Enthusiastic chatter continues well past the official starting time for the Oct. 25 Greeters event, the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce’s weekly gathering of business people, representatives of nonprofit organizations and other community members.
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News & Features
Mayor strips Chenoweth’s committee assignments
Mayor Remy Drabkin excoriated City Councilor Chris Chenoweth Tuesday for questioning the hiring process of a new police chief, removing all of his committee assignments for the remainder of her term. Drabkin ...
Proposed rec center facility figures remain in flux
Annual costs to operate a new recreation center would cost the city of McMinnville an additional $613,000 over a previous estimate, but revenues from fees and expanded programs at current facilities would ...
Former Mac RV owner faces $700,000 restitution order
Ruben Bernt, the former owner of Mac RV Sales and builder/owner of Elusive Trailers Company, has to pay $698,382.80 in restitution to 20 clients he stole from. The Oct. 22 ruling comes after the Aug. ...
Miss Oregon back in the classroom with a message
Miss Oregon Abigail Hoppe returned to McMinnville to teach last week. Hoppe taught third–grade at Grandhaven Elementary School before winning the state crown. This time, she presented a lesson that’s ...
Court releases man charged with child luring
Wesley Aaron Jones, 46, of Salem, thought he was communicating with an underage girl, but it turned out to be the McMinnville Police Department in a digital sting operation. Jones is charged with attempting ...
Drabkin concedes to Morris; King likely to win county race
Kim Morris will be the next Mayor of McMinnville and while the Yamhill County commissioner’s race is too close to call, challenger David “Bubba” King is confident his lead will hold. Mayor ...
Along the Street: Businesses and individuals honored in Chamber awards
Erin Stephenson of the Atticus Hotel, Third Street Flats and the project to revitalize the Mack Theater and Yamhill Hotel was named Business Leader of the Year on Friday at the McMinnville Area Chamber ...
Calendar of Quirk: From coy cats to rude squirrels, collecting a curious menagerie
Animals have figured frequently in Calendar of Quirk, but deserve a week of their own. Nov. 6 On Northeast 12th Street near Evans, a four-foot sculpture of a kitten is in the pose of batting a potted ...
'24 Hours: 8 to 9 a.m. at Greeters
Enthusiastic chatter continues well past the official starting time for the Oct. 25 Greeters event, the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce’s weekly gathering of business people, representatives of nonprofit organizations and other community members.
Braids and Braves plan Thanksgiving dance
The Braids and Braves Square Dance Club will host a Thanksgiving Dance on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the McMinnville Grange, 1700 S.W. Old Sheridan Road, McMinnville. Dancing will run from 7 to 9:30 a.m., ...
Court Records: Nov. 13, 2024
CIVIL FILINGS Portfolio Recovery Associates vs. Sarah M. Schade, North Bend: Renewal of $1,504.80 judgment. Asset Recovery Group vs. Stephanie M. Stanich: Granted $7,559.95 judgment. LVNV Funding vs. ...
Council to look at cost of rec center operations, service charge, cable contract
McMinnville City Council has a busy agenda for its meeting Tuesday night, with a discussion planned on operating costs for a proposed new recreation center and votes on airport leases. In other business, ...
County board to vote on Teamsters contract
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners will discuss what to do with over $760,000 in remaining federal funds and vote on a collective bargaining agreement with the Sheriff’s deputies union at ...
Tillamook man pleads not guilty to decades-old sex crimes
Ronald Lee Waggerby, 59 of Tillamook, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 7 to four counts of sexual charges. He faces two charges of first-degree sexual abuse, a count of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, ...
'Ham Fam' walk/run tradition nears finish line
A McMinnville holiday tradition runs its final course this month. The Hampton family has announced that this will be the 13th and last year for the annual Thanksgiving Day “Ham Fam Harvest ...
Nearly six ounces of meth seized by MPD
On Nov. 1 at about 1:45 p.m., McMinnville Police Department Sergeant Brett Rudolph was working patrol and observed a male subject, James S. Moss, 56, of McMinnville, driving a vehicle in the area of Southwest ...
Corrigan chosen mayor of Yamhill
According to the latest vote tally from the Yamhill County Clerk’s Office, Shea Corrigan will be the next mayor of Yamhill. Corrigan has 298 votes, or 44%, ahead of former mayor Chuck Mitchell, ...
Photos: Thanking vets
Community groups as well as individuals filled Third Street on Saturday morning for the annual McMinnville Veterans Day parade, followed by a ceremony at Oregon Mutual Insurance parking lot.
Stopping By: Composing his life's score
Dana Libonati keeps following his lifelong passions: teaching, performing and writing music
‘Finding Gobi’ author to speak at Mac library
The author and star of the book “Finding Gobi,” about a dog that follows a runner through the Gobi Desert, will speak Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 12-13, at the McMinnville Public Library. Dion ...
Sports
Mac boys on to state finals
The McMinnville Grizzlies boys soccer team gutted out a 2-1 victory over Grant Tuesday night in front of a raucous home crowd to earn a trip to the OSAA 6A State Championship game. The No. 4 ranked Grizzlies ...
Dayton boys’ season ends with 1-0 heartbreaker
A full hour of vigorous soccer action ended in disappointment for the Dayton High School boys’ soccer team as they lost 1-0 to rival Blanchet Catholic on a goal near the end of second overtime. At ...
Wildcats win 24th straight over long-time rival PLU, looking ahead to Whitworth for conference finale
Linfield University won the 24th consecutive contest against Pacific Lutheran Saturday at Maxwell Field, its defense squeezing the life out of Lutes’ offense like a wringer polishing off a wet rag. The ...
Two to go: Mac boys beat Franklin 2-1; host Grant Tuesday in semifinal match
Magic happened 14 minutes into Saturday’s soccer quarterfinals match when Edwin Cuevas-George put McMinnville on the board. On a Grizzly advance while fending off two defenders, the sophomore midfielder ...
Mac football season ends with playoff loss at Sandy
The McMinnville football season came to an end Friday with a 39-14 loss at Sandy in the first-round playoff matchup. The Grizzlies finished an injury-riddled season 4-6. “It’s frustrating ...
Four Mac cross country runners improve state course times
Mac girls cross country qualified as a team and four seniors earned new personal records for the course at the 6A State championship race on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Lane Community College. Senior runners ...
Pirate football comes up short against No. 1 seed Siuslaw; Y-C ousted by Cascade Christian
The Dayton Pirates (6-4) were neck-and-neck against the No. 1 seed Siuslaw Vikings (9-0) answering touchdown with touchdown, until the fourth quarter when the Viking played down the clock on Friday, Nov. ...
Amity volleyball sweeps Rainier in first round
Amity volleyball’s theme for the 2024 season has been coming together as a team and playing with one mind. What was visible on Wednesday, Oct. 30, was the team’s coalescing towards ...
Dayton introduces new coaches
On Monday, Oct. 28, Dayton welcomed its three newest coaches to the community. Athletic director Frank Baumholtz introduced new girls track and field coach Nancy Moody, new boys track and field ...
Yamhill Carlton sends two harriers to state
Yamhill Carlton will once again be represented at the 3A state championships. At the 3A Special District 2 championship meet at Cheadle Lake Park in Lebanon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, senior Louigi ...
Sports Memory Lane 11/01/24
10 years ago McMinnville senior forward Carlisle Topping was named Player of the Year for girls soccer in the Class 6A Greater Valley Conference. For the boys, five McMinnville players received all-GVC ...
McMinnville's rebound season nets volleyball honors
McMinnville’s turn around season has been recognized by the Pacific Conference all-league voters. The Grizzlies, who missed the playoffs last season and finished fourth in the conference ...
Eliza Nisly, Kaia Fetch share POY honors
Amity junior Eliza Nisly and Yamhill Carlton senior Kaia Fetch were named Co-Player of the Year by the 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 voters. Amity swept through the conference with an 8-0 record, ...
Mac Club Volleyball season nears its start
The McMinnville Volleyball Association will be starting up its 2024-2025 season soon. The organization stems from a lack of club volleyball since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and is seeking ...
Game in Hand: I found there but the road back home again
It feels strange to write a column announcing my departure from the News-Register just a year and four months after I arrived but, alas, here we are. After a sports writing journey that began part ...
Patton-Duniway middle school football clash at Wortman start of something bigger
The Duniway Middle School and Patton Middle School programs clashed under the bright lights at Wortman Stadium on Saturday night, Oct. 26. Duniway overcame its crosstown opponent 28-22, battling ...
Linfield quarterbacks power `Cats past UPS
When your quarterback options are as dynamic as Linfield’s Blake Eaton and Luke McNabb have been, it makes seizing victory that much easier. Such was the case on Saturday, Oct. 26 when Linfield ...
Football: McMinnville holds off resilient Century
The Grizzlies bounced back from a pair of losses with an exciting win over Century on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Hillsboro Stadium. McMinnville defeated the Jaguars 41-33 to improve to 4-4 overall and ...
Hole in One at The Nines 10/28/24
Fred Vorm of McMinnville used a seven-iron to score a hole in one on Oct. 23 on the 120-yard 7th hole at The Nines. This was the first ace at The Nines since the course reopened under new ownership with ...
Senior Golf Scores 10/28/24
Oct. 9, 2024 Cross Creek, Back Nine Closest to pin, #12: Lynn Foster Long putt, #12: Lou Stovern Long putt, #15: Jim Botten Low gross, #1: Charlie Poe, 39 Low gross, #2: Matt Dunckel, 41; Bob Evans, ...
