Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – My wife and I escaped some of the heat that has tormented the Willamette Valley this past week. We went camping. There was a reason behind this movement to the wilderness. My wife’s old husband had passed…
PART III ( Part 1 and Part 2) This will be the third and final installment of the story of the unique woman – and family-centered birthing practice that developed in Cottage Grove. Who could say what the magic was…
The Lucinia Birth Center, Cottage Grove. PART II (Read Part 1 here) In talking with Gail Hoelzle at the Bookmine, the subject of natural childbirth came up and why am I not surprised to learn that little ol’ Cottage Grove…
PART I Cottage Grove has claims of being on the cutting edge of natural birth, and innovations that happened here first a century ago. Shortly after World War I, Dr. S.M. Wendt set up his private Cottage Grove General Hospital…
Here is hoping everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July celebration in the strange new world we find ourselves. I know many Grovers were at a loss without the annual Creswell Celebration to crash. It has become a…
The yard/bee habitat is a delight for nature-lovers using their property to sustain life and our planet. It can also make it hard to use the public sidewalk. My neighbors won the coveted “Yard of the Week” designation this past…
Names of U.S.-Iraq war dead in Bohemia Park in Cottage Grove. Birdy Hoelzle/Photo COTTAGE GROVE — “Stand for Peace” has been a part of the Cottage Grove scene nearly two decades now. You have seen the rainbow Peace/Pace flags being waved.…
Renovations continue taking place at the library while city leaders deal with the pandemic, public health, and budget concerns. If you can imagine trying to rebuild a car engine while it’s running, you might have an inkling about the task…
Cottage Grove High School graduates were greeted with friendly faces behind masks during their ceremonies earlier this week. DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE South Lane School District’s video graduation ceremonies for its two High Schools both opened to the traditional strains of…
The Coronavirus has put a damper on what was supposed to be a high school senior’s crowning year and has robbed them of the traditional memories. Prom, senior trips, activities and the rite of a graduation ceremony. Parents, school officials,…