Melissa Duque was officially sworn in as one of Mill Creek’s newest city councilmembers at the November 23rd city council meeting.

Duque defeated incumbent Adam Morgan by 64 votes, a slim margin of 1.32%.

The Snohomish County Canvassing board certified the General Election results on Tuesday, November 23rd.

Mill Creek is getting at least two new city councilmembers.

A machine recount was triggered for one very close city council race.

Mill Creek Police officers make any number of contacts and respond to numerous calls for service every day.

According to the latest Mill Creek Police Blotter, a total of 378 responses were recorded the week of November 12th to 18th.

Mill Creek Police Officer Ian Durkee was promoted to sergeant on Tuesday, November 9th.

He joined the Police Department in 2007 and has served as detective, training officer, K9 handler, corporal, acting sergeant, and public information officer.

In 2024, when Sound Transit light rail arrives in Snohomish County, Community Transit will no longer run buses to Northgate or downtown Seattle because light rail will provide more capacity and faster trips.

This creates an opportunity for the agency to look at new bus routes and increased frequency on existing routes within the county.

Well, not exactly cheek to cheek, but Garden Club did waltz into its first face-to-face meeting since March of 2020.

It was a jovial meeting at Shawn O’Donnell’s newly spruced up conference room, complete with new lighting and a much-appreciated new PA system.

Wearing masks was required, but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of those attending!