Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
CRESWELL— When life gives you lemons, make lemon bars and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and then send your staff to Hawaii: that’s how the saying goes at Blue Valley Bistro. The locally owned cafe has been serving handcrafted food and…
CRESWELL – With the holidays a thing of last year, you may be wishing you could go back and relive stories of holiday cheer and generosity. In Creswell, one giving effort stands out among the rest: The Creswell School District’s…
June 4, 1946 — Dec. 27, 2022 Linda Patricia Adler left us too soon. We weren’t ready to say goodbye and neither was she — and yet, here we are, writing her obituary. It’s not enough to simply write someone’s…
CRESWELL – The once prevalent clucking regarding reopening Foster Farms seems to have turned to radio silence. The plant, once located at 33464 West Lane has not been operating since 2006, but when the plants wastewater permit renewal surfaced in…
CRESWELL – The once dwindling flame of the little country church may have been re-lit, as members are regaining hope that St. Philip Benizi in Creswell will keep its doors open. Saint Philip Benizi is a mission church under Our…
SPRINGFIELD – Father Richard Janowicz of the Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Springfield and his congregation have continued their fundraising efforts to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Father Janowicz is determined to carry on supporting…
SPRINGFIELD – Labor Day weekend, Springfield said “viagem segura” (safe travels) to active community members and previous owners of The Pony House Inn at 660 C St., Nancie and Mark Koerber. The couple was all set to retire with six…
COTTAGE GROVE – The only thing taller than the butterfly building’s ceilings is owner Kim Johnson’s dream for the business. Renovation plans are being drawn to bring this big dream into a reality: Bohemia Food Hub (BFH) becoming an epicenter…
A trip down ‘Memory Lane’ SPRINGFIELD — With 1,100 blueberry plants and two staff members, Memory Lane Berrie’s winter season is perhaps more labor-intensive than the summer season of production. “People think it’s the offseason and it’s not, there’s a…
Emily Krauss of Pleasant Hill High School, earned first place in the Creswell VFW Voice of Democracy awards, which included a $300 scholarship. She advanced to the district level, and again won first place and a $500 prize.From left: Wyatt…