Three more candidates have filed for seats on the Keizer City Council, including one incumbent. •Dan Kohler, a Keizer undertaker and insurance salesman, filed for reelection to the council seat he won in 2022. He had recently said he was undecided about a... See more
Another controversy has emerged over sports fields owned by the city of Keizer. Not a dime has flowed into the city treasury when the expectation for Keizer Rapids Park’s turf fields was that $120,000 a year would come in. A nonprofit group in charge of t... See more
A Keizer single mother is being held in jail without bail, accused of attempting to kill her three young sons on a Saturday night by poisoning them with carbon monoxide. Chardonnay M. Benavidez, 32, is charged in Marion County Circuit Court with three cou... See more
Keizer voters apparently won’t get a say this fall on the city’s substantial increase in police fees after a split Keizer City Council stopped action on a public advisory vote. That means that the doubling of fees paid by homeowners and more dramatic incr... See more
The starting gun in the races for Keizer city positions has sounded, and local residents can file to run for mayor or one of three seats on the Keizer City Council. The first day to file for the unpaid positions was Wednesday, June 3, and candidates have ... See more
