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LaDonna L. Savedra (Bach)

LaDonna L. Savedra (Bach) of Keizer passed away on Nov. 10, 2019 in Portland. LaDonna was born in Vancouver, Wash., on May 6, 1944 to Henning and LaVelle Soderlind. She graduated from South Salem High School in 1962 and married Myrle…

K9 tracks fleeing suspect to riverbank

David Acevedo Keizer Police Department K-9 Kobe successfully tracked a fleeing man to the banks of the Willamette River after leading police on a chase of through south Keizer and northeast Salem.  The incident began about 1:25 a.m. on Wednesday,…

New, familiar faces join city advisory groups

The Keizer City Council made numerous appointments to several advisory committees at its meeting Monday, Nov. 4.  Ali Rasouli and Julia Sargent were added to the Keizer Budget Committee.  Tanya Hamilton, Mike Pantalone, Dylan Juran, Clay Rushton and Jeff Sargent…

Poetry in spotlight at Chemeketa

The final event in its 2019 Poetry in Performance series, hosted by the Mid-Valley Poetry Society, is Sunday, Nov. 17.   A program titled Because a Poem Breathes will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the TV Studio…

Police calls: Oct. 28 – Oct. 30

Monday, October 28 11:38 a.m. – Arrest for probation violation in the 3000 block of River Road N. 5 p.m. – Violation of release agreement in the 800 block of Foothill Court NE. 10:44 p.m. – Arrest for minor in…

Witnesses sought in hit-and-run near Keizer Station

Keizer police are looking for anyone who might have witnessed a vehicle-on-pedestrian hit-an-run incident Friday, Oct. 25, near Keizer Station.  Police were summoned to the intersection of Stadium Drive Northeast and Chemawa Road Northeast where a 30-year-old, legally blind woman…

MCFD1 eyes new levy

Marion County Fire District #1 (MCFD#1) wants to hire two firefighter/paramedics to respond to increasing call volumes.  Doing so would require an operating levy increase from taxpayers, and the district is holding two meetings to take public input on the…