Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Cindy Wood-Weeldryer The year 2020 is a tumultuous one and each day the world seems to get even crazier! Our society is under siege by natural disasters, social unrest, clashing political parties and world views, a global pandemic that created…
Beck The POW/MIA Recognition Day is commemorated on the third Friday every September to recognize prisoners of war and those missing in action. This past Friday, Sept. 18, Creswell VFW members posted U.S. Flags in downtown and held a small ceremony…
Photo from 2019. COTTAGE GROVE – The South Lane Fire District board of directors met last Thursday, Sept. 17, for the first time since mid-June, with Chief John Wooten in attendance, who said that he’s been medically cleared to return…
There are a lot of angry people around. I understand that there have been severe stressors in the past year, from COVID-19 to wildfires to political debates – but all the anger isn’t helping anything. The angriest people I know…
Photos by Dana Merryday/The ChronicleA major life moment – handing over the keys, even during a downpour. There were mixed emotions at the Cottage Village’s Open House last Friday. The ceremony was a celebration, a housewarming, and dedication all at once…
Jazmine Bangs/PHOTO Mike Plank with his neighbor’s baby Calliope Stevens. Residents of Lorane, like most people in Oregon, are reeling from the burden that we are all carrying right now. The addition of the devastating wildfires to our COVID-19 concerns…
FRANK ARMENDARIZ/PHOTO Blue River, a scene repeated all over the McKenzie River Valley, where over 800 homes and structures have been lost. Friends and neighbors, it is a calamity of an immensity our county has never seen. Yes, we have…
Sue Rose Smith passed away September 8, 2020. She was born in Rosboro, Arkansas to Elzey Ray and Kate Rose on June 25, 1931. The family moved to Springfield, Oregon when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Springfield…
Ayako (Arimoto) Rieke, 76 of Cottage Grove, OR passed away on September 13, 2020. She was born on January 15, 1944 in Osaka, Japan. Ayako graduated from high school and received a florist degree. She married Raymond A. Rieke on…
Ronald Dee Gregory, 68, passed away unexpectedly on September 14, 2020 of congestive heart failure, after his recent move to Pensacola Florida. Ronald leaves behind his four children: John, Aimee, Tyler, and Ashley. Being a father was one of his…