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A-D photo winner

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Heidi Long of Yuba City is the winner of the Appeal-Democrat's "Summer Photo" contest. Her winning entry, a photo of her daughter, Mia, 5, on the swings at the Mary Covillaud School in Marysville, earned her four free movie passes to Cinemark Movies... Full story

Detectives say stolen house key used in rape attempt

By Rob Young/Appeal-Democrat

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Months after stealing a Plumas Lake woman's house key, an Elverta man allegedly used it to enter her home at 4 a.m. and attempt to rape her. A preliminary hearing for Marcus Charles Hagins, 18, was held Thursday in Yuba County Superior Court on charges... Full story

CHP offers free inspections

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Preparing for fruit harvests this summer and fall, farmers converged Thursday on Yuba-Sutter for a free chance to keep their farm vehicles on the right side of the law. The California Highway Patrol organized the amnesty inspections in District 10 and... Full story

Live Oak girl turns up unharmed

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A Live Oak teen missing since Tuesday turned up Thursday unharmed, her family and the Sutter County Sheriff's Department said. Dennie Raylynn Jennings, 15, had not been seen since she was at a friend's house in Olivehurst on Tuesday morning. Her mother,... Full story

Grand jurors in mild mood

Sutter County's panel praises Gang Task Force

By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat

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Sutter County's grand jury has handed out some praise and mostly mild criticism for county officers, in a sharp turnabout from previous years. The jury's annual report, published Wednesday, complimented county law enforcement for stepping up gang-fighting... Full story

Live Oak OKs $3.65 million budget

By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat

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With little fanfare, the Live Oak City Council has adopted a $3.65 million general fund budget for 2009-10. While other cities, counties and the state are struggling to balance their budgets, the small community in north Sutter County only had to make... Full story

Parades, fireworks, fun set for holiday

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Mid-Valley Independence Day weekend events include: • Annual Cardboard Boat Races — Today registration at 10 a.m., races at 2 p.m., at Ellis Lake in Marysville. • Independence Day Outdoor Concert, Barbecue and Fireworks — today... Full story

Mid-Valley Briefs

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Mid-Valley Briefs from Friday's paper. Yuba County YC man injured in accident A 28-year-old Yuba City man suffered major injuries in a two-vehicle accident at Highway 20 and Marysville Road. William J. Sanderson, 28, was taken to Rideout Memorial... Full story

Marysville man injured in Highway 20 crash

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A 28-year-old Yuba City man suffered major injuries in a two-vehicle accident at Highway 20 and Marysville Road. William J. Sanderson, 28, was taken to Rideout Memorial Hospital after the accident shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday. According to a California... Full story

Star Bend levee work to start Monday

By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat

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Replacement of a weakened Feather River levee is set to begin next week, barely two weeks after flood control authorities narrowly avoided shelving the project because of funding problems. Work on a setback levee at Star Bend in Yuba City is slated to... Full story

LIVEBLOG archive: Editor Len La Barth answers your questions

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The Appeal-Democrat will host a liveblog at 1 p.m. today, where Editor Len La Barth will answer questions from readers about the direction and future of the paper. The liveblog will last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the volume of... Full story

No layoffs planned by Sutter County

'Status quo' budget proposed for 2009-10

By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat

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This is corrected version of story. As California's deepening budgetary hole threatens its payments to counties, Sutter County plans to avoid layoffs or drastic cuts for now. The county's budget proposal for the 2009-10 fiscal year, released to the... Full story

Western demands its rights

Hearing to decide mining firm’s future in Yuba Goldfields

By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat

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At midday at the Western Aggregates plant southeast of Marysville, much of the rumbling comes from loaders putting bucketfuls of gravel into the bins of trucks headed for projects across Northern California. But in about a month, the rumbling over the... Full story

State budget woes trickling down

County-level services unfunded

By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat

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The lack of a state budget has county officials in the Mid-Valley nervous over the prospect of IOUs for many programs until a budget is in place. Such services as CalWORKs grants, social services administration and mental health and drug/alcohol treatment... Full story

Longtime Arboga teacher 'forever in our hearts'

Leslee Harlan taught at school for three decades

By Ryan McCarthy/Appeal-Democrat

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She didn't worry about having the biggest and best and newest thing, a friend said at the memorial service for Arboga Elementary School teacher Leslee Harlan. Students were the concern of second-grade teacher Harlan, 57, who died suddenly at her Marysville... Full story

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