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Schuck resigns from Creswell City Council

CRESWELL – City councilor Tammy Schuck announced her resignation on Sept. 18 as she has found employment which conflicts with council responsibilities. Schuck has joined the executive leadership team for Keller Williams Realty/Xperience Brokerage, which requires her to travel throughout southern Oregon. This necessary travel…

Grove Community Medical Center brings on new leader

COTTAGE GROVE – PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center will welcome Jason Hawkins as its new chief administrative officer (CAO) on Nov. 1. Hawkins will remain the CAO for PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center in Florence and will now serve in a combined role, overseeing…

Embracing change: A season for everything

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot …”​ —  Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2 “Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the days.” —…

Public Safety: Week of Oct. 5

K9s catch two after car pursuit, foot chase SPRINGFIELD – Two men were arrested and charged after a multi-agency car pursuit and then a chase by K-9 officers on Sept. 27. The capture involved a spike strip on I-5, the Oregon State Police, Lane County…

Meyers retires

COTTAGE GROVE – Tomorrow, city manager Richard Meyers will trade in office keys and responsibilities for more grandpa-related activities as he is able to spend more quality time with his four children, 10 grandchildren, and cat Toothless. Although Meyers has worked in city government for…