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Winter Wonderland Festival and Parade of Lights

Winter Wonder Approaches!

Nov 13, 2025 09:33AM ● By Seti Long

The annual Winter Wonderland Festival and Parade of Lights in Downtown Gridley is just 3 weeks away!

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Nov 13, 2025 08:56AM ● By Seti Long

Renaissance Dinner Awaits

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Walking America Couple Torin and Paige Rouse pose with local resident Sinai (center) near the landmark Yuba City sign

Walking America Couple Treks Through Yuba-Sutter Region

Nov 12, 2025 10:28AM ● By Shamaya Sutton

Travelers by foot are a rare sight along the Highway 99 corridor — but on Nov. 3, residents of Live Oak spotted two of the most determined in the nation.

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Members of the Sacred Heart parish sell tickets

Sacred Heart Harvest Festival Returns to Gridley

Nov 05, 2025 01:06PM ● By Seti Long, photos by Seti Long

The Sacred Heart Parish Harvest Festival returned this year after a five-year hiatus, filling Gridley’s newly refurbished Memorial Hall with food, fun and community spirit.

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Gridley Museum Presents a Night of Fashion!

Nov 05, 2025 12:21PM ● By MPG Staff

The Gridley Museum is proud to present a night of fashion and fun! Attendees will “enjoy a unique night of music, fashion and fun as they highlight the culture between 1958 to 1975!”

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'You Are My Other Me'

Nov 05, 2025 12:12PM ● By Seti Long, photos by Seti Long

Sweeping colorful skirts, sunken skulls and fantastically bright colors filled Daddow Park in Gridley, Sunday Nov. 2 for the 5th annual Dia de Los Muertos (DDLM) celebration.

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Never Say Moo

Oct 29, 2025 10:54AM ● By Del DeMeyer

Oroville's oldest theater group, Hocks Unlimited Melodrama, will bring lively old western comedy to the Oroville Monday Club with their 54th year production, “Here Come the Cows. . .Or Never Say Moo in Mesa.”

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Tasting Success!

Oct 29, 2025 10:49AM ● By Seti Long

Gridley’s historic Veterans Memorial Hall echoed with revelry last Saturday night, as the 21st Annual Quota Tasting Event got underway.

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Fashion for Vets

Oct 29, 2025 10:34AM ● By Seti Long

Gridley Museum is planning a unique fundraiser that blends iconic fashion from various decades and music, while paying respects to veterans that served our nation during the years of 1958 and 1975.

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Bob’s Bones at ACE!

Oct 29, 2025 09:16AM ● By Seti Long

A spooky yearly tradition at Candelario ACE Hardware pits Gridley High School classes against each other to see who can do the best job dressing Bob’s boney skeleton in the Gridley High School Halloween Costume Contest.

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12U Titans Handle Central Valley Falcons

Oct 22, 2025 10:43AM ● By Aaron Lumsden

The 12U Gridley Titans defeated the Central Valley Falcons this past weekend, 27 – 0.

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Titans 8U Dominate

Oct 22, 2025 10:26AM ● By Dustin Terrel

The 8U Gridley Titans closed the regular season on Saturday Oct. 18 with a dominating 34-0 victory over the Central Valley Jr. Falcons at the Boneyard.

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The gentlemen of the Sacred Heart Parish and Knights of Columbus

Sacred Heart Harvest Festival Returns

Oct 22, 2025 10:19AM ● By Seti Long

As November approaches and fall sets in heavily, the Gridley area is being treated to the return of many community events that were impacted by the year 2020 and the issues it brought with it.

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Gridley Stays in Hunt for Westside League Title After Sweeping Oroville

Oct 22, 2025 10:08AM ● By YSBC

The Gridley Bulldogs girls volleyball team defeated the Oroville Tigers in straight sets (25-14, 25-8,25-20) on Oct. 14.

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Gridley sophomore quarterback flag football

Gridley Reflects on First-Year of Flag Football

Oct 22, 2025 09:24AM ● By YSBC

The Gridley Bulldogs girls flag football team concluded the first regular season of the program when they played at Oakmont on Wednesday, Oct. 22.

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Participants in St. Vincent de Paul's "Friends of the Poor Walk" encourage awareness of food insecurity

“Friends Of the Poor Walk” Supports Local Families

Oct 22, 2025 09:14AM ● By Cindy Scott

For the last nine years, the volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) food closet in Gridley have helped community members with food and financial assistance

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Honor Your Lost Loved Ones This Dia de los Muertos

Oct 22, 2025 09:11AM ● By Seti Long

The Gridley community welcomes back the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration for its fifth consecutive year

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Harvest Festival Brings Fall Fun to Christian Life Assembly

Oct 22, 2025 09:00AM ● By Cindy Scott

The Trunk or Treat Harvest Festival at Christian Life gathers community members to celebrate the fall season

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Butte County Invites Palermo Residents to Community Meeting on Flooding Solutions

Oct 17, 2025 04:08PM ● By Butte County Department of Water & Resource Conservation News Release

The Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation invites Palermo residents to attend a Community Outreach Meeting on Wednesday Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. to review the results of the Palermo Drainage Master Plan and discuss next steps to reduce flooding in the area.

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Tasting 21

Oct 15, 2025 09:54AM ● By Seti Long

Quotas 21 Annual Tasting Event returns in time for fall of 2025, to be held Saturday Oct. 25.

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White Webs Haunt Happening Soon!

Oct 15, 2025 09:45AM ● By Seti Long

Instead of starting a band or building a computer in his garage, Durl White went to the dark side and started a haunted house.

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Gridley Sports Complex Facing Soil Snag

Oct 15, 2025 09:26AM ● By Susan Meeker

Alarmed by unstable soil conditions at Gridley’s new sports complex, city officials fear the discovery of “quicksand” beneath proposed lighting foundations could inflate construction costs and challenge what the city has budgeted for the project.

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Welcome Home Wheeler Ranch and Realty

Oct 15, 2025 09:10AM ● By Seti Long

Kari Wheeler returns to her roots with Wheeler Ranch Realty, opening the doors to her new location in hometown Biggs.

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Gridley Tops Oakmont in OT Thriller

Oct 08, 2025 12:14PM ● By YSBC

The Gridley Bulldogs girls flag football team conquered their second victory of the season as they won a defensive battle against the Oakmont Vikings 12-6 on Monday, Sept. 29.

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Chico State to Host an Interfaith Forum

Oct 08, 2025 11:27AM ● By California State University-Chico News Release

Explore Shared Purpose Among Religions

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Wolverines Welcome Homecoming!

Oct 08, 2025 10:59AM ● By Seti Long

Biggs High School celebrated Homecoming week the last week, ending September with celebration and starting October out with a win.

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Werner Wins BIG!

Oct 08, 2025 10:44AM ● By Seti Long

Local Brian Werner has been growing giant pumpkins in Biggs and hauling them to weigh-ins throughout the north state, such as the National Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Bishops Pumpkin Patch, the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival (EGGPF) and the Half Moon Bay World Champion Pumpkin Weigh Off.

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Local Commitment Key to Fairgrounds’ Survival

Oct 08, 2025 10:37AM ● By Susan Meeker

The Butte County Fair is a beloved tradition, but behind the cotton candy and carnival lights lies a sobering truth: it takes more than nostalgia to keep the fairgrounds alive.

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Hello Harvest!

Oct 08, 2025 10:19AM ● By Seti Long, photos by Seti Long

First Gridley Harvest Festival is a Hit!

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Butte College Prepares for 2025 Bountiful Butte Harvest Festival

Oct 08, 2025 10:06AM ● By Butte College News Release

Butte College is gearing up to host its third annual Bountiful Butte Harvest Festival, a vibrant day filled with family-friendly activities and community celebrations.

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A Grand Re-Opening

Oct 01, 2025 09:56AM ● By Seti Long

Wheeler is holding a grand re-opening of her business at a new Biggs location, in the heart of B Street.

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Halloween Roundup!

Oct 01, 2025 09:51AM ● By MPG Staff

Halloween is fast approaching! Time to decide what to dress up as and be fa-boo-lous! Here are some fun events happening around the Tri City area to have a skele-ton of fun!

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Get the Junk Out of the Trunk!

Oct 01, 2025 09:40AM ● By Seti Long

Gridley to Host 14-Mile Yard Sale

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GHS 2025 Homecoming Queen Aubrey Quist and King

Homecoming Win!

Oct 01, 2025 08:29AM ● By Seti Long

Gridley high school homecoming week got off to a bang as the students celebrated their school spirit with a variety of activities.

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Fourth-Grade Families can Visit 54 State Parks for Free

Sep 30, 2025 09:50AM ● By California State Parks News Release

Families of fourth-graders in California public schools are invited to download the free California State Park Adventure Pass at parks.ca.gov/AdventurePass

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