Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Two local Kiwanis Clubs have recently agreed to combine their resources and merge into a single area club to increase service to youth in the Southern Willamette Valley. In the upcoming months, the Kiwanis Club of Cottage Grove and the…
Recently there was a Facebook post on the Creswell Community Connections page asking, ”What store or business does this town need to add? (Looking for suggestions.)” There were over 200 comments in response to the question. Many comments were thoughtful…
JOHNNY LOYD WHEELER – AUG. 24, 1945 – DEC. 26, 2018 Johnny Loyd Wheeler, 73, of Creswell, passed away peacefully with family by his side at his sister and brother-in-laws home in Creswell, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. Johnny was born…
CECIL ”LEE” PRICE – DEC. 29, 1953-DEC, 27, 2019 Cecil ”Lee” Price passed away on Dec. 27, 2018 at his home in Creswell after a long battle with cancer. Lee was born on Dec. 29, 1953 in Detroit, Mich. to…
EVANGELINE MARY KELSCH BIGHAM – JUNE 6, 1945 – DEC. 31, 2018 Vange was born to Joseph and Ella Kelsch in Springfield on June 6, 1945. She grew up in Creswell. As a child, she picked beans in the summer…
LEOTA MAE KLEIN – AUG. 3, 1913- DEC. 24, 2018 Leota Mae Klein passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2018 at the age of 105. She was born in Walla Walla, Wash., on Aug. 3, 1913 to Walter K. and…
Senator Jeff Merkley visited Lane County on Jan. 3 at Hamlin Middle School in Springfield as part of his town hall tour. “In our ‘We the People’ democracy, town hall meetings are an essential tool for me to hear from…
Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle Richard Zettervall, as seen accompanied by his wife, Linda Warner, was sworn into the mayor’s seat by Municipal Court Judge R. Scott Palmer on Jan. 7 at the city council meeting.
LLOYD SAFLEY RECIEVES A VOLUNTEER SERVICE PLAQUE FROM MAYOR ZETTERVALL. Four community volunteers were recognized for their service at this week’s Creswell City Council meeting. The men – having had collectively served Creswell for almost 46 years – received Volunteer…
THE LATE CURT DEATHERAGE AND HIS GRANDSON, IAN. Photo submitted 2017 Editor’s note: This was the first column submitted by the late Curt Deatherage in January 2018. Enjoy. The population of Oregon was burgeoning at the turn of the 20th…