Thursday morning dawned clear and cold, with temperatures in the upper 20s — fitting weather for the arrival of a truck full of “ice” for McMinnville’s new Christmas attraction, ...
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'24 Hours: 9 to 10 a.m. at the feed store
In 2024, we follow the county around the clock in ’24 Hours, a regular feature in the News-Register. Today’s piece covers 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., an hour of retail activity at Buchanan Cellers. ...
Agencies point to growing need for transitional housing in Mac
The city of McMinnville hosted an open house on proposed rules for transitional housing projects Tuesday that included area service providers on hand to support the regulations. Transitional housing is ...
Rink arrives; skating to start Friday
Thursday morning dawned clear and cold, with temperatures in the upper 20s — fitting weather for the arrival of a truck full of “ice” for McMinnville’s new Christmas attraction, ...
Clerk certifies official election results
The Yamhill County Clerk has posted official general election results along with reports of how local precincts voted. On Monday, the Clerk’s Office completed a hand count of randomly selected contests ...
Fire District plans February move-in for new fire station
McMinnville Fire District administrative staff will move into their new building on Three Mile Lane in February, but there is currently no timeline for when emergency services will operate out of the new ...
Mark Blegen chosen next Linfield president
Dr. Mark Blegen will become the next president of Linfield University. The Board of Trustees announced Thursday that Blegen, currently with Carroll University in Wisconsin, will assume leadership from ...
Holiday Traditions: Notes from France
When Gilbert Henry was growing up in the Alsace region of France, he loved two things: music and cooking.
Public gives feedback on Third St. plans
Approximately 30 community members were on hand Monday to give feedback on proposed “flexible” design changes to the planned Third Street redevelopment. The community forum at Kent Taylor ...
Discoveries in a bottle: Wine lovers find friends at holiday event
Twelve wineries were pouring and dozens of people were sipping Saturday at the annual “Friendsgiving” event, held in the Stillwater event center in McMinnville. Owners of the small, local ...
Sexual abuse case gets retrial because of non-unanimous decision in 2019
Vaughn Leslie Monagon, 47, formerly a McMinnville mortgage broker and church youth leader, is being re-tried for eight counts of sexual abuse stemming from 2006 and 2007 alleged incidents. In the December ...
Fitness to proceed questioned in child pornography case
The attorney for a McMinnville man charged with multiple child pornography counts has questioned his client’s fitness to assist with his defense. Jose Manuel Estrada, 24, faces a total of 29 felony ...
County to purchase OMI campus
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $19 million purchase of the Oregon Mutual Insurance McMinnville campus Thursday, with plans to vacate up to eight current county buildings ...
Cities continue holiday season celebrations
Several Yamhill County cities will light their Christmas trees this weekend, and other holiday events are continuing as the holiday season gets into full swing. - Yamhill Mayor Yvette Potter will ...
Comedic version of ‘Beowulf’ opens this week at Amity High
Amity High School students will perform a comedic retelling of the classic tale of Beowulf, called “Beowulf (and the Bard),” Dec. 5 to 14. AHS alum Emma Connor is directing the parody, which ...
Community-based Cantata group begins another season of performances
When she retired to Yamhill County in 2017 after 30 years living elsewhere, Cami (Nye) Godwin-Austen wanted to find a way to continue her musical interests. She had played piano for many years and sung ...
Mac school board meets Monday to discuss policy updates, budget calendar
McMinnville School Board members will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, to discuss policy updates and the 2025-26 budget calendar. The board also will consider an out-of-state travel request from the ...
Arrests & Citations: Dec. 6, 2024
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Cassia Lynette Collier, 54, Otis, Dec. 2, Lincoln County hold; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $30,000 bail. Eddie DeLarosa, 52, Lafayette, Dec. 2, fleeing ...
Along the Street: Construction projects underway through winter months
- The foundation is shaping up for the new Ether Form plant on Rivergate Street in the McMinnville Industrial Park. The engineering company received a building permit for its 10,090-square-foot plant, ...
Rink opening date skates by
McMinnville’s new holiday market opened Friday following the parade and tree lighting downtown, but the big attraction, an ice skating rink, is still to come. Literally still to come: the pieces ...
Defense needs additional evidence for rape case
Jack Marion Matheny, 38, formerly of Willamina, has been indicted for an alleged rape of 5-year-old in 2014 at the Grand Ronde Reservation. The trial is set for Dec. 9, but on Nov. 22 at a status hearing, ...
Sports
Grizzly girls aim for third straight league title, deeper playoff run
The McMinnville girls basketball team is looking to build upon the program’s recent success. But the new look Grizzlies will be tested early. “This is probably the toughest out-of-league schedule ...
Mac boys start season with win over Roseburg
The McMinnville boys basketball team kicked off the Tucker Coil era with a 63-48 home victory Wednesday night. In his first game as the Mac varsity head coach, Coil was pleased with his team’s competitiveness ...
Wildcats host familiar foe in round two playoff game Saturday
Linfield meets an “old friend” Saturday at Maxwell Field, in University of Mary Hardin Baylor, in the third round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs. While the Wildcats and ...
3A PacWest girls basketball preview: Amity hungry to return to championship
The Amity Warriors nearly won it all last year and faced Corbett in the 3A State Championship finals. The young team, comprised mostly of sophomores, fell 77-51 and finished with a 24-4, 11-1 record. “Corbett ...
Building a new identity: First-year head coach Tucker Coil has Grizzlies focused on defense
First year Mac boys basketball coach Tucker Coil is clear about what identity he wants his players to take on. “Our number one goal and our number one philosophy is defense,” Coil ...
Mac’s Howard named 6A Oregon Coach of the Year
McMinnville’s Adam Howard has been named the Oregon 6A Boys Soccer Coach of the Year. “Talented players can make a coach look good,” Howard said subtly in response to the announcement. But ...
3A Boys basketball 2023-25 Season Preview: Dayton aims to build on last season
A young Willamina team joining the PacWest Conference fray and the return of playoff-seasoned Dayton athletes are key watchpoints heading into the boys’ 2024-25 basketball season. Amity and ...
Ecstasy, agony and reflection
While it may take time for the 2024 McMinnville boys soccer team to cope with what could have been, they will forever be able to reflect on what was: one of the most successful seasons in program history. Following ...
Heartbreaker: Mac falls to Jesuit in state title game
There are tough losses in sports. And then there is McMinnville boys soccer team’s 3-2 heartbreaker in the OSAA 6A state championship game on Saturday. The Grizzlies (15-3-1) led the Jesuit Crusaders ...
Linfield toys with Whitworth on way to 35-7 victory and conference title
Difference makers step up, make plays and — well — make a difference. In Saturday’s 34-7 victory over Whitworth, the whole team, in all three phases of the game made a difference, ...
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 ...
