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Rum Creek Fire moving toward the lower Rogue River

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A virtual community briefing regarding the Rum Creek Fire suppression operation will be posted to the Rum Creek Fire Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/rumcreekfire2022).The meeting Aug. 23 was pre-recorded, but the questions were answered in real time.“We saw significant movement today (Aug. 23) progressing downslope to the north[Read More…]

Tee Tattler by Terri Taylor

Happy mid-summer’s greetings from the golf course at the Illinois Valley Country Club.In this week’s Men’s Club action:Taylor’s1 remains on top at 156Robbins Brothers moves up to tie Taylor’s 2/Valley Fabrication at 143Kerby Electric continuing to hang in there with 131Jerry’s Towing slips a little as Scotty was out of[Read More…]

Tales from the Rural Patrol

(Editor’s note: Factual information for ‘Tales’ is provided by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.) Sunday, Aug. 7*A resident in the 200 block of Josephine Street claimed that a trespasser was “out[Read More…]

Good Shepherd Lutheran

What Are We Willing to Do? – Luke 12:49-56When confronted with the problems of the world, it can be hard to see that our Christian message is getting any traction. The message that God is acting through Jesus Christ to bring about God’s Kingdom is so contrary to our instincts[Read More…]

Letters to the editor

Illinois Valley News welcomes letters to the editor. Please e-mail them to dan@illinois-valley-news.com (Editor’s Note: Views and commentary, including statements made as fact are strictly those of the letter writers.) SB762I feel an urgent need to summarize some key points which I feel must be highlighted in our conversations about[Read More…]

Tee tattler by Terri Taylor

Hello from the Illinois Valley Country Club golf course.This week’s standings for Men’s Club, top 10 only as it was a busy week:Taylor’s Sausage1-144Robbins Brothers Tyler and Chaise making a charge at it-133Taylor’s Sausage2/Valley Fabrication—131Kerby Electric hanging in there—122Tied for 5th, John L Scott Realty and Jerry’s Towing—118Bud Bros—112KALA Seafood—111Selma[Read More…]