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Multiple factors were likely the cause of illnesses that struck members of the McMinnville High School football team last month, the Oregon Health Authority announced today after releasing a preliminary report.
YAMHILL — Patricia Starnes was sleeping in the living room of her house at 17873 Stillers Mill Road on Friday morning when she was awakened by a “beeping” noise.
Firefighters from Carlton, Gaston, Yamhill and several other departments fought a two-alarm house fire this morning at 17873 Stillers Mill Road.
Crews will finish grinding asphalt off McMinnville streets, in the area just northeast of downtown, in time to spend Monday and Tuesday laying new asphalt, according to project manager Roy Markee.
The cause was traced to a pair of male joyriders, according to Yamhill Fire Chief Brian Jensen, who declined to identify them. He said they were not cited, but will be held responsible for covering the firefighting cost, which could run as much as $50,000.
Both lanes of Highway 47 south of Gaston, between Flett and Wapato roads, were opened to traffic about 1:30 a.m. today following a closure of about 12 hours after a tractor-double trailer rig crashed Tuesday afternoon, spilling hay across the road and bringing down four power poles and lines.
Every Yamhill County fire agency and crews from Polk and Washington counties and the state Department of Forestry responded to a five-alarm fire Saturday afternoon west of Yamhill between Gerrish Valley and Oak Hill roads that burned through 74 acres of stubble field and brush.
DAYTON — A 38-year-old woman and 12-year-old girl were on a rescue mission when they had to be pulled to safety themselves Friday night by two reserve deputies from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol.
A Tuesday afternoon destroyed an older two-story, wood frame home just south of the Yamhill city limits at 16357 Highway 47.