John Mikkola
Sgt. John Mikkola is now back to full-time duty at the Woodburn Police Department after taking over three months off recovering from multiple gunshot wounds.
WOODBURN — Woodburn Police Sgt. John Mikkola is back at work after being shot three times earlier this year. Doctors released him back to active duty with the Woodburn Police Department (WPD) on July 14 after three and a half months of rest and rehabilitation. “Everything’s really good,” Mikkola said Monday. “It’s really good to be back to work. It’s just great that I’m able to come back and return to my regular duty.
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7/29/2010 12:12:24 AM
WOODBURN — The A.W.A.R.E. Food Bank was recently given a check from The Feinstein Foundation, a national nonprofit organization, for $261 as part of the $1 million giveaway the foundation was doling out.
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7/29/2010 12:11:25 AM
AURORA — Folks, we’re experiencing some turbulence in the Aurora State Airport master plan process. It’s time to fasten your seat belts. Because of funding issues, the airport’s 20-year plan, started last November, did a touch and go — taking off, landing and then taking off again.
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7/29/2010 12:10:33 AM
AURORA — A local coalition of governments and land-use advocates have voiced concerns that funding for an air traffic control tower at the Aurora airport is premature.
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7/28/2010 9:00:06 AM
WOODBURN — Woodburn schools may not receive free meals for the 2010-11 school year because of an application process the district hasn’t taken part in since 1999.
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7/27/2010 2:01:06 PM
WOODBURN — Police were called to a downtown business Monday morning after a man struck a woman with a gun and fled the scene. Woodburn police officers discovered that Miguel Lopez Chavez, 31, of Woodburn, was involved in an altercation at the restaurant Casa Marquez, located at 533 N.
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7/27/2010 1:53:03 PM
MT. ANGEL — At its July 12 board meeting, the Mt. Angel School Board developed a tentative timeline for a superintendent search after Superintendent Bob Young announced earlier this year he would retire June 30, 2011.
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7/26/2010 9:55:21 AM
WOODBURN — Oregon law enforcement authorities responded to a call Saturday afternoon about a possible pipe bomb at the Woodburn Inn Motel, located at 1025 N.
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