Cottage Grove

Heavy rain caused several rivers to rise to worrisome levels Sunday, as some school districts announced they would be closed Monday due to ongoing concerns.

Jon Stinnet will be the fourth council member to leave office this year. Three others were recalled by voters this summer.

In Cottage Grove, the temporary homeless shelter at Lulu's Dog Park isn’t being widely used. Now, the city has scaled down its plans to open a more permanent site.

Cottage Grove will remake its city government. Six out of seven city council seats will be on the ballot in November, thanks to a recent recall effort.

The City of Cottage Grove is closing down two of its homeless campsites, and asking residents to relocate to a temporary shelter at a dog park.

The city of Cottage Grove isn’t allowed to accept filings for those seats until the recall results are certified, which is one day before filings are due.

An effort to recall three members of the Cottage Grove city council appears to have been successful.

This is the second attempt in less than a year to recall a significant portion of the Cottage Grove city council.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has been taking lots of calls from the Cottage Grove reservoir lately. Anglers are seeing hundreds of ornamental koi swimming around. These colorful, non-native fish can wreak havoc on local water systems.

A group of community members is banding together in hopes of reducing the number of unwanted animals in South Lane and Northern Douglas counties.

During their meeting Monday, the South Lane School Board signed off on a separation agreement with its superintendent, Yvonne Curtis.

Authorities have shot and killed a black bear in Cottage Grove after they say someone fed it and it got too comfortable around people.