Cruising event wheels into Mac this weekend
Teens from McMinnville and surrounding cities once filled Third Street on Friday and Saturday nights, cruising to see and be seen. Driving slowly through downtown McMinnville will return Saturday, ...
Tickets available for Distinguished Service Awards
Tickets are available for the McMinnville Distinguished Service Awards banquet, which will be Wednesday, May 15, in The Bindery Event Space at Fourth and Ford streets downtown. Tickets are $50. The evening ...
Neighbors on either side object to new townhouses
A seemingly straightforward one-foot variance request was complicated by complaints from neighbors and an absent applicant at Thursday’s McMinnville Planning Commission meeting. Property owner Vincent ...
MHS students bring home SkillsUSA awards
McMinnville High School won the Chapter Excellence award last weekend at the state SkillsUSA competition held in Albany. Two of the eight culinary competitors qualified for nationals, as well, said Krista ...
Mac High grad, ambassador dies
Glen Holden Sr., a 1944 graduate of McMinnville High School who went on to serve as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica, died April 18. He was 97. Holden, who also was known as a champion polo player, was born ...
Grand jury indicts Olague, Converse on attempted murder charges
The two suspects involved in a downtown McMinnville crime spree on April 11, including shots fired at two individuals, were indicted Friday by a grand jury. Roberto Olague, 21, of McMinnville, and Kelton ...
Safe zones go to Mac council
A monthlong discussion on prohibiting camping near schools will be brought to a vote at Tuesday’s McMinnville City Council meeting, along with two other code changes aimed at public camping. The ...
Called to fight: Retired chief Terry Lucich still responds to fire and medical calls
Terry Lucich, who has spent more than 50 years as a firefighter, was named Humble Spirit restaurant’s third “humble spirit” – the first to be honored in a new annual series of such ...
Stopping By: Willkommen to Mac - GAPP program builds language, understand
Students at McMinnville High School and a German gymnasium, or high school that prepares students for higher education, are bridging the gap between their two countries. The German American Partnership ...
'If I Were Mayor' winners announced
The City of McMinnville announced winners of its “If I were Mayor” student contest Tuesday. Newby Elementary School fourth grader Lillian Goodman and Patton Middle School sixth grader Gisele ...
Council remains split over proposed utility
McMinnville City Council remains split over a proposed stormwater utility that would add $9.50 to monthly residential bills starting early next year. At a work session Wednesday, councilors discussed ...
Mac Fire district to receive $250k in equipment from Grand Ronde
The McMinnville Fire District may soon receive approximately $250,000 worth of breathing apparatus, thanks to a donation from Grand Ronde Tribal Emergency Services. The district has been looking to purchase ...
A solid lesson: Students experience construction work with concrete
Students in McMinnville High School construction internship class got a hard lesson last week — but extremely valuable, they said. They leveled and prepared a 16-by-8-foot site, fitted it with rebar, ...
Law enforcement responds to three accidents Tuesday
Local law enforcement responded to three separate vehicle collisions on Tuesday, April 16 — two in McMinnville and one near Dundee. In two of the crashes, three vehicles were involved. One of the ...
Distinguished Service Awards to go to Olson, Duerfeldt, others
Retired educator Emily Duerfeldt and former McMinnville mayor and Yamhill County commissioner Rick Olson have been chosen as woman and man of the year in the annual Distinguished Service Awards program. They ...