Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Charles “Chuck” Wallace McLaughlin, 81, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died April 23, 2020 in Springfield, Oregon. Chuck was born July 29, 1938 in Pierre, South Dakota to parents Wallace and Grace (Little) McLaughlin.He married Cheryl Nichols on July 29, 1990…
Dorothy Mann was born in Springfield, Oregon on Aug. 16, 1927 to Ben and Dora Uchytil. She passed away on May 23, 2020 at the age of 92 of natural causes with her daughter, Merrily, holding her hand, her son,…
Arthur Roy Sprout, 68, of Creswell, Oregon passed away at home with his family on May 24, 2020. He was born on Oct. 15, 1951 in Olympia, Washington to Arthur and Myrtle Sprout. He married Mary Jajuan on Oct. 31,…
Brynn Robinson, 3, of Cottage Grove, celebrates July 4 in Holt Park in 2019. CHRONICLE ARCHIVES Creswell City Manager Michelle Amberg has a clear message for residents and regional fans of Creswell’s popular Fourth of July Celebration: “Yes!” To be…
The pandemic has been rightly compared to the effort to find a cure for polio. On that note, Rotary International has approximately 36,000 clubs in 200 countries. Rotary is a service club, like Lions and Kiwanis. It has 1.2 million members…
Harper, 5, looks over her empire. PAT EDWARDS/PHOTO As I sit at my computer and try to record my thoughts during this Phase 1 reopening of our state under the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, I feel somewhat vulnerable. It is a…
A national movement to make youth football safer has support from state and local athletics officials. The Oregon School Activities Association issued a statement May 18 endorsing USA Football’s Development Model, which teaches better techniques for tackling and playing football…
Now that health clubs have been given the green light to get going again, it has been full-steam ahead for members of the Emerald Fitness Club. Well, sort of. There’s no sauna, and no hot tub, either. Under Gov. Kate…
After a week of Phase 1 it feels a little bit like the Cottage Grove of pre-pandemic days. Not that it was “business as usual” by any means. People are still cautious (a good thing), masks are evident, tape marks…
Noel Nash, publisher I am lots of things. Sometimes all at once. I’m conservative. I’m liberal. I’m libertarian, and independent. I’m happy-go-lucky, chill, easy-going and feel an inner peace. I’m angry, downright mad, hateful, spiteful and harbor revenge. My doghouse, it’s been…