Appeal-Democrat staff

Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 100 years A unique method to generate electricity is being established at Camptonville by F.S. Labbadie, owner of the Hotel Francisco at that place, and when the plant is completed it will mark the initial introduction of...

Yuba County's Planning Department has added a "Frequently Asked Questions" section to its online site for the Recology Ostrom Road rail spur project. The questions include how the process for the spur's development will unfold, changes in permits...

A new $1.1 million water treatment plant constructed in northeast Marysville by California Water Service Co. is now online. The plant will remove iron and manganese from a well capable of producing 1.5 million gallons of water per day. Though iron...

Week of Aug. 5 to 11 100 years Marshal McCoy is determined to exterminate the gamblers of Marysville, and placed the matter squarely before the council for their action. He asked that the council pass an ordinance that will permit him to close up all...

One woman was hospitalized and another woman was arrested in connection with a home-invasion battery Sunday on Reed Road in Sutter County. Sharri M. Neel, 44, of Yuba City, was booked into the Sutter County Jail without bail on suspicion of assault...

Week of July 22 to July 28 100 years Ralph H. Durst, owner of the famous Durst Hop ranch of Wheatland, has sold to JP Flannigan and William Fouse of Sacramento 125 acres of choice hop land along Bear river. The sum of $312.50 per acre or a total of...

With help from college softball coaches and players, more than 30 girls honed their skills during exercises in fielding, batting and other facets of the game during the Gold Sox Youth Softball Camp on Monday at Appeal-Democrat Park in Marysville. The...

Five blazes known as the Sites Fire burned Monday in Colusa County west of Maxwell, and CalFire reported firefighters had 50 percent containment. About 3,700 acres have burned in that fire which started Sunday afternoon. More than 1,000 firefighters...

July 8 to July 14 100 years A fire started in the old ball park here. Before it could be extinguished it had burned most of the grass and the fence surrounding the park. It is thought that the fire originated by some one throwing a lighted cigar...

Community Celebration — Noon today, fireworks display about 9:30 p.m., at Lake Minden, 1256 Marcum Road, Nicolaus, sponsored by the firefighters associations of the communities of East Nicolaus and Pleasant Grove. Free parking. Marysville Gold Sox...