Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Oregon is on fire. My heart and my mind are so focused on the terrible fires that are taking so many homes, businesses – and, most probably, the lives of our neighbors in Lane County – that it’s difficult to…
ANDY NELSON/POOL PHOTOGRAPHER Firefighters faced an uphill battle while trying to contain the Holiday Farm Fire this past week. A week after its first spark in the evening of Sept. 7, the Holiday Farm fire has burned 166,573 acres, while…
Victor Ray Patton, 77, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away at home on Sept. 5, 2020. He was born on Jan. 20, 1943, in Houston, Texas, to parents Victor F. and Essie I. (Davis) Patton. Victor attended Dorena grade school, graduated…
It is with great sorrow, and much love that we mourn the passing of Marjorie Johnson of Springfield, Oregon, on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at the age of 70. She will be deeply missed by her husband of 51 years,…
Sara Jo Johnson, 76, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away on Sept. 9, 2020, due to non-smokers lung cancer that metastasized from a rare pleomorphic sarcoma. She was born in Shelton, Washington, on April 15, 1944, to James Floyd Smith…
Maxine Mercidese Warren passed away on August 26, 2020, at the age of 98 in Eugene, Oregon. She was born in Wallace, Nebraska, on Dec. 27, 1921, to Peter and Nola (Moore) Ewen. She graduated from Lexington High School in…
Born Sept. 6, 1935, to Dan and Cora May Downer, in Waukusha Wisconsin, Dorothy was the second youngest of 5 children and had 3 sisters and 1 brother, all preceding her in death. The family soon moved to Mill City,…
David John Timm, 78, of Creswell, Oregon, passed away September 9, 2020. David was born Tuesday, August 11, 1942, in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, to parents Harlan and Rosemary (Cassel) Timm. He graduated in 1960 from Farmington High School in Wisconsin.…
I received a question from a reader born under the lunar sign Rabbit who wanted to know about her luck next year. She read the article I wrote about luck for Roosters in 2021, and it inspired her to ask…
Imagine yourself on a cross-country trip and you had very strict dietary requirements. Maybe gluten-free, organic, vegan, low sodium. From the standard fare offered on freeway exits, you would have a tough time feeding yourself. As a vegetarian, the closest experience…