Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The Year 2020 has culminated into an historic year – from a global pandemic, to calls for social justice and equity in our local cities, to destruction by wildfires on the outskirts of town. The pandemic effectively shut down much…
The pandemic was felt across the southern Willamette Valley, and while cases and deaths were not as high as other regions, the economic impact was real. Two of four partners, David Barclay, left, and master brewer Nate Sampson, inside Covered…
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on “other” Cottage Groves across the country. Cottage Grove, Minn., has its brand on street signs and water towers throughout the town. The Wisconsin Grove has become a bit of…
There is not enough candy in the world to sugarcoat this year. The pandemic has blanketed our lives with a slime that sops us to our fingertips. It’s been 10 months and we’re still trying to scrub it off. We…
CHS senior Jenessa Mallory with mom Lori Leavitt shared their stories of overcoming obstacles to make the best of a tough year. Jenessa Co-Valedictorian; her mom helps lead the Bulldogs athletics boosters. A Pleasant Hill grad holds a bouquet of…
EMMA ROUTLEY/FILE PHOTO CRESWELL – The old Star Theatre at 187 W. Oregon Ave. has been purchased by the owners of the Creswell Bakery, Jeffery and Colleen Tunnell. The property went up for sale after the former owner, Elinor Ann…
Mrs. Betty Jane Morrissey (Schultschik) passed away peacefully from natural causes at age 90 on December 19, 2020, with her son John at her side. Betty was born in March 1930 in Bettendorf, Iowa, graduating from Davenport HS in 1947.…
Donna Rae Perini, formerly of Cottage Grove, passed away on Nov. 27, 2020 at Oaktree Care Hospice in Eugene as a result of congestive heart failure. She was 86. She was born on Sept. 2, 1934 in Inavale, Neb. to…
Timothy “Tim” Wagner, 59, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Dec. 16, 2020. Tim is survived by an amazing wife, Carrie Wagner of Dexter, Ore.; mother JoAnne Crampton and stepmother Mildred Wagner, both of Springfield,…
Martha Clara (Mestdagh) Settelmeyer, 98, died peacefully surrounded by family on Dec. 22, 2020. Martha was born in rural Benson County, North Dakota on April 15, 1922 to Henry and Emma (Poelvoorde) Mestdagh, homesteaders from Belgium. She was taken to…