Mill City News

"Notes for Nozzles," a Gates Rural Fire Protection District Emergency Support Services-sponsored concert benefiting the Gates Fire Hall Project, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

It could cost people more to camp and visit federal recreation sites in Oregon, including proposals for the first-ever day-use fees at Elkhorn Valley and Canyon Creek, both operated by the Salem District of the Bureau of Land Management.

An art show and open mic storytime session is coming up at Paul Toews' Art Gone Wild Studio in Stayton.

One man of faith taught the youths of a whole community to grow along their journeys to God.

Habitat for Humanity is coordinating a fundraising effort. As many as 10 local business and civic men and women in the Stayton/Mill City area will be taken to 'jail' to raise money to build a new Habitat home in Mill City next year at an upcoming event.

On October 17, at 2:42 a.m., the Marion County Sheriff's Office responded to the report of a single vehicle crash on Highway 22 at Joseph Street Southeast.

The Marion County Historical Society has announced two awards in recognition of local efforts to support history and its preservation through teaching, writing, research and historical society work.

The Forest Ridge Elementary community is rallying around raptors - and that means lemonade all around.

Bad knees? Meet your match. OtisKnee, a three-year-old technology hailing from the West Coast that offers patients custom parts for partial and total knee-replacement surgeries, has arrived in the Mill City.

A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman has been released from custody, and a grand jury found that there was not evidence to charge him with a crime.

One of many reasons to visit the Mill City Farmers Market: the hands-on, kid-friendly experience of learning where food comes from.

The Linn County Sheriff's Office has released more details concerning the Wednesday arrest of an Idanha woman on a robbery charge.

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A Marion County judge has been fired from his post after being arrested on a drunken driving charge in late August.

'Special alert' - at 7 p.m. Sunday night, Shuttle Bob drove across Mill City Bridge and noticed that the large branch that was stuck above Mill City Falls has washed down and partially blocked the boat channel.

Habitat for Humanity has always been about special people doing special things. But when longtime Habitat volunteer Ray Crist of Lyons passed away, special action was taken.

On the first day back for Santiam Canyon School District students Tuesday morning, the district's new four-day week was on many parents' minds.

Despite some weaknesses revealed by preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress reports released recently by the state's Oregon Department of Education, officials at three area school districts say stimulus-funded extra staffing will bolster student success this year.

West Locust Street in Stayton was closed to traffic this week for the city to resurface the street, city officials said recently.

A memorial fund recently was set up at Parrish Middle School for Hal Kaiser, a dedicated principal who stepped down in March and died last month after battling a rare blood disease.