Mac PD says 16 arrested, including shooter, connected to Joe Dancer Park incident
Sixteen males between the ages of 15 and 20 have been arrested in connection with a melee and shooting on Tuesday, April 28, at Joe Dancer Park, McMinnville Police reported over the weekend.
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Mac PD says 16 arrested, including shooter, connected to Joe Dancer Park incident
Sixteen males between the ages of 15 and 20 have been arrested in connection with a melee and shooting on Tuesday, April 28, at Joe Dancer Park, McMinnville Police reported over the weekend.
Along the Street: What’s going up: U-Haul expansion underway
Construction fences are up around a site in the 3100 block of Northeast Highway 99W, south of Kraemer’s Garden shop. A variety of construction equipment has been moved there, as well. The site will ...
County transit committee to meet Thursday
The Yamhill County Transit Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the Mt. Hood room of the Government Services Building, 400 N.E. Baker St., McMinnville. The meeting ...
Affordable housing committee discusses upcoming grant work
McMinnville’s Affordable Housing Committee last week discussed upcoming grant-funded endeavors and brainstormed ideas for a second meeting regarding the city’s rent burdened status. The city ...
County to settle over foreclosure proceeds
Commissioner Mary Starrett’s past concerns about Yamhill County keeping proceeds from tax foreclosed property sales have come to fruition, as the Board of Commissioners will vote Thursday to settle ...
Local News
BALLOTS DUE TODAY: Voters to decide school board seats, McMinnville fire district merger
Updated 5/16/23 Ballots for the May election are due by 8 p.m. today, May 16. If mailed, they must be postmarked by today's date, and must arrive at the Yamhill County Elections Division within seven ...
DA Lynch comments on Appeals Court ruling
Following the April 2 Oregon Court of Appeals opinion of State v. Johnny Lee Widerman, the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing the opinion and any impacts to the office’s ...
Sewage discharged into Yamhill River
Approximately 50,000 gallons of partially treated sewage was discharged into the South Yamhill River Monday due to a control system failure at the McMinnville Water Reclamation Facility. At approximately ...
Child abuse intervention center works to raise awareness, funds
Juliette’s House, the Yamhill County child abuse intervention center, will host several activities to mark National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April — including a special blue marble treasure ...
Sports
Gallery: Linfield Lacrosse celebrates Senior Day, Crist breaks three program records
On Sunday, April 26, the Linfield University lacrosse team held senior day before its final game of the season. The pre-game celebrations honored Linfield’s six seniors: Savannah Irwin (6), Gabby ...
3A Baseball: Pirates, Tigers ramping up for first face off
The third and final automatic playoff berth in Class 3A Special District 3 could be decided during a pivotal two-game series between Yamhill County rivals. On Friday, No. 19-ranked Yamhill Carlton (10-8, ...
Mac Tennis: Grizzlies sweep Bowmen, Jaguars, Tide
McMinnville’s varsity tennis teams had a blazing hot week, spearheaded by the Grizzly girls completing a season sweep of Sherwood just weeks after defeating the Bowmen for the first time in five ...
Mac Softball: Kreft, Pesina-Wade, Stephens go deep in 18-3 smothering of Newberg
A parade of home runs helped the No. 15-ranked Grizzlies (9-9, 3-3) topple No. 30-ranked Yamhill County rival Newberg (9-11, 1-5) on Friday as Mac got back on track with an 18-3 road victory. There were ...
Mac Baseball: Woodward stays hot but Bears drop to Vikings
The high point of the McMinnville varsity baseball team’s three-game Pacific Conference set versus No. 25 Forest Grove (10-9, 6-6) was on Wednesday. It was the only game of the series that the No. ...
Features
Quirk of the Week: Roadside oddities, one writ larch, gather around Sheridan, Willamina
Quirk of the Week on Feb. 19 crept west from McMinnville, but this week takes us farther west still, along the highways and deep into the hills … No exploration of West Valley Quirk would be complete ...
Whatchamacolumn: Property tax summary provides feast of numbers
My occasional obsession with numbers is well fed every October by the annual Yamhill County property tax summary. And Yamhill County Assessor Derrick Wharff always contributes enough extra analysis to ...
Easter egg hunts planned Saturday
Get out your Easter baskets — and waterproof shoes — for Easter egg hunts in most Yamhill County cities this Saturday, April 8. Fire departments, service clubs and civic groups plan to hide ...
Stopping By: A creative place
It’s always the season for planting and growing at Incahoots, a business that thrives on change
Nostalgic comedy ‘Harvey’ opens March 31 at Gallery
Will audiences see the title character in “Harvey,” the nostalgic comedy that opens Friday, March 31, at Gallery Theater? Director Steve Cox won’t say. But he is betting theatergoers ...
