Companies that show interest in setting up shop in town often move on because the city doesn't have the telecommunications infrastructure needed to support call centers and computer-intensive businesses.
Window conservator Amy McAuley has brought her unique know-how to the old Cottage Grove Armory. The city purchased the Armory to make it into a community center.
Some of the highest water rates in Lane County are about to go higher: Average water bills for customers in Cottage Grove are expected to climb above $90 per month.
A week after the City of Cottage Grove spread lime to stall the stink from a biosolid fertilizer material culled from the city's wastewater treatment plant, residents less than a quarter mile away say the stink hasn't stopped.
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. -- The two air fresheners in Heidi Pataky's car don't even begin to cover up the stink.
"It's just unbearable," Pataky said.
Pataky and her husband live right outside Cottage Grove, and for the last few days, every time they step...
KVAL News received an email from a viewer asking why certain portions of Cottage Grove stink. According to Cottage Grove's city manager, the story behind the smell is based on bacteria and the weather.
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - In 1931, the Oregon National Guard Unit in Cottage Grove decided it needed a new facility. The community agreed and taxed themselves by passing a bond measure for $15,000 dollars.
"It was a pretty sizable investment from the...
The City of Cottage Grove recently purchased the Cottage Grove Armory and is looking for ideas form the community as they repair and restore this functional piece of history.
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - In the summer when the Coast Fork of the Willamette River runs low, the city spends as much as $1 million to dilute treated sewage wastewater before dumping it in the river.
All the while, sprinklers dump water on Middlefield...
Tonight the Cottage Grove City Council voted 6-1 against putting a food and beverage tax on the May ballot. The idea initiated by a friends of the pool group to raise money through a tax to fund the city pool. The Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center...
From a press release
The City of Cottage Grove is seeking youth 8th grade through high school age to serve on the City’s Youth Advisory Council.
The Cottage Grove Youth Advisory Council was formed in 2004 as a way to encourage youth participation in...
Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley lies the small town of Cottage Grove.
However small Cottage Grove is, the town of just under 10,000 residents has felt the effects of the economy just like the rest of the country.
A perfect example is...