Molalla man missing, feared lost at sea off Alaskan coast

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
A Molalla man was lost at sea during a fishing expedition off the Alaska coast on Monday.
For the last 20 years, according to family members, 36-year-old Steve Reutov has spent each summer on commercial fishing expeditions in Alaska, usually from May through the end September. During the winter months, he returned to [...]

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State works out a deal with Molalla health center owner

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer

Greenhouse Health and Wellness Center owner Ralph D. Mitchell won’t be calling himself “Doctor Dan” any more, under the terms of an agreement that the clinic owner and the Oregon Department of Justice signed on Wednesday.
The Molalla clinic owner, who does not hold any medical license or academic degree recognized by the [...]

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Confiscated deer are in good condition, ODFW says

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer

Test results have come back showing that the two deer confiscated from a Molalla home on Sept. 12, are both disease-free and in good physical condition, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported on Wednesday.
Snowball, a six-year-old doe and her yearling son Bucky are currently living at an licensed wildlife [...]

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Update: No compromise, both deer leave Molalla home

State police and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials took two deer that had been kept as pets from the home of Jim Filipetti and Francesca Mantei at about 7 p.m. this evening.Keeping wildlife in captivity without a permit is illegal. But Mantei said the couple rescued Snowball, a crippled albino doe, when she [...]

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Update: compromise on captive deer breaks down

A proposed compromise between the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the keepers of Snowball, a captive albino blacktail deer, broke down when property owner Jim Filipetti refused to consent to the arrangement.
The ODFW wanted to take Snowball’s son, a healthy yearling buck, to be evaluated by a wildlife specialists and potentially released in [...]

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State officials compromise with family in case of captive deer

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
It started one morning almost six years ago, when Jim Filipetti was driving his kids to the school bus stop and something in the bushes caught his eye.
“He called and said, ‘Honey, I saw a little white deer,’” said Filipetti’s longtime girlfriend, Francesca Mantei. “I said, ‘Honey, you’re a South Florida city [...]

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Youth dies after collapsing on basketball court

By Abby SewellMolalla PioneerLogan Hines, a 15-year-old Molalla High School sophomore, died Sunday evening after collapsing during a friendly basketball game.
At about 5:30, he told a friend he was feeling dizzy. Then his knees gave out and he slumped to the ground.
He was unconscious and had no pulse when the police and paramedics arrived.; and [...]

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