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Richard Kruse & The Dumpster Divers

Debbie Kruse, beleaguered wife of Richard Kruse, the accused child molester from Albion, called the other day. In a chipper voice Mrs. Kruse thanked us for plac­ing photos of her husband and an appealing dog…

Off the Record

This week: RIP Louis Korn, budget cuts at the Sheriff's office, Captain Fathom back in the slammer and much more

Valley People

SUICIDE ON LAMBERT LANE. Derek Hanes, 51, was found dead Saturday morning on Lambert Lane, Boon­ville. He had hung himself on the property known locally as the Caretaker's Garden owned by Wendy Blanken­heim and Doug…

Off the Record

WILL PARRISH'S truly excellent series on the wine industry can be found in its entirety at www.theava.com. It's the first comprehensive investigation of the Northcoast's dominant enterprise (apart from marijuana, of course) from a critical…

Valley People

EVERYONE who knew Susan Keegan of Ukiah is shocked and saddened at her sudden death two weeks ago. Mrs. Keegan, only 55, was the wife of Dr. Peter Keegan and well known in the Anderson…

Letters to the Editor

HANES V. CRISPIN I Dear Sir — Although it is late in coming, this is a response to the article in your paper printed on June 12, 2009. It was an interview with John Hanes…

Sheriff’s Log

11/7 12:45am A passerby said he'd seen a bloodied man standing on 128 near Navarro. When an officer arrived to check the man out there was indeed a 36 year old man standing by the…

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