A farmer near Cornelius is killed in a ditch accident, controversy over a city sewer, and, well, feet are in this week's news from a century ago in Forest Grove!
"Memorial Day to See 'Closed' City," an 86 foot fir flag pole and more in this week's history column showcasing Forest Grove life from one hundred years ago!
In 1925, the Pacific University student newspaper caused a stir with an 8-page newspaper printed entirely in green ink. This and more in the news of a century ago!
Initial results from the May 20 2025 Special District Elections were posted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the results show two candidates winning their uncontested seats on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District board.
A Forest Grove man is critically ill from lockjaw (tetanus), city cleanup is a success, and a letter writer urges residents to put up "bird houses and squirrel dens" in 1925.
A state senator visited Forest Grove in 1925 and "literally picked the flesh from the bones" of the governor and the head of the Oregon Anti-Saloon league in a fiery Prohibition-era speech to the Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce.
A famed fire chief quits Forest Grove for Washington, the famed Mazamas trek from Dilley to find fossils, and the city plans to enclose Council Creek in the news of a century ago.
