##Mark Blegen

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 ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##In Amity High School’s production of “Beowulf (and the Bard),” the Bard (Zane Aldrich), second from right, chronicles the quest of Beowulf (Noah Milldrum), far right. From left, the photo also shows villagers Colton Maxwell, Izabella Swendig and Ainsley Walker along with Unferth (Kiah Hernandez), Gunborg (Joleen Benuche), Hrothgar (Liliana Vera) and Aeschere (Danica Weaver).

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 ...

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 ...

YMCA takes over after school care

The YMCA will take over operations of McMinnville after-school care programs from Camp Fire Columbia starting Jan. 1, but will retain current staff at the three area schools. “The YMCA is excited ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Yamhill-Carlton Elementary School third-grader Lillian Powers pets Gobi, the star of the “Finding Gobi” books, held by her owner and best friend, author Dion Leonard. YCES Librarian Kristin Pond is in the background. Gobi is wearing a collar handmade by Lillian in the school colors, black and orange. She wrote to Gobi and Leonard, asking them to visit her school.

Fast Friends: Gobi and her owner show off their books

The only one that didn’t say a word during Tuesday afternoon’s assembly was Gobi, who also was the reason everyone else was there. Gobi is the Chihuahua-Shih Tzu mix that followed author Dion ...

Janet Gupton photo##Lucy Ingham as Sorel Bennett and Dominic Thompson as Walter Pearce rehearse a scene in “Death by Design” at Linfield University, opening this week.

Mystery and wit on the Linfield stage

Audiences will put on their detective gumshoes to investigate the mysterious happenings at Cookham Manor in “Death by Design,” opening this week at Linfield Theater. According to director ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Miss Oregon Abigail Hoppe, a Linfield University graduate and former McMinnville teacher, visits with Newby fifth-graders Amelia Spargur, left, and Kiera Murray as they practice giving a shot of insulin to a toy bear Friday.

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 ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##McMinnville High School fabrication students cut and welded three panels to make a mural on display at 15th and Evans, the southwest corner of the school. The design features McMinnville icons, including an alien and a Grizzly.

Students create new metal murals for Mac High campus

A tractor rolls across farm fields. Wine grapes ripen on vines. A Grizzly bear prowls. These and other images grace three large metal panels at 15th and Evans streets, the southwest corner of ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Rosie (Kaira Llerenas) teases the Shriners, a conservative group who help oversee the town, in a number from “Bye Bye Birdie.” Opening Nov. 15 at McMinnville High School, the musical is set in the 1950s (though in this photo the cast members are in modern clothes for the rehearsal.) Those playing Shriners, from left, are Mia Sublett, Beetle Jones, Will Miller, Bailey Redfield, Ray Roberts, Cainen Maynard, Sean Gerbrandt, Damon Leadbetter-Kearl, Mykeal Pastora and Dylan Dawson.

Mac High students perform 'Bye Bye Birdie'

McMinnville High School will present “Bye Bye Birdie,” a classic musical comedy, Nov. 15-22, in the school auditorium Shows will start at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16; 7 ...

School board adds Mac High graduation requirements

Starting with the Class of 2026, McMinnville High School students will need to complete a half credit of civics; the following year, they also will be required to take half a credit of personal ...

School assemblies honor veterans

Several schools are planning assemblies to honor local veterans. They include: - Dayton High School will host its annual Veterans Day assembly at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the gym, located in a separate ...

Linfield president candidates visit campus

Linfield University has narrowed its presidential search from 87 candidates to four finalists who will participate in upcoming forums with the Linfield community. Linfield organized a 16-member search ...

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Mac High marching band to play Thursday

McMinnville High School’s marching band will perform for the public Thursday, Nov. 7, at Wortman Stadium on the school campus. The free performance will start at 7 p.m. If weather is inclement, ...

Changes to graduation requirements on Mac School Board agenda

McMinnville School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4. The board will hear first reading of proposed changes to policies about graduation requirements, admission of foreign exchange students ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Linfield student Bailee Romine adds fine detail to the “mushroom lady” element on the mural “Roots of the Heart” at the Miller Art Center. Romine considers the mural a visual “trip” open to interpretation.

Trippy mural design takes shape on Linfield campus

The community’s newest outdoor artwork seems to deal a kind of “Alice in Wonderland” hand but goes deeper than that. “Roots of the Heart,” is the title of the changeable ...

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