Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Jessica Clough, left, and Zoey Brott of Pleasant Hill HS participated in the NASA Space Camp. PHOTO PROVIDED Jessica Clough and Zoey Brott – both sophomores at Pleasant Hill High School – attended the Advanced Space Academy at the U.S.…
Editor’s note: Creswell City Council will appoint a mayor in October. So far, council president Kevin Prociw – who is acting interim mayor – former three-term mayor Dave Stram and new councilor JoeRell Medina have applied for the position. The…
Nancy (Howe) Stephens, 80, of Springfield, passed away at home on Aug. 26, 2021. No services are planned. The daughter of Robert and Gladys Howe, she was born in Akron, Ohio in 1941 and later moved to Santa Barbara, Calif.,…
Richard “Dick” L. Simons, 78, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away peacefully at home Aug. 31, 2021 from acute myeloid leukemia. Dick was born May 16, 1943 in Cottage Grove to parents Clayton and Grace (Beatty) Simons. He graduated from…
Ray Steven “Steve” Brown, 70, of Eugene passed away Aug. 28, 2021 of cancer. His wife was by his side. Steve was born Sept. 2, 1950 to Ray and Anamaye (Nelson) Brown in Roseburg, Ore. He graduated from Cottage Grove…
Doug Gesh, 77, a lifetime resident of Oregon, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. He was born Sept. 20, 1943, in Eugene to Stella and Samuel Gesh. He graduated from Pleasant Hill High School. He enjoyed a long career…
Irma Rachel Harwood, 103, of Cottage Grove passed away Sept. 4, 2021. Irma was born Oct. 24, 1918 to parents Albert Byron and Ida Virginia (Snyder) Barrett in Bridgeport, Neb. Irma enjoyed quilting, sewing on her pedal machine and crocheting.…
Glen William Brock was born June 24, 1942 in Wheaton, Mo., to Earl Lemont Brock and Neva Jewel Brock. When he was 5 years old his family moved to Oregon and lived in Hood River before settling in Creswell. He…
Alice Ann Hermansen, 78, of Cottage Grove, passed away Sept. 5, 2021. Alice was born in Elmwood Park, Ill. to parents Hans and Anna (Dahl) Hermansen. She worked many years for the Village Green Resort as a housekeeper. Alice liked…
The Chronicle, a weekly newspaper founded in 1909 in Creswell that now serves all of southern Lane County, earned 18 awards in the 2020 “Better Newspaper Contest” as part of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association contest. Nine of the awards…