Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – Almost everyone had heard the rumors. Financial woes had become such a burden for the organization to bear, that it might no longer be able to host the annual Bohemia Mining Festival. Judging by the reaction of the crowd Saturday night as…
Wiskow, 72, dies in head-on crash COTTAGE GROVE – A Cottage Grove man has been identified as the victim in a fatal car crash on London Road that occurred on July 11. Dean Allan Wiskow, 72, of Cottage Grove was killed when he was involved…
SPRINGFIELD — The Light of Liberty (LOL) celebration last week lived up to its promise of “a party with a purpose,” drawing crowds, talent, and good times from around the region. Springfield Utility Board’s community relations manager Meredith Clark said Light of Liberty took about…
CRESWELL – The annual Fourth of July Celebration last week went off without a hitch, according to event organizers and event-goers, starting with Young Eagles taking to the sky to kick off the day-long celebration. Fifty-seven Young Eagles took to the sky from Creswell’s Hobby…
COTTAGE GROVE — A stuck zipper. A busted chair. The broken toaster from your wedding shower. Just because these items need a little extra love, doesn’t mean they are ready to be tossed just yet. The ToolBox Project, Eugene’s tool lending library, and its partners…
COTTAGE GROVE – City Manager Richard Meyers announced his retirement during the Cottage Grove City Council meeting on Monday, July 10, and the room erupted in applause. After discussing business from the city manager’s office, Meyers began to monologue about his last item, and the…
COTTAGE GROVE — While the festival is set to kick off this weekend, the future of Bohemia Mining Days is being discussed in the city council chambers. BMD coordinators requested that BMD and the City strike a financial partnership — a partnership that the festival…
Considered a “newbie,” while I have only been a member of The Springfield Lions Club for two-and-a-half years, the association of the club has come to mean quite a lot to me. Let’s be clear: The stigma that the Lions Club is only for “old…
COTTAGE GROVE –– Fuji, an almost 2-year-old yellow labrador retriver, joined the Cottage Grove Police Departmnet as an emotional support animal (ESA) on May 31, but she needed the first several weeks to acclimate to her new home and receive medical attention. An ESA is…