District April 2023 ESPY Award Winners
These students were recipients of the Sweet Home School District’s ESPY Award, presented at the School Board’s April…
Sweet Home High School Honor Roll (April 19, 2023)
Following are Sweet Home HIgh School students who have been announced by the school as having made the…
County commissioners: No to habitat conservation plan
Linn County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed Tuesday morning, April 11, to express concerns…
Circuit Court (April 19, 2023)
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Shenese Danielle Cobain, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Public Safety (April 19, 2023)
April 10 8:47 a.m. – Ayla Aalop, 23, was cited for driving with a suspended license and speeding,…
County fair headliners announced
This year’s Linn County Fair concert headliners cover a 30-year gamut of flavors and genres. The summertime perennial…
Man arrested in 2021 church burglary
Sweet Home police announced Wednesday, April 12, that a Brownsville man has been arrested in connection with an…
‘Sword’ on stage at Boys & Girls Club
Actors from the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company of Portland entertain children and adults alike, left, with their rendition…
Opening delayed at Yellowbottom Campground
Bureau of Land Management recreation managers are delaying the seasonal opening of the Yellowbottom Campground, located about 20…
Wolverine video footage captured east of Santiam Pass
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed an April 6 video of a wolverine crossing Hwy.…
Rough week as softball team falls to league foes in three games
Sweet Home softball lost three league games last week, falling to Stayton 13-2 on Wednesday, Newport 10-5 on…
Big day for boys results in team track win at North Marion
A raft of personal-bests, some new faces and some great weather all combined to give Sweet Home’s boys…
Evelyn Webster-Ballweber
Evelyn Webster-Ballweber, 88, of Minot, N.D., died April 1, 2023 in a Minot assisted living center. She was…
John Edward Tuchardt
John Edward Tuchardt, 89, of Lebanon passed away March 27, 2023. He was born June 1, 1933, in…
Helen Watkins
Helen Daralene Watkins, 79, of Sweet Home, died April 7, 2023. She was born Aug. 3, 1943, in…
Peggi Ann Rush
Peggi Ann Rush was born December 27, 1962 in Springfield, Oregon to Edith L. Baker and Robert W.…
Youth invited to design shirts for county fair
Local youth involved in Linn County 4-H and FFA organizations are invited to submit designs for the 2023…
Document discoveries offer insights into history
High school history classes teach us about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, which drove poor families…
RV fire on Wiley Creek
A trailer and detached shed on 43786 Wiley Creek Road were severely burned during the 5 p.m. hour…
Back-to-back Hwy. 20 wrecks
A pair of crashes occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 4, within minutes and a mile of each other on…
Healthy You: County offers cooking program for mid-valley Latino families (April 12, 2023)
OSU-Extension-Linn-Benton Nutrition and Outreach Coordinator Tina Dodge gets excited when she talks about a new program she hopes…
Truck stolen in Lebanon recovered in Sweet Home after citizen spots it, gets rammed
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office recovered a stolen truck Saturday, April 1, after a good Samaritan located the…
Brownsville man arrested for 2021 burglary at Sweet Home church
Sweet Home police arrested a Brownsville man Tuesday morning, April 11, in connection with a 2021 burglary at…
Circuit Court updates
Warrants are out on the following individuals: Samuel Frank Ayers, Shenese Danielle Cobain, Curtis Ray Daniel, Ashlee Dee…
Letter: Are you one of the ‘Don’ts?’ (April 12, 2023)
Editor: In America’s current scandals, high crimes, tragedies, and combative rhetoric, we see highly threatening developments: economic, military,…