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Search for new Sweet Home schools superintendent begins this week
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board adopted a calendar and an outline of standards and qualifications…
Rising real estate values boost SH pool revenues
Sean C. Morgan Increasing real market values have led to more revenue than expected for the Sweet Home…
Locals lead effort to get injured veterans into outdoors
Scott Swanson On a not-so-dark night just before Halloween, Mark Worley and Timm Gunderson hunkered down in a…
Veterans Day now a holiday at OSU
Oregon State University will observe Veterans Day, Nov. 11, as an official holiday beginning this year. No classes…
SHPD serves warrant, arrests one
Sweet Home Police arrested one man in connection to a search warrant it served on Friday. Michael Joseph…
Voters pass city levies
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home voters approved local option levy renewals for the Police Department and the Public…
Remembering Mattie
Teachers Ryan Graville, center and Drew Emmert, decked out in camouflage, listen as student Mary Rouse sings the…
Chamber plans annual meeting
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual membership meeting at 5:30 p.m.…
Dad’s dance the night away with daughters
The event drew 126 participants and raised soime $1,500 for the Junior Cheer program coached by Kayla Rosa.…
A Christmas Carol
RICKIE BIRRAN of Springfield performs, as Man of Words Theater, a dramatic recitation of “A Christmas Carol” at…
Hawthorne honors veterans
While students narrated, counselor Stefani Brown sang Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up.” The focus of the program…
Ivan Wolthuis earns Mastership Award
Audrey Gomez A lot has changed in dentistry in the 16 years Ivan Wolthuis has been practicing. One…
Drug bust results in five arrests
Five people were arrested Friday morning after a narcotics-related search warrant was served at 2456 Long St. According…
Sweet Home Municipal Court Nov. 7, 2015
Sept. 3 – Patricia Yvette Baca, no contest, no license, fined $260. – Gary Al Belanger, guilty by…
Woman’s car breaking down leads to rescue of man trapped in vehicle
Sean C. Morgan Bad luck for a Sweet Home woman turned out to be a miracle for a…
Police investigating arson that destroyed motor home
Sweet Home police are investigating an apparent arson, which destroyed a motor home early Friday morning. Firefighters responded…
SH man recovers lost wallet against million-to-one odds
Sean C. Morgan When the chance is a million to one, whatever it is, it tends to work…
LCSO arrests man for online sex crime
Linn County sheriff’s detectives arrested 27-year-old Spencer Dee Anton Chisum of Sweet Home Saturday on charges of first-degree…
Local veterans find their Honor Flight experiences moving, memorable
Audrey Gomez It took a nudge or two to get Tom Mealue, 81, to sign up for the…
Tax income for city above budget levels
Sean C. Morgan With tax bills in property owners’ hands, a boost in assessed values has increased revenue…
Schools behind curve in report cards
Sean C. Morgan In the new state testing, Sweet Home didn’t fare as well as the rest of…
City Council finalizes ban on public drinking, open containers
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted 7-0 to adopt an ordinance banning public drinking of…
Dance recital
YOUNG DANCERS perform a recital at the high school auditorium Thursday, Oct. 29, the finale of an eight-week…
Two injured in Hwy. 20 rollover near Waterloo
Two Sweet Home men were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near Waterloo Friday evening, Oct.…