Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
NOEL NASH/PHOTOGolfers enjoy a post-round meal and await for the raffle and awards ceremony to begin Sunday at Emerald Valley. Sunday was a good day. The community gathered together around a common cause and for a much-anticipated event. It reminded…
SHANE KRONBERGER/LRFPD PHOTO Pete Kersgaard of the Lorane Rural Fire Protection District surveys the fire damage. Our community dodged another wildfire bullet again this week. At about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, high winds developed in our area. Apparently,…
Creswell mayor Richard Zettervall resigned on Sept. 30 after explosive talks around equity forced him from office. CRESWELL — Creswell mayor Richard Zettervall resigned effective immediately on Wednesday, Sept. 30, citing negativity and backlash from the community over the equity…
PHOTO PROVIDEDMarianne Purdy and the little car that could; saved her and all she could carry. Cottage Grove, due to family connections, has become a place of refuge for fifth-generation Blue Riveran, Marianne Purdy. She was relaxing on the sofa…
Jeffrey Cole Schneider passed peacefully in his home in Springfield, OR on August 23, 2020 at the age of 62 after a valiant battle with cancer. Jeff was born May 26, 1958 in Rochester, NY. He moved with his parents…
Ann Jean Harris, beloved wife of Lester Harris of Springfield, Ore., passed peacefully after a long illness on September 14 with her husband at her side. Ann was born Aug. 9, 1938 in Anaconda, Montana, the first of three daughters…
Sharon Mae Malcolm passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family, on the morning of September 5th. She was 70 years young. Sharon was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1950. Her family moved briefly to San Antonio,…
Patrick Lee Naegle, 49, of Cottage Grove, OR passed away on September 24, 2020. He was born in Tucson, AZ to parents Larry Lee and Lorinda (East) Naegle on November 2, 1970. He was a member of the Church of Jesus…
Brian Francis O’Neil, age 72, died peacefully in his home on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 20 alongside his beloved wife Myrna Blancia O’Neil after a long battle with gastric cancer. He leaves behind five sons – Galen, Jhomer, Dustin,…
CRESWELL — Creswell city councilors said that when it tabled the subject of an equity resolution and committee at September’s meeting, it did not realize that it effectively killed the conversation regarding equity as a whole. “Council tabled the conversation…