Final tally brings in loads of diapers
Something about diapers makes Tai James a bit weepy, and it’s not the smell. The diapers that bring tears to her eyes aren’t even stinky. They are the fresh, clean diapers donated throughout ...
Playground to close
The popular Recreation Station play structure in Upper City Park will be closed for maintenence the week of May 9-13 — an annual occurrence. For more information, call park maintenance at ...
Lectures to honor ecologist
Two lectures and an exhibit will honor the legacy of the late Professor Jane Claire Dirks Edmunds, the first female Ph.D. on the Linfield College faculty. Susan Prichard, research scientist with the U.S. ...
Two hurt in Highway 18 crash
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash last Thursday at the intersection of Highway 18 and the Lafayette Highway. The Oregon State Police gave this account: About 7:30 a.m., Scott Masato ...
Students work with puppet master
An army of ants and waddle of penguins are springing to life in the form of papier mache puppets at Grandhaven Elementary School, along with an array of aliens, monsters, wolves, pigs and countless numbers ...
Chase winds all around county
Amy Lee Calhoun told investigators she had smoked marijuana laced with PCP prior to leading McMinnville police and Yamhill County sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit winding through three cities and ...
Columbine music video spurred shooting plan
Jacob Hill and four friends, two girls and two boys, met at Friend’s Community Cemetery on South Everest Road in Newberg last Feb. 29. And they ended up plotting, or at least helping Hill plot, a ...
Hill guilty on all three counts
Yamhill County Circuit Judge John Collins found 17-year-old Jacob Hill culpable of all three charges Friday, the equivalent of guilty in an adult venue, at the conclusion of a four-day bench trial held ...
School budget would fund new positions
McMinnville schools would continue most programs next year, in addition to adding several staff members to meet growing student needs, under a proposed budget outlined by Superintendent Maryalice Russell. She ...
Sanctuary gets grant to care for horses
When an ailing, abused horse recently reached an animal sanctuary in Sheridan, veterinarians said it had no more than two days to live — at best. Joy and David Laudahl, owners of Harmony New Beginnings ...
Olson challenges Springer for commissioner
McMinnville Mayor Rick Olson has lived in the city since the age of 5, when his parents moved from Portland. A Navy veteran, he has served as a volunteer firefighter, planning commissioner, budget committee ...
Springer seeks to retain seat on board
Yamhill County Commissioner Allen Springer, a longtime developer and former McMinnville city councilor, said he never planned to run for a seat on the non-partisan board. “I did get recruited by ...
First Federal reps teach value of saving
Are you a spender or a saver? And what will either mean to your future? First Federal representatives asked students those questions during a Tuesday visit to Columbus Elementary School. The savings ...
Grandchildren say thanks for cookies and hugs
Grandparents give children rides home from school, dole out sage advice, bake cookies for them, attend their school programs and, most of all, provide plenty of hugs and love, students at McMinnville Christian ...
Suit filed in farmworker's death
The estate of a McMinnville farmworker killed last fall in a filbert harvesting accident has filed a $7 million wrongful death lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The suit, filed by the McMinnville ...
