West Valley Hospital was recognized by the Polk County board of commissioners as an Outstanding Community Partner in a ceremony at the Polk County Courthouse on Aug. 16.
Brenden James Duck, of McMinnville, was today sentenced to serve 12 years in prison by Polk County Circuit Judge Monte Campbell for causing the death of James Osredkar on April 14,
The Polk County Sheriff's Office tells us that they arrested 58 year old Hugh Reeves of West Salem on two counts of Sexual Abuse 1 against a non relative minor female. Reeves was lodged at the Polk County Jail on $150,000 bail. During the investigation deputies learned that Reeves also had two prior sodomy convictions approximately 11 years ago from Marion County.
A once famous restaurant along N Pacific Highway next to the Polk County Fairgrounds in the small farming community of Rickreall, Oregon is about ready for some good old time rock and roll, along with some famous, great tasting food.
An 8-year-old boy is in critical condition at a Portland hospital after falling 20-25 feet through a hole in the floor of a barn style structure in rural Polk County.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office are requesting the public's help in identifying the skeletal remains of a female that was found in the hills overlooking the Mill Creek area of rural Polk County on September 1, 1996.