Grape Stomp goes for the record Sunday
Community members can join in an attempt to break the world record for group grape crushing Sunday, Oct. 20, at the second-annual Grizzly Grape Stomp. The free event is sponsored by the McMinnville High ...
McMinnville School Board meets Monday night
McMinnville School Board members will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in the district office, 800 N.E. Lafayette Ave. An executive session on students records will precede the meeting. During the ...
McMinnville police host 'coffee with a cop'
McMinnville police will host 'coffee with a cop' from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Starbucks, 829 S.W. Keck Drive. Citizens are invited to express community concerns with officers. For information, ...
McMinnville power outage lasts just a few seconds
A power outage that McMinnville Water & Light Electric Division Director Scott Rosenbalm said lasted four seconds and impacted the northwest part of town and a portion of downtown Tuesday morning was ...
Adjutant General of Oregon to speak
Major General Michael E. Stencil, the adjutant general of Oregon, will visit the Evergreen Aviation Museum and speak to veterans on Thursday, Sept. 5. As adjutant general, Stencil is responsible for providing ...
Cruising McMinnville will fill downtown streets
Third Street will be filled with vehicles Saturday -- first for a car show, then for a see-and-be-seen cruising event, which will encompass Second and Fifth streets, as well. The Cruising McMinnville ...
Welcome home slated for Fisher
Street racing victim Natasha Fisher has returned home to McMinnville. A celebration to mark the occasion is scheduled to run 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, in the Olde Stone Village clubhouse at 4155 N.E. ...

'He just wanted to go to jail'
A transient walked into U.S. Bank Tuesday afternoon, demanded $5 from a teller, told the employee to call the police and then waited for McMinnville officers to arrive. The suspect was identified as convicted ...

Little house, big lessons
YAMHILL — After nearly two years of work, most of it one hour at a time, Yamhill-Carlton High School’s tiny house is ready for a new owner. Career tech students designed and built the 20-by-8-foot ...
Turkey Rama car show today
Turkey Rama continues today with a car show running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Third Street. Car owners are asked to arrive between 8 and 9 a.m. Sunday. Registration on site is $25 per vehicle. McMinnville’s ...

Restraint motion will be filed in Wolfe murder case
Attorneys for Michael Wolfe, charged with murdering Karissa Fretwell, a 25-year-old single mother from Salem, and her three-year-old son, William “Billy” Fretwell II, told Yamhill County Circuit ...
Email posted on Facebook draws backlash for city
McMinnville Community Development Director Mike Bisset said a city-sanctioned site for people to live in their cars at the corner of Northeast Riverside Drive and Lafayette Avenue was far from a done deal. A ...
Pedestrian struck in McMinnville
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Highway 99W and Northeast McDonald Lane. The victim was identified as Jesus Garcia-Garcia, 26, of McMinnville, ...
Lions host annual community breakfast
McMinnville Lions Club will host its 34th annual community breakfast Sunday, June 23, at the McMinnville Airport. The pancake, eggs and ham breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to noon. Cost is $8 for ...