Missing out: With too many students absent, educators urge the community to help
Students should attend school every day unless they are ill, local educators say. But currently, about one-third of public school students in Yamhill County miss at least 10% of each school year. They ...
Second St. apartments clear likely final hurdle
The McMinnville City Council voted 4-1 to uphold the Planning Commission’s approval of a 72-unit affordable housing complex on Second Street Tuesday, citing state law aimed at spurring housing development ...
Law enforcement discusses plate-recognition cameras
Flock cameras have been making headlines nationwide and in Oregon, as the cameras using automatic license plate recognition, or ALPR, technology have sparked fears of a surveillance state. At least seven ...
Stopping By: On to the next stage
Active community member Charity Livingston is leaving McMinnville for new adventures — but she’ll be back
Amity man charged with sex abuse against relatives
Lloyd Earl Rosenbalm, 63, of Amity was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his residence on allegations of child sexual abuse of relatives. According to a probable cause statement by YCSO Detective Hugo Cerda, ...
Students hit the books next week
Students will return to classes throughout Yamhill County next week. Most will start Monday, Aug. 31, although some high school upperclassmen won’t return until Tuesday. Willamina students already ...
Veterans parade ready to go
Thanks to community donations and help from the Greater Yamhill County VFW Post 4015, organizers say they have secured funding for this year’s Yamhill County Veterans Parade. The event honoring ...
Quirk of the Week: McMinnville rocks
A collection of strange sights this week from around McMinnville: call them streetside distractions, starting with a rich collection of items seen in southeast McMinnville (and, full disclosure, in the ...
Considering the need for truancy citations
Oregon law requires all children between the ages of 6 and 18 who have not yet finished the 12th grade to attend full-time school on a regular basis. But there are no teeth to that law, local ...
Starting class with a new do
Megan Cochran arrived for her back-to-school haircut with long locks. “I want it cut to here,” the third-grader said, her hand hovering just above her shoulder. Ready for her new do, she ...
School board upholds superintendent decision
The McMinnville School Board on Monday voted to uphold the superintendent’s decision about the outcome of a complaint investigation. The six board members at the public business meeting voted in ...
Arrests & Citations: Aug. 28, 2026
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Department Heather Jayne Fawcett, 46, Lafayette, Aug. 20, first-degree forgery/two counts; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Mark Lee Melendez, 49, McMinnville, ...
Sheridan man sentenced to more than 12 years
Frederick Lee Johnston, 69, of Sheridan on Friday, Aug. 21, was sentenced by a Polk County Circuit Court judge to 150 months — 12 1/2 years — in prison for sexually abusing two stepdaughters. Polk ...
Mac High grad visits family, market before semester in Cambridge
On her way from Washington, D.C., to London, Grace Mackay breezed into her hometown of McMinnville to visit family and stop by her former workplace, the McMinnville Farmers Market. Mackay spent three ...
