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Joel and Nancy Keesecker of Sweet Home have announced the engagement of their daughter Holly Keesecker to 1st…

The Sweet Home area has been placed under heightened prevention restrictions, known as a “regulated-use closure,” as of…

A falling tree along Highway 228 Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 10, left Holley and Crawfordsville-area residents without power for…

Sweet Home police last week recovered a motorcycle reported stolen in Polk County four years ago. A caller…

The city of Sweet Home has completed repairs on the bandstand at Sankey Park, and it is turning…

The South Santiam Sweet Potato Queens will host their second annual Bras Across the Bridge at 3 p.m.…

The Sweet Home City Council appointed Stephanie Boccardo and Dave Trask to the Budget Committee during its regular…

When I read back-issues of The New Era from 30 or 50 years ago, I see a little…

Shoppers from throughout the community and beyond turned out Saturday for the second annual SALEabration in Downtown Sweet…

Shirley Ann Davidson of Sweet Home died July 25, 2010. She was born Aug. 6, 1958 to Bill…

After a $2.1 million facelift, two Sweet Home apartment complexes have a new lease on life. Stone Brook…

On Aug. 18, Dr. Tim Hindmarsh will take Act Alive back to the basics. That’s no small thing…

Sunshine Industries last week finished producing the forms to build a bridge to allow Indians fishing access between…

Leopold Joseph Heilman, 80, formerly of Sweet Home, died peaceably in the Albany Mennonite Home on Aug. 12,…

Regularly failing to meet the Annual Yearly Progress requirements, Sweet Home High School did it a little differently…

An apparent boost in the local cougar population €“ or at least the ones settling down with interests…

Alyssa Mealue and Shane Ullrich are planning to marry on Aug. 14. The bride-to-be is the daughter of…

School District 55 Supt. Larry Horton said he will investigate a complaint that the district is wasting gallons…

The Linn County Board of Commissioners sent to the Nov. 2 ballot a proposal for a 10-year local…

Art Robinson had lots to say on a variety of issues Wednesday in his first visit to Sweet…

Four personnel from the Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit were part of the initial attack on…

The District 55 School Board passed its final round of cuts, prioritizing a list of the final 10…

Sweet Home police officers detained an alleged burglar in the act last week. At 1:22 a.m. on Aug.…

The Kidco Early Head Start Program is taking applications for Sweet Home parents of infants and toddlers, with…

Mark W. Hendrickson It is hard to find anything positive to say about the corporate income (i.e., profits)…