Snow plows run into trouble on country roads

The snows of Sunday and Monday created a treacherous situation for commuters and snow plow drivers alike. A Clackamas County snow plow was towed from the side of Troutcreek Road, south of Molalla, where it slid off the road this morning.

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Molalla police recover stolen truck from Ivor Davies Park

Molalla Police Department recovered a stolen truck from Ivor Davies Park this morning, about 15 minutes after its owner reported the theft.
The 2002 Chevrolet Silverado truck was stolen from in front of a house on the 700 block of Patrol Street at about 7:30 a.m., according to MPD Sgt. Gordon White. The owner, Vincent May, 53, said [...]

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Snowball case will go to trial

Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Eve L. Miller ruled that Jim Filipetti and Francesca Mantei can go ahead with a $60,000 lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for defamation of character, in a case that began when the ODFW confiscated a deformed piebald doe named Snowball from Filipetti’s Molalla home on Sept. [...]

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Fire burns up band equipment at rural shop

 
Flames caused about $100,000 in damages to a residential shop and utility space in the rural Molalla-Canby area this afternoon.

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Another vacant house burns in Molalla

A vacant house on South Wilhoit Road was substantially damaged in a fire this morning.
Molalla Fire District Chief Vince Stafford said the blaze probably started in the kitchen, but the cause had not been determined as of press time. The fire gutted the kitchen and living room area and ripped through the roof, but the [...]

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Fire guts vacant house on Holmes Road

 
Flames of an undetermined cause gutted a vacant house in Molalla early this morning.
The house, located on the 15800 block of South Holmes Road, had been vacant and was in probate since its owner, Dale Holmes, died in November, according to son Dick Holmes. A renter was preparing to move in and had been doing [...]

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Burglary foiled by stay-at-home mom, suspect arrested

Molalla Police Department arrested a suspect in a failed burglary attempt this afternoon. Shawn Chapple, 40, confessed to using a metal plumbing fixture to smash the back window of a house on North Cole Street near Clark Park.
Unfortunately for him, the house was not empty.

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Stunt gets two men stuck in river, one arrested

Asked why he chose to drive a Jeep Cherokee into the Molalla River at Wagon Wheel Park this afternoon, Vitaly Chernov, 27, of Vancouver, Wash., said, “I tried to go to Russia.”
But where he will likely end up tonight is in the Clackamas County Jail on a reckless driving charge.

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Update: Names released from fatal crash in Marquam

The 20-year-old woman who died in this morning’s crash on Highway 213 was Rocio Fregoso Navarro of Molalla, who was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt northbound over the Marquam Creek Bridge when she lost control and slid broadside into the northbound lane.
Navarro’s car was struck by a 2004 GMC van driven by Michael Baker, 48, [...]

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Fatal crash closes Highway 213

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
Highway 213 is closed five miles south of Molalla while Oregon State Police investigate the scene of a fatal traffic accident that occurred at about 11 a.m.
According to Molalla Police Department Officer Scott Douglas, the 20-year-old female driver of a newer-model Chevrolet Cobalt was southbound on Highway 213, crossing the Marquam Creek [...]

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Virginia Winter told to get horses off her property

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
A Clackamas County Circuit Court judge told Molalla resident Virginia Winter today that not only is she not allowed to own animals, she may not have any contact with them; and that includes keeping other people’s horses on her property.
Winter was convicted on nine counts of animal neglect in November 2006 after [...]

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