Marysville
New music from Snohomish's Bradford Loomis
Marysville native and Snohomish resident Bradford Loomis will release his latest record "Into The Great Unknown" tomorrow. I can’t stop listening to it. Every time I put on this new Loomis record I feel like I’m taking a walk through the Bible belt during the...
Date: 05/17/2013 | What Radio?
Retail space, 350 apartments planned for Lakewood
LAKEWOOD -- A small city is coming.Shops on the ground floor, apartments above. It's the way the downtown areas of major American cities used to be built, and now it's a popular design feature of many new developments across the country.
Date: 05/14/2013 | Local News
Top schools recognized
29 in county awarded for students' academic progress
Date: 05/09/2013 | Local News
Front Porch: Big shiny trucks, up close
Big shiny trucks, up closeFamilies are invited to Mukilteo's second annual Touch-a-Truck event Saturday to see and touch emergency vehicles including police, fire, public works and other emergency and utility vehicles.The event is to be held from...
Date: 05/09/2013 | Local News
Around the County
Arlington: Concert to be performed on SundayThe North Cascades Concert Band is performing its annual tribute to John Philip Sousa at 3 p.m. Sunday in Arlington at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. It being Mother's Day, moms will be...
Date: 05/09/2013 | Local News
Hook, line and sinker kind of day
It may just be a snail on the end of her line, but 6-year-old Heidi Lindauer is as happy as she was when she got the biggest trout of all of her siblings at the Kiwanis Youth Fishing Pond at Jennings Park in Marysville on Tuesday afternoon.Heidi...
Date: 05/08/2013 | Local News
Auto thieves target some Ford F-250s, F-350s
EVERETT -- Auto thieves in Snohomish County are finding an easy mark these days in the form of older model full-sized Ford pickup trucks.In April, there were more than 20 reports of stolen Ford pickup trucks between Everett and Arlington, according to court records filed in...
Date: 05/08/2013 | Local News
Marysville officer fired after probe into child’s shooting
MARYSVILLE -- A Marysville police officer whose 3-year-old son found his father's handgun and killed his sister has been fired.The decision to terminate Derek Carlile's employment followed a lengthy internal investigation by the Marysville Police Department.Last...
Date: 05/06/2013 | Local News
Around the County
Marysville: Class on cartooning offeredInstructor Max Elam will teach drawing skills and how they apply to cartooning. This four-week class for youths ages 7-12 is planned from 4 to 6 p.m. May 6-June 3 at the Ken Baxter Community Center, 514 Delta Ave.
Date: 05/02/2013 | Local News
Suspect in chase, shooting has long rap sheet
EVERETT -- While his Everett High School classmates were learning history and geometry, Kevin Diltz was venturing into larceny.In 1999, he got caught stealing candy bars and pop from the school's gym and a VCR from its theater.
Date: 04/30/2013 | Local News
Happy with Habitat
Foster mother of 40+ appreciates her new Marysville home
Date: 04/30/2013 | Local News
Rapper allegedly tried to intimidate witness in Marysville homicide
EVERETT -- A blind rapper already accused of robbery apparently has talked himself into more trouble.Wayne Frisby, aka Mac Wayne, is now under investigation for reportedly attempting to intimidate a witness in a Marysville homicide.
Date: 04/30/2013 | Local News
Family's wishes dashed with theft of urn
MARYSVILLE -- Ann Reed had a sinking feeling when she rolled into her driveway after work on Friday.The gate to the backyard stood ajar. Her automatic garage door opener didn't work. And there was a black tire mark on her front porch.
Date: 04/30/2013 | Local News
Every step honors heroes
Everett half-marathon thanks the heroes among us
Date: 04/29/2013 | Local News
Mac Wayne makes mini biopic
Locally grown blind-rapper-turned-robbery-suspect Mac Wayne hasn't let getting caught by the cops hinder his media blitz bragging about his exploits.A new video of his recently surfaced. You can watch it below or
Date: 04/26/2013 | Sirens
Bail at $100K for man arrested in toddler’s assault
EVERETT -- The suspect's first explanation didn't add up.Nor did his second.Eventually, after failing a polygraph, he allegedly told a Marysville police detective that he "lost it" on April 7 while watching after his girlfriend's 15-month-old daughter and shoved...
Date: 04/26/2013 | Local News
Marysville boy found safe after Amber Alert
MARYSVILLE -- A 6-year-old Marysville boy with autism was found safe late Wednesday night after police issued an Amber Alert.
Date: 04/25/2013 | Local News
Identity thief who posed as cop gets 4 years
EVERETT -- A career criminal who posed as a cop was sentenced to just over four years in prison.
Date: 04/25/2013 | Local News
Marysville Police seek missing autistic child
UPDATE: The child has been found safe.MARYSVILLE – The Marysville Police Department on Wednesday night said it is looking for an autistic child who authorities believe was abducted.Venjamin...
Date: 04/24/2013 | Local News
After cancer, a 'canvas' for art
Donated tattoo conceals woman's mastectomy scars
Date: 04/24/2013 | Local News
Around the County
Arlington: Swing Into Spring in MayArlington High School Jazz Bands' annual Swing Into Spring Dessert Dance is planned for 7 p.m. May 10 and 11 at the school's Commons, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd.
Date: 04/24/2013 | Local News
Teachers put child in closet, Marysville parent says
MARYSVILLE -- A teacher and an educational aide are on paid administrative leave from their jobs at Marshall Elementary School following an incident earlier this month in which the aide allegedly put a student in a closed closet for a time-out.Marysville Assistant...
Date: 04/23/2013 | Local News
Put on your Sunday best, join others for tea
When she was a young girl growing up in England, Rita Newberry said everybody wore hats.
Date: 04/20/2013 | Life
Accused tire-slasher claims he was drunk, high
MARYSVILLE -- A Marysville man accused of malicious mischief in a tire-slashing spree last December allegedly hit close to home.His next door neighbor had her tires punctured, too, according to a police report used to establish probable cause for his arrest.
Date: 04/19/2013 | Local News
Learn how to strengthen your brain
Get your brain in shape.A free workshop on "Right Brain Aerobics" will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 22* at the Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St.The session is designed to help wake up the "muscles" of your creative right brain. The program was designed by...
Date: 04/16/2013 | Life
Tulalip time capsule
Tribal museum features work of early photographers
Date: 04/15/2013 | Local News
Soak up the style at spring fashion show
It doesn't take much to think spring this time of year. Look around at the blossoming trees, hear the tweeting birds and check out the spring fashions.The Marysville Historical Society is using "Think Spring" as a theme for its 10th annual Spring Tea and Vintage Fashion Show...
Date: 04/14/2013 | Life
Blind rapper must come up with cash
EVERETT -- Any plans an Everett rapper had to get out of jail may have hit a snafu Monday after a prosecutor convinced a judge that the man should come up with some cold, hard cash before he can walk.Authorities heard that Wayne Frisby, aka Mac Wayne, was wheeling and...
Date: 04/09/2013 | Local News
Victim in broomstick assault may lose an eye
MARYSVILLE -- An Everett man was arrested last week after allegedly stabbing his estranged wife's boyfriend in the eye with a broomstick.
Date: 04/08/2013 | Local News
Blind rapper Mac Wayne arrested after weeks on run
EVERETT -- Aspiring Everett rapper and known wood grain aficionado "Mac Wayne" was arrested Thursday afternoon in California.
Date: 04/04/2013 | Local News
Man shot, wounded outside blind rapper’s studio
EVERETT -- A shooting in downtown Everett early Wednesday reportedly could have been the result of someone being cheesed off at blind rapper Mac Wayne, who disappeared after being arrested on a robbery charge.Or maybe not.
Date: 04/04/2013 | Local News
Marysville looking to tidy up neighborhoods with Clean Sweep
MARYSVILLE -- The city is looking for more volunteers to participate later this month in the second annual Clean Sweep Week, which aims to make the city safer, more attractive and more livable.
Date: 04/04/2013 | Local News
Bank robber gets 4 years, hit with contempt
EVERETT -- A convicted bank robber talked his way onto the wrong side of a Snohomish County Superior Court judge Wednesday after he refused to affix his fingerprints to some paperwork.Judge Michael Downes was patient at first, listening to Stephen Haff's five-plus minute...
Date: 04/03/2013 | Local News
Around the county: CT to hold hearing in Title VI
Everett: Hearing on non-discriminationThe Community Transit Board of Directors will hold a public hearing at 3 p.m. Thursday on how its complying with Title VI, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin.
Date: 04/03/2013 | Local News
Man arrested for allegedly beating girlfriend
MARYSVILLE -- An Everett woman is recovering from head wounds after her boyfriend allegedly beat her with a pipe.
Date: 04/02/2013 | Local News
Robbery suspect faces new charge
EVERETT -- Prosecutors say a month after taking part in a violent home invasion robbery in Marysville, Clark Johnson broke into an Everett house and terrorized the homeowner.
Date: 04/01/2013 | Local News
Compost plant may lose some waste from Seattle
EVERETT -- A year from now, one particular stream of waste that flows into the Cedar Grove Composting plant in Everett could be headed elsewhere.
Date: 04/01/2013 | Local News
Odor study off to a slow start
EVERETT -- A study aimed at getting to the root of a stink that's plagued neighborhoods surrounding the Snohomish River delta in recent years is getting off to a slow start.Many who complain about the stench point the finger at Cedar...
Date: 03/30/2013 | Local News
New leader named for Marysville schools
MARYSVILLE -- A superintendent of a school district north of Spokane was hired Thursday to takeover the Marysville School District.Becky Cooke Berg is scheduled to start her new job on July 1 when longtime Superintendent Larry Nyland is set to retire.
Date: 03/29/2013 | Local News
Municipal links in fiscal rough
A look at how publicly owned golf courses are faring
Date: 03/29/2013 | Need to Know
Easter egg hunts
Plus, other holiday events and more ideas for weekend fun
Date: 03/29/2013 | Entertainment
It's an egg hunt, without the Easter part
It's the Edmonds Egg Hunt. No, organizers did not forget to add a word -- Easter."We just want to respect all of our community," said Tammy Rankins, recreation coordinator for Edmonds...
Date: 03/27/2013 | Local News
Gray whales, up close
Kayakers catch video of whales feeding near Mission Beach
Date: 03/27/2013 | Explore NW
At sentencing, judge scolds man who killed daughter
EVERETT -- Stormy Peters' death was tragic for her, but not an accident, a Snohomish County judge said on Wednesday.The 6-year-old was shot in her forehead by her drunken father in 2008 after he told her to bring him his gun.The lawyer for Richard Peters said the...
Date: 03/27/2013 | Local News
Artists invited to submit entries in Marysville contest
MARYSVILLE -- City officials are encouraging kids and adults to participate in an art contest that focuses on the Marysville area's cultural diversity.The Marysville Diversity Advisory Committee and Marysville Arts Coalition have joined together to offer the city's...
Date: 03/27/2013 | Local News
Field narrows to three for Marysville school post
MARYSVILLE -- Three finalists have been selected for the job of superintendent of the Marysville School District.
Date: 03/26/2013 | Local News
Prolific thief faces years in prison
EVERETT -- March hasn't been good for Kenneth Moody.After a short trial earlier this month, he was convicted of identity theft. Jurors were convinced he tried to cash a $1,450 forged check at an Everett bank. This week, Moody decided not to roll the dice with another jury.
Date: 03/23/2013 | Local News
Coal terminal could help Marysville build offramp
MARYSVILLE -- A proposed coal terminal in Bellingham that could bring 18 more trains per day through Marysville could, in a backhanded way, work to the city's advantage.It could help Marysville get...
Date: 03/23/2013 | Local News
First deployment for some
Sailors on the USS Nimitz are prepping for the Persian Gulf
Date: 03/22/2013 | Local News
Base in N.C. probes death of paratrooper from Marysville
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Authorities at Fort Bragg are investigating the death of a paratrooper who was found unresponsive in his barracks last weekend and who later died.
Date: 03/21/2013 | Northwest
Marysville district interviews proceed
MARYSVILLE -- The search for the person to replace Marysville School District's retiring Superintendent Larry Nyland continues Saturday with public interviews of the candidates.The Marysville School Board has picked six people to move forward into the first round of preliminary interviews.
Date: 03/21/2013 | Local News
Man back behind bars, charged with assault
EVERETT -- An Everett man who served time for his part in the kidnapping and murder of a Marysville teenager is back behind bars, again charged with assaulting a woman.Jeff Barth is still under the supervision of the state Department of Corrections for his kidnapping...
Date: 03/15/2013 | Local News
Marysville police seek suspect in assault, arson
MARYSVILLE -- Police in Marysville are looking for a suspect in connection with an assault and arson that occurred early Friday morning.Officers responded to a 3:45 a.m. report of a disturbance in the 14500 block of 58th Drive.
Date: 03/15/2013 | Local News
Strangers step up for Girl Scout troop
MARYSVILLE -- The kindness of strangers has been a bit overwhelming for Marysville Girl Scout Troop 42047.
Date: 03/14/2013 | Local News
Man gets 53 years for role in robbery
EVERETT -- A Seattle drug dealer was handed what could amount to a life sentence for orchestrating a Marysville home invasion robbery in 2011.A Snohomish County judge on Tuesday sentenced Ronald Brown to 53 years in prison. The defendant's use of a firearm during the crimes...
Date: 03/14/2013 | Local News
Man hospitalized after crash in Marysville
MARYSVILLE -- A 68-year-old motorcyclist was flown by medical helicopter to a Seattle hospital Wednesday morning after he was struck by a Subaru wagon.The crash was reported about 8 a.m. at Highway 528 and 60th Drive NE in front of Allen Creek Elementary School, Marysville...
Date: 03/13/2013 | Local News
Man convicted on lesser charge in girl's shooting death
EVERETT -- A Marysville father who fatally shot his 6-year-old daughter likely will be home soon, after more than four years behind bars.A Snohomish County jury deliberated for about four hours Tuesday before acquitting Richard Peters of first-degree manslaughter. Instead,...
Date: 03/12/2013 | Local News
Blind rapper denies robbery: ‘that’s not what I’m about’
MARYSVILLE -- A blind rapper on the lam from the law says he didn't rob a woman or chop off a chunk of her hair.
Date: 03/11/2013 | Local News
Warrant issued for blind rapper
MARYSVILLE -- A blind rapper accused of lopping off a woman's hair during a roadside heist is reportedly on the lam and wanted on a $250,000 arrest warrant.Wayne Frisby bailed out of jail shortly after his
Date: 03/09/2013 | Local News
Work expected to close Ebey Slough bridge over weekend
MARYSVILLE -- Unless it's raining hard, the Highway 529 bridge into Marysville is set to close tonight and is scheduled to remain closed through the weekend.
Date: 03/08/2013 | Local News
Cities join online crime-mapping system
EVERETT -- Snohomish County's two largest cities have joined a popular online crime-mapping system.People who live in Everett and Marysville now can access crime report data for their city police departments at
Date: 03/07/2013 | Local News
Around the county
Everett: Community Transit to discuss six-year planThe Community Transit Board of Directors is scheduled to decide on the agency's six-year transit development plan at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Community Transit Board Room, 7100 Hardeson Road, Everett...
Date: 03/06/2013 | Local News
New trial to start today in girl's 2008 shooting death
EVERETT -- A Marysville-area man is back on trial, accused of fatally shooting his young daughter in 2008.Testimony is expected to begin Tuesday in the case against Richard Peters. Prosecutors allege that Peters was drunk when he asked his 6-year-old daughter, Stormy, to...
Date: 03/05/2013 | Local News
Vacant Marysville City Council seat filled
MARYSVILLE -- The City Council unanimously selected civil service commissioner Kamille Norton last week to fill a vacancy on the council.Norton, 35, was one of nine candidates interviewed for the position to replace long-time Councilwoman Carmen Rasmussen, who resigned in December.
Date: 03/04/2013 | Local News
Charges filed in stabbing death of Marysville man, 82
MARYSVILLE -- Prosecutors don't believe the killing of a Marysville man was motivated by his criminal past.Instead, evidence indicates that Arthur Schroeder, 82, was stabbed to death in his trailer during a robbery.
Date: 03/02/2013 | Local News
Theft sets back Girl Scout troop's fundraising efforts
MARYSVILLE -- It was more than a burglary of a downtown Marysville business.It also chiseled away at youthful innocence.
Date: 03/02/2013 | Local News
Charges filed in fatal Marysville hit-and-run
MARYSVILLE -- An employee at a Marysville bar offered to call Terrence Olesen a taxi, but the Everett man allegedly refused and got behind the wheel of his car.
Date: 03/01/2013 | Local News
Tulalip man jailed in intimidation investigation
EVERETT -- A man who allegedly gave a homicide suspect a ride on the evening of a fatal stabbing in Marysville has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of intimidating and tampering...
Date: 02/28/2013 | Local News
Around Snohomish, Island counties
Camano Island: Learn about shrimpMark O'Toole, state Department of Fish and Wildlife shrimp management biologist, plans to give an overview of Puget Sound shrimp at 7 tonight at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive.
Date: 02/27/2013 | Local News
Jury quickly convicts man in Marysville bank robbery
EVERETT -- A Snohomish County jury on Thursday didn't need much time to convict a man accused of holding up a Marysville bank in 2011.
Date: 02/22/2013 | Local News
Overnight bridge closures planned for Highway 529
EVERETT -- Drivers traveling at night starting Sunday from Marysville to Everett won't be able to use Highway 529 across the Snohomish River.
Date: 02/22/2013 | Local News
Front Porch: Speed limit on U.S. 2 near Skykomish now 50 mph
U.S. 2 speed changeDrivers will need to slow down as they approach the town of Skykomish on U.S. 2. The speed limit has dropped from 60 mph to 50 mph.
Date: 02/22/2013 | Local News
Bank seizes gear at Arlington, Marysville Gold’s Gyms
ARLINGTON -- Crews hauled equipment out of the Gold's Gyms in Arlington and Marysville on Tuesday after the gyms suddenly closed.
Date: 02/20/2013 | Business
Music to teachers' ears
Students will get chance to play with orchestra
Date: 02/19/2013 | Local News
Blind rapper, woman arrested after victim robbed of car
EVERETT -- A blind rapper who has begun to make a name for himself in the Pacific Northwest was arrested in Marysville on Wednesday night for investigation of assault, robbery and auto theft.To his fans, he's known as...
Date: 02/15/2013 | Local News
Man involved in standoff tells judge he was suicidal
EVERETT -- A man who barricaded himself in a Marysville apartment with a 4-year-old girl last month told a judge he was suicidal the day of the standoff."I knew I'd never hurt myself in front of the little girl. The last thing I want to do is hurt anyone," Jason Tryon...
Date: 02/14/2013 | Local News
Life term possible in slaying of Marysville man, 82
EVERETT -- A felon charged Wednesday with murder in the stabbing death of an elderly Marysville man could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Date: 02/14/2013 | Local News
Class-action lawsuits filed against Cedar Grove
EVERETT -- A stinky dispute between neighbors and an Everett composting facility is headed toward court.
Date: 02/13/2013 | Local News
Second suspect arrested in Marysville stabbing death
EVERETT -- Police on Tuesday arrested another person they allege was involved in the January stabbing death of an 82-year-old Marysville man.
Date: 02/12/2013 | Local News
Marysville woman arrested in fatal stabbing of man, 82
EVERETT -- A Marysville woman allegedly bragged about killing a sex offender within hours of the January stabbing death of an elderly man who lived in the same trailer park.Arthur Schroeder's...
Date: 02/11/2013 | Local News
Dog leads to suspect in armed robbery
MARYSVILLE -- A police dog and quick access to video footage led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect Sunday in Marysville.Police were called to the 8000 block of State Avenue after a report of a holdup at a convenience store shortly after midnight.
Date: 02/05/2013 | Local News
Man who held child behind barricade held on $500K bail
EVERETT -- The 4-year-old girl was hiding in a closet when SWAT members busted through the door of a Marysville apartment where a convicted sex offender had been barricaded for nearly 13 hours.
Date: 02/05/2013 | Local News
Getting the Relay on the mark
Marysville teen organizing Relay for Life fundraiser
Date: 02/05/2013 | Local News
Marysville retiree wins $5.2 million in Lotto
A Marysville man won a $5.2 million jackpot from the Washington Lottery's Lotto game Jan. 27.The odds of matching all six numbers in the Lotto game are 1 to 6.99 million.Douglas Hodgson, 57, a retired merchant marine, bought the ticket Saturday at 4th Street...
Date: 02/04/2013 | Local News
Marysville stabbing victim was in a ransacked home
MARYSVILLE -- A Marysville man who was found stabbed to death Jan. 25 was clutching a plastic bag and lying just inside the door of his ransacked trailer home, according to...
Date: 02/01/2013 | Local News
Around Snohomish, Island counties
Camano Island: Park walk set for Saturday
Date: 02/01/2013 | Local News
Marysville man, 82, was stabbed to death
MARYSVILLE -- Detectives trying to find the killer of an elderly Marysville man worked through the weekend following up on leads and attended his autopsy on...
Date: 01/29/2013 | Local News
New leader sought for Marysville schools
MARYSVILLE -- School officials plan two meetings during which people can comment about the search for a new school district superintendent.Marysville School District Superintendent Larry Nyland plans to retire at the end of this school year.
Date: 01/28/2013 | Local News
Memoir recounts high jinks on high seas
"Sea Travels" is the kind of memoir that sails smoothly along in the first person as J. Holger Christensen recounts such events as taking President Harry Truman salmon fishing on Puget Sound.
Date: 01/28/2013 | Life
Slain Marysville man's truck found burnt in Arlington
MARYSVILLE -- A truck belonging to a slain Marysville man was found torched and abandoned in Arlington late Friday.
Date: 01/26/2013 | Local News
Sex offender found slain in Marysville
MARYSVILLE -- Police in Marysville are investigating the death of an 82-year-old man who was found early Friday morning in his ransacked travel trailer."What we have is a homicide investigation," Marysville police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said.A family member...
Date: 01/25/2013 | Local News
Marysville man gets life for robbing, kidnapping dealer
EVERETT -- At 34, Jeffrey Brinkley has struck out.
Date: 01/24/2013 | Local News
Marysville official named to National League of Cities post
MARYSVILLE -- City Councilwoman Donna Wright has been appointed to a key policy committee with the National League of Cities, according to the city of Marysville.
Date: 01/24/2013 | Local News
Semi loses tire, hits tree
Truck on southbound I-5 was carrying load of frozen seafood
Date: 01/23/2013 | Sirens
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