, 1933 – Sept. 12, 2014 Thelma Phyllis Paddock, 80, of Sweet Home died Sept. 12, 2014.…
Erland Charles Erickson
July 18, 1942 – Sept. 1, 2014 Erland Charles Erickson, 72, of Foster, Ore. passed away on Monday,…
Alaskan trip proves gold isn’t just in the ground
My wife Miriam and I just returned from an Alaskan cruise. It was a terrific vacation – with…
Homeless tent city lacks foundation
Editor: Regarding the proposal for a tent city to serve the homeless (Aug. 20): Let’s think about this…
Apologies due for mess in Iraq
Editor: I want everyone who got us into the Iraq war to preface each and every comment he…
Charter School gets short shrift
Editor: The Introduction for the Sweet Home School District came out at the end of August. It again…
Around Town for September 10, 2014
GOP campaign office in Tangent Linn County Republicans have opened their 2014 Campaign Office at 33935 Hwy 99E…
Second man sentenced in home invasion
Brian Lee Lindsay was sentenced on Aug. 18 to 78 months in prison in three cases, including a…
Shumacher wins fourth triathlon event
Kambria Schumacher of Crawfordsville destroyed the competition and demolished her own course record in the sprint competition Saturday,…
Crook County rallies, narrowly slips by Huskies on grid
For much of Friday night’s football contest between the Sweet Home Huskies and the Crook County Cowboys it…
SH girls soccer v. Pleasant Hill
Sweet Home huskies girls varsity soccer played Pleasant Hill on Sept. 2. The Sweet Home girls trailed 4-0…
Huskies down Philomath in home volleyball opener
Sweet Home’s volleyball team showed why Coach Alicia Meier is optimistic about the Huskies’ chances this year, downing…
Boys beat Pleasant Hill in second soccer outing
Sweet Home 3, Pleasant Hill 1 Egan Shamek rapidly fired off three goal shots Sept. 2 at home…
Erland Erickson
July 18, 1942-Sept. 1, 2014 Erland Charles Erickson, 72, died Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. He was born in…
Enrollment stays about same as last school year
Total enrollment in School District 55 is about the same as it was at the beginning of the…
Couple celebrates 65th anniversary
Fred V. and Edi (Stanton) Smith celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 1 with many of their…
Public Safety Log September 10, 2014
Sept. 7 3:52 a.m. – Linn County dispatcher reported a male at the Sweet Home fire department with…
Heat hassles harriers
Sweet Home’s cross-country season got off to a hot start last week, but unfortunately it was in the…