Stolen nursery truck recovered; Dayton owner loses cash and plants

Alderbrook Gardens owner Leslie Overgard said she was devastated to discover the theft on Monday, Nov. 27, of a 1999 Ford box truck, which happened during a delivery. The truck was stolen from ...

Dayton reports ‘multiple’ body boxing incidents

The Dayton School District has reported “multiple” incidents considered body boxing, a term used on social media for filming fights and posting them online, according to Yamhill County ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Cranes swing a 220-foot long steel beam into place Wednesday next to the old Dayton footbridge, where it will temporarily hold city water and sewer lines. Once the old span crossing the Yamhill River is demolished, the lines and beams will be moved into the place where the former footbridge stood.

Dayton span swings into place

Two huge cranes swung slender steel beams into place across the Yamhill River at Dayton Wednesday morning as part of the city’s footbridge replacement project. The beams will serve as a temporary ...

Dayton schools to host town hall

Dayton School District will host a town hall meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the Dayton Fire Hall. Superintendent Amy Fast and other school officials will be present. Community members ...

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Former Dayton teacher sentenced on harassment charge

A former Dayton Grade School third-grade teacher pleaded guilty to one count of harassment, a Class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced to two days in jail by Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Chapman. The ...

Dayton awards scarecrow contest winners

The community of Dayton celebrates Halloween with a public party from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Palmer Creek Community Center. Dayton festivities started in early October with the ...

Challenged books will remain in Dayton classrooms

Updated 10/20/23. Five books that had been challenged by a parent will remain in use in Dayton High School’s ninth through 12th-grade English/Language Arts classes. Superintendent Amy Fast made ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##New Dayton Superintendent Amy Fast talks with Dakotah Norwest during Kindergarten Camp in August. Fellow kindergartner Reagan Riddle is at right. Children were getting to know their new school as Fast was getting acquainted with the district.

New Dayton superintendent: Listening to students, and wearing many hats

As she prepares for her first school year as Dayton superintendent, Amy Fast has been meeting members of her staff and new community — among them, and maybe most important, the 5-year-olds ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Volunteer Evelyn Tushar sorts items donated to the Dayton Clothes Closet, a giveaway program with quarters in the Dayton First Baptist Church. People in Dayton and the surrounding area can shop once a month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Dayton food pantry aims to build new quarters

Volunteers who run the Dayton Community Food Pantry are more than two-thirds of the way toward their fundraising goal for a new building. Board members and other volunteers plan to build a separate ...

Dayton City Council meets Monday

Dayton City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, in the City Hall Annex, 408 Ferry St. Council members will consider a donation request for construction of Dayton Baptist Church’s food ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Salty Kettle’s Malachai, Aleiah, and Trever Barnes serve a sample of kettle corn to Caleb Bute of McMinnville on Saturday during Old-Timers Weekend at Dayton’s Courthouse Square Park. After sampling several flavors, Caleb decided on caramel.

Old-Timers Weekend a fine time in Dayton

‘Grease” was the word in Dayton over the weekend as community members celebrated the annual Old-Timers Weekend. The theme brought out numerous Pink Ladies, dressed in the same hue ...

'Grease' is the theme for Dayton celebration

“Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion … Grease is the way we are feeling,” the movie’s title song goes, providing a fitting theme for the 2023 Dayton Old Timers Weekend ...

Blood drives scheduled around county

Five local sites are hosting blood drive visits by the American Red Cross over the next two weeks. These are the venues: Friday, June 30: Willamette Valley Medical Center, 2700 S.E. Stratus Ave., ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Trae Wall approaches senior class advisor Beth Wytoski to receive the 2023 Dayton Boy of the Year award, given to a student who exemplified positive traits throughout the year. Josephine Shilhanek, seen to the left of Wytoski, was named Girl of the Year.

Dayton High’s ‘big kids’ get their diplomas

As Patrick Verdun gave the commencement address at Dayton’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, he wanted to share some tips with the graduating class, while also sprinkling in some humor. “Ten ...

Dayton seniors to graduate Saturday afternoon

Dayton High School will graduate its Class of 2023 at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 10, on the football field. Patrick Verdun, who taught members of the class but now works at Newberg High, will return to give ...

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