Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Rep. Marty Wilde on Tuesday announced his spending requests for the federal American Rescue Plan Act will go toward helping communities recover from COVID-19 repercussions in the county, including requests for an expansion of Creswell broadband and a unhoused shelter…
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO After construction is finished this month, the Creswell Clubhouse will have a kitchenette, new dance floor complete with ballet bars, and a gym. It’s almost playtime in Creswell – and not just because the weather is holding…
2019 FILE PHOTO CRESWELL – With only a month left before July 4 festivities kick off in Creswell, many of the plans are still in flux. City manager Michelle Amberg said that the City is in preliminary stages of planning…
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Gene Lord, officer of the day, places the green wreath at the Veterans Memorial on Monday, May 31. Lord said the wreath represents the “life of our country, our soldiers and our citizens. It is green because…
Dear Dad, We hate that you’re gone, it’s way too soon, but we know you stayed as long as you could. You left the mundane on the first day of spring, mowing the grass and chopping the wood and keeping…
Beverly A. Sager, 84, passed away on May 16, 2021. She was a longtime resident of Springfield, Ore. Beverly was born in Palouse, Wash. on July 21, 1936. She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Sager and sons…
Briggie “Bridge” Maley, 99, formerly of Lorane, Ore. passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021. He was born to Bridge and Verna Maley in Altus, Okla., on July 6, 1921. Bridge married Nannie Lou ‘Toby’ Suiter on Nov. 1, 1941. He…
Alfred ‘Al’ Pimental, born Aug. 26, 1936, passed away at home in Creswell, Ore. on Jan. 21, 2021. He was home with his life partner Barb Perry and his “kids,” three dogs that were his joy in life. Al served…
Janice “Jan” M. Solesbee, 74, of Creswell, Ore. passed away on May 12, 2021. She was born on Aug. 22, 1946 in Cottage Grove to parents Hosea and Edna (Allen) Woody. Jan married Harold Eugene Solesbee on Feb. 6, 1962…
Jane Ellingson, 83, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away on May 16, 2021. Jane was born on March 3, 1938 in Portland to Roy and Amelia (Zimmerman) Schaffer. Jane worked as a nursing aide in hospitals and nursing…