Michelle Adame, co-owner of CopyCats, helps load up food and gifts for local families during the 2018 KNOW Giving Basket delivery. Gift tags for the Keizer Network of Women’s (KNOW) Giving Basket program are now out in the community. The fundraiser hopes to help about 250 local families this year. [Read More…]
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Former fire chief passes
Greg Frank Greg Frank, a former Keizer Fire District chief, Keizer First Citizen and businessman, passed away after a long battle with cancer Friday, Nov. 5. Frank led KFD as chief for 17 years after starting as a volunteer, but he had always planned to be a police officer, he[Read More…]
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 Fowler in June of the same year. Together they had[Read More…]
Warren blows past pack in Keizer campaign giving
Democratic presidential Sen. Elizabeth Warren is finding a receptive audience among a small number of supporters in Keizer. Warren sailed past every other candidate and President Donald Trump when it came to presidential campaign giving in the third quarter of 2019. Warren raked in $11,845, but Trump still had more[Read More…]
KT on vacation
Submitted photo McNary High School graduate Brock Wyer, with fiancé Ivy Parker, show off their Keizertimes after Brock graduated from the US Navy Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Ill., on Aug. 23, 2019. Wyer was the No. 1 academic recruit out of 385 sailors. Brock is in the Navy’s nuclear program[Read More…]
In-N-Out traffic plans begin to crystallize
The Keizer Station In-N-Out might not open until mid or late December if indications from a recent meeting between the corporation and city staff are any indication. In a weekly update on city business, City Manager Chris Eppley said In-N-Out is likely to request a special event permit from the[Read More…]
Barker and Walling take home top honors
McNary’s Erik Barker (left) and Junior Walling (right) each received first-team all-league honors, along with other awards (File). While there were great football players scattered throughout the Mountain Valley Conference this season, there were two from that stood out above the rest. On Friday, Nov. 15 McNary quarterback Erik Barker[Read More…]
4 major tournaments headed to KLL park
Keizer Little League Park is going to be quite a bit busier for a few weekends next year. Keizer Little League, which manages the park under a contract with the city, recently signed a contract to bring four two-day tournaments to the park. The organizations hosting the tournaments are Cherry[Read More…]
City’s ADU standards take spotlight again at planning commission
The Keizer Planning Commission spent its November meeting bringing Keizer’s development codes relating to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) into line with recent changes instituted by the Oregon Legislature. Two potentially dramatic changes received no discussion during the meeting because the legislative action nullified previous regulations implemented by the city. “As[Read More…]
2019 Holiday Gift & Event Guide
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