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BLUE RIVER: The search is still on for a man missing since November 3rd. According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office Shane Sprenger, 47, was believed to be picking mushrooms near Blue River Reservoir when he disappeared. That morning, around 7:30 a.m., he told a family member he’d lost the keys to his truck and needed a ride home. Cellphone pings indicated Sprenger had been in the Blue River Reservoir area, but his phone was turned off on November 4th. The next day family members found his...
The Lane County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help identifying the person pushing a shopping cart in this photo. He is the suspect in a fraud and theft case that involves victims from the McKenzie River area. Anyone with information regarding his identity or whereabouts is asked to contact Lane County Sheriff's Deputy Russ Olson at 541-682-4150. LCSO Case #21-6168...
EUGENE: One of two suspects connected with robberies com-mitted during the Holiday Farm Fire evacuations of 2020 has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Appearing in Lane County Circuit Court on November 3rd Lorrie Marie Hockerd was convicted of Burglary in the First Degree and sentenced to 30 months prison with 3 years post-prison supervision. She was also convicted of Theft in the First Degree (3 counts) and Mail Theft (2 counts). She was sentenced to 13 months prison on each count of...
VIDA: Over a half-dozen, new homes near the Goodpasture Covered Bridge have been generating a lot of interest, along with false assumptions. "The majority of people who stop in think we're a sales lot," says Steve Shefcheck with a laugh. Instead, the eight factory-fresh manufactured homes he and his wife, Diana, bought are key to the couple's plans to restore some rental options to the McKenzie River area. From the time he was 21 until his mid-40's, Steve owned an insurance agency in...
LEABURG: Operations weren't normal for the Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife teams counting salmon at Leaburg Dam this year due to a camera malfunction that lost some of the early data from March. In addition, the fish ladder was shut down a good portion of the summer when fish sorting was underway, causing all the fish to go through the left bank ladder. During June 1st to mid-September, "We passed through somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 wild fish upstream through the fish sorter and were ab...
McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Middle School Girls Basketball team travels to Crow on Monday, December 6, for a 4:30 pm tip-off. The team will host Siltetz, on Wednesday, December 8, game time also set at 4:30 pm. And Then, Fifty And Sixty The Fall of 1971 on the McKenzie had all the feel of another State Championship opportunity in the offing. The Eagles, led by Head Coach Wade Thomas, had run the table in 1969, finishing that outstanding season 11-0 to bring home McKenzie’s first Football State Championship. The next s...
In early 1917, shortly after the U.S. declared war on Germany, the first detachment of U.S. soldiers was dispatched ... to the forest of western Oregon. It turned out the wildest, boldest and (if you were a capitalist) most terrifying labor union in U.S. history had got its hooks deep into the logging business just as demand for timber reached its peak, and as the rest of the country was marching to war, the loggers were marching off the job. That union was the International Workers of the...
Nov. 21: 8:24 p.m: Suspicious Vehicle - Deerhorn Rd. & Bridge St. A white SUV had been parked in a pull-out for approximately four days. Nov. 22: 2:09 a.m: Narcotics, Drug Overdose - 54700 blk, McK. Hwy. 4:58 a.m: Injured Animal - Marcola Rd. & Shotgun Creek Rd. 7:23 a.m: Robbery – McK. Hwy. & Aufderheide Dr. Caller reported he met a female on a dating app that threatened him with a taser and unsuccessfully tried to take his things. 11:30 a.m: Citizen Contact - 2/2021 11:30:21 a.m: 12:01 p.m: Suspicious Vehicle - Deerhorn Rd. & Bridge St. 1...
Nov. 27: 14:46: Crash, Injury – Marcola Rd. & Paschelke Rd. Dispatched to a report of a crash at the intersection, located ½ north in the driveway of Unit #1. Operator of Unit #1 was towing a boat and attempting to turn into his driveway when he failed to yield right of way to operator of Unit #2 who was traveling in the opposite direction. Unit #2 struck Unit #1 on the bed of the truck on the passenger side. The impact pushed both parties off the roadway. The passenger of Unit #1 was transported to Riverbend hospital with minor injuries to th...
Nov. 22: 3:23: 41000 block, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Refusal. 7:51: 36000 blk, McK. Hwy. Electrical Problem. Investigate Burning Electrical Outlet. 10:43: 45000 blk, McK. Hwy. Motor Vehicle Accident. Non-Injury/Partial Blocking. 20:21: 88000 blk, Chita Lp. Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. Nov. 23: 11:20: 35000 blk, Camp Creek Rd Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. Nov. 24: 9:00: 38000 blk, Upper Camp Creek Rd. Kitchen Fire. Fire Extinguished. 12:30: 87000 blk, Cedar Flat Rd Medical, General. Patient Ass...
Nov. 28: 01:54: Medical – 55000 block, McK. River Dr. Male, Conscious, Breathing. 07:27: Medical - Medical – 55000 blk, McK. River Dr. Male, Conscious, Breathing. 10:34: Vehicle Fire – 91000 blk, Mill Creek Rd. Car smoking, in parking lot - not at the pumps. 13:42: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury – Milepost 10, Clear Lake Cutoff. Single vehicle, tire flew off involved pickup. Nov. 29: 00:25: Medical – 91000 blk, Horse Creek Rd. Female, Conscious, Breathing. The Upper McK. Fire District board of directors will hold its monthly meeting o...
Reality can get skewed when there are so many sources of information – books, magazines, newspapers, nurseries and, most of all, the internet and social media open up lots of room for contradiction. So, how do you find the right answer for gardening questions? Nine experts from Oregon State University Extension Service stepped up to bust some common gardening myths. Read on to get some research-based answers to 10 common misconceptions. For additional questions, call the OSU Extension master g...
Why do I want to stay in a relationship that makes me so unhappy? I have been with my boyfriend for two years. Over the last few months the relationship has rapidly declined. We are spending less and less time together (his choice), and the time we do spend together we argue about the way he is treating me. One minute he is loving and caring, the next cold and hurtful. His confusing behavior is causing me to act out of character. I feel I am turning into an emotional wreck. My partner now says...
ACROSS 1. Pilgrim's destination 6. Make a scene 9. Rubik's puzzle 13. Hawaii environs 14. Toothy fish 15. Cone-shaped dwelling 16. White Swan in "Swan Lake" ballerina 17. ____-Wan Kenobi 18. *Decorate with wreaths and holly, e.g. 19. *Either dessert or source of heat (2 words) 21. *____ Day, or second day of Christmastide 23. Land parcel 24. Strauss of denim fame 25. Broadband access overseer, acr. 28. Clarified butter 30. Acute one and obtuse one 35. Southeastern Asian country 37. Jouster's...
After the Schitt's Creek reunion tour is canceled, Lori Glazer wants a refund for her tickets. But Tickets-Center.com is only offering a credit. Can it do that? In March 2020, I bought two tickets to the Schitt's Creek reunion tour from Tickets-Center.com. The event was postponed, and I heard nothing until today when they said they were giving us a credit of 110 percent. That's not acceptable. The Tickets-Center.com site has a "100 percent guarantee," and I think they should refund my money....
Matt Oyen drops off his Thrifty rental car less than four miles from the right place. The cost: $932. Is that fair? I'm contacting you about a $932 fee added to my car rental bill by Thrifty. The fee is for returning my rental vehicle to the wrong airport terminal in Minneapolis. When I made the reservation I selected Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport as the return spot. The whole time I had in my head we would return to the MSP main terminal. I never looked closely at the rental a...
