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City planners begin revising conditional use permit laws
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission has started revising the city’s conditional use permit ordinance. The…
New hire Mike Severns named Firefighter of Year
Sean C. Morgan Mike Severns had a great night Saturday at the annual Sweet Home firefighter awards banquet.…
Boys and Girls Club honorees
Taylor Webb, left, and Kelli Fanning were Sweet Home’s nominees for the 2011 Boys and Girls Club Youth…
State legislators holding hearings on redistricting
The House and Senate Committees on Redistricting are holding 12 joint public hearings across the state to hear…
Repair work making progress on Foster trail
Scott Swanson Local walkers and joggers, who have dreamed of having a useable trail running around Foster Lake,…
City audit report notes only one flaw
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council received a nearly clean audit report for the 2009-10 fiscal…
Stars and Stripes; Christopher Bolen
Army Sgt. First Class Christopher P. Bolen was recently deployed to Afghanistan with the 1249th Engineer Battalion. Bolen…
Stars and Stripes; Keith Roberts
Army Private Keith Roberts, son of former Sweet Home residents Michelle and Kevin Hagle, graduated from boot camp…
Facade program gets more dollars
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group has more than doubled the money available for exterior…
Sue Olson named chamber Distinguished Service honoree
Scott Swanson Four local women, led by longtime community organizer Sue Olson, swept the Sweet Home Chamber of…
Stars and Stripes; Kaleb Davis
Army Pvt. Kaleb N. Davis has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus,…
Olson celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
Leonard and Frances Olson of Sweet Home celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary during an open house reception Feb.…
SHJH art winners
These Sweet Home Junior High School students, with teacher Trey Hagen, in rear, were award winners at the…
Muddy but mobile
Last week’s constant rain made for deep, slick mud at the 2011 Mud Fest Saturday near Holley. “The…
Glide supt. to head SH schools
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board last week offered the position of superintendent to Don Schrader,…
Stars and Stripes; Dakota Nave
Air Force Airman Dakota J. Nave graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio,…
Suspect in killing arraigned
Jerry Ray Milligan, 64, who is accused of killing his son, Jerry Tyler Milligan, 41, was arraigned last…
SHHS Art Week begins Monday
Art week at Sweet Home High School begins on Monday with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7…
Library expands outreach to rural residents
Sean C. Morgan Rural families can purchase Sweet Home Public Library Cards for $3.50 this year. The library…
Fair Share Gleaners digs
Madi Rose Quinn-Huffman, 3, above, draws a door prize ticket during the Fair Share Gleaners’ open house Saturday…
Teens being recruited for Search and Rescue
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is recruiting young men and women, ages 14 to 18, to join the…
Malones Celebrate 50 years
Robert and Sharon Malone celebrated 50 years of marriage on Feb. 4. They were married Feb. 4, 1961…
Museum volunteers keep history alive
Scott Swanson Each Friday morning and every fourth Sunday, Lucille Rapp and her daughter Charlotte Graham open the…
City Council approves lease for cop car
The City Council approved a three-year lease for a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria from Auto Additions in Salem…
2 plead in shooting
Barry Drew Boydston, 49, on Feb. 19 pleaded no contest in the attempted murder of a Sweet Home…