Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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DeMaris Ann (Doyle) Middleton passed away with family around her on May 4, 2019, at the Crook County Hospital in Sundance, Wyoming. DeMaris was born July 19, 1941, in Rapid City, South Dakota, to Robert and Iris (Howie) Doyle, the eighth out of 11 children. They moved to Casper, Wyoming, while she was a young child. She attended Roosevelt Elementary, Dean Morgan Jr. High and Natrona County High School. She met the love of her life, Lee Middleton, at the Wagon Wheel skate rink when she was only... Full story
Freida Wilma Dent, 94, was granted her angel wings on April 19, 2019, at the Crook County Medical Facility after complications from a surgery on March 12, 2019. Freida was born September 26, 1924, to Olga T (Gall) Gali and Anton Gali in Powder River County, Montana. One of 14 children, she grew up around the Broadus, Montana area. On August 25, 1945, she married Roger Dent, who had a son, Lee, and shortly thereafter they moved to the Buttes. Freida received her teaching permit in 1943 at... Full story
Nancy A. Powell, 97 of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away on April 30, 2019 at Regional Health Senior Care in Sturgis. She was born to John and Maude Garhart on March 23, 1922 in Denver, Colorado. Growing up in Spearfish, she graduated from Spearfish High and Black Hills State with a BA in Education. Nancy married Harry Orem of Belle Fourche. Two children were born to the couple: Eunice "Mimi" Stillger of New Mexico and John Marshall Orem of Texas. She later married Keith Powell of Broadus, Mo... Full story
Dorothy “Dottie” (Dennis, Fall) Soule, 82 years old, of Gillette, Wyoming, passed away peacefully at the Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center, after a short battle with cancer, with family by her side on Wednesday May 1, 2019. She was born Sunday August 16, 1936, in Gillette, Wyoming to Lewis F. and Marjorie B. (Frisbee) Dennis. She attended Radford School in El Paso, Texas. Dottie was a graduate of Sundance High School in Sundance, Wyoming. After High School she attended Black Hills Teachers College now, Black Hills State University. Dot... Full story
By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Ron Laird, Commissioner of the Wyoming High School Activities Association We communicate on smart phones, drive smart cars, make purchases using smart cards and even drink smart water. But, really, how smart are we? Between college admission and internet privacy scandals, sexual misconduct investigations, stolen trade secrets and the growing concern about how we communicate and connect with each other, technology seems to be outpacing our cap...
My home town is abuzz with excitement to welcome a new eatery just in time for summer. Considering the town center is littered with fish and chip shops, kebab joints and burger takeouts, you wouldn’t have thought yet another food outlet would cause a fuss – but this one is different. This one…is American. Sure, we’ve always had Burger King ®, KFC ® and McDonalds ®, but those have been around for long enough that the shine has worn off. I can remember wanting nothing in this world more than...
The Sundance-Hulett boys golf team came out on top at the Wright Spring Invitational last Friday. The girls team took second place. Individually, Gage Leveque tied for fourth and Logan Kromarek tied for eighth. For the girls, Sherry Negaard came in third place with Aubrey Shelling-Hoard taking tenth. Boys Teams: Sundance- Hulett – 380 Thunder Basin – 386 Lusk – 389 Wright – 427 Midwest – 507 Girls Teams: Lusk – 330 Sundance-Hulett – 390 Upton – 395 Tongue River – 481 Individual Boys:...
The Sundance track and field team hosted the Bulldog Invite on Friday in Sundance and fared well in many of the events. The Bulldog boys had four different athletes place in the top three for the day. Hunter Skeens took first place in the 1600 and 3200 meters while Josiah Rudloff finished third in the 110m and 300m hurdles. Jayden Davis also took home a 3rd place finish in the 3200 and Tanner Hofland finished 2nd in the discus. The Bulldog girls' relay teams continue to find themselves in the...
Sundance Students bringing home awards at the recent Wyoming Art Symposium. Results were printed in last week's paper. (Photos courtesy Tobi Miller)...
The Harper Memorial Scholarship committee is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 scholarship recipients. The Orville D. Harper Revocable Trust and the Wanda J. Harper Revocable Trust established this scholarship fund, for which Crook County School District #1 is a beneficiary. The trust designates scholarships for graduates of the Sundance, Wyoming High School to allow them to attend any Wyoming in-state university or college. Crook County School District #1 congratulates the following outstanding Sundance High School 2019-2020 scholarship recipi...
The deadline to sign up your kids for Camp Wild day camps this June has been extended because there are still plenty of places left to fill. The Game & Fish youth summer camp will be held in Washington Park in Sundance from June 4 to 6 and is open to kids across the county. "Kids from all over are welcome to participate," says Janet Milek, Public Information Specialist. "The deadline for registration will be one week before camp occurs, or when it is full, whichever happens first." The...
The public will encounter contract employees working on the Black Hills National Forest in developed and dispersed recreation sites and along forest service roads. They will be out in all types of weather conditions, wearing bright orange vests and near a sign that says “Traffic Survey Ahead”. The National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) survey is being conducted on the Black Hills National Forest that began in October of 2018 and will go through Sept 30, 2019. The information gathered is useful for forest planning as well as local community tou...
The trial of Jessie Johnson began as scheduled on Monday morning for charges related to the death of local man Doug Haar. Contrary to concerns expressed by defense attorney Don Fuller that it might not be possible, given the limited population in the local community, to find a fresh pool of potential jurors “untainted” by involvement in the Marty Smith trial, the selection process was successful and a jury was seated on Monday morning. Opening statements from the prosecution suggested that Deputy County Attorney Linda Black would focus on the...
Guardians of the Flame ran proudly through town on Thursday morning carrying the Special Olympics torch on its way through Crook County. The Flame of Hope started out in Hulett before moving on to Sundance and finally traveling through Moorcroft, where it was handed over to Gillette for the next leg of its journey to Laramie for the state's Special Olympic Games on May 9. The spectacle was part of the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run, a nationwide initiative in which law enforcement...
When the state's surveyors ask you to speak at a national conference to teach other small hospitals how to emulate your emergency department, it's a good sign your efforts are bearing fruit. "Five years ago, we were basically a band aid station," says Bob Hart, RN, who heads up the trauma department at Crook County Memorial Hospital. "Now, we can recognize, stabilize and rapidly transfer out critically ill and injured people." Hart, along with emergency room nurse practitioner Warren Shaulis...
A Timberline Services crew made short work of taking down - and cleaning up - the old buildings on the lot at the intersection of 8th and Main streets. The lot will reportedly be home to a new residence in the future....
A hunting expedition narrowly avoided tragedy at the weekend when a young member of the party struck his grandfather with a bullet intended for a turkey. According to reports from the Crook County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched on May 4 at around 11:38 p.m. along with Sundance EMS to Douglas Road to respond to reports of a gunshot wound to the head while turkey hunting. A 69-year-old male was transported in a personal vehicle to meet up with Sundance EMS, who took him to the emergency room. He was subsequently flown by life flight t...
1 Years Ago The Times May 7, 1919 The caucus called by Mr. Roberts to be held at the city hall last Saturday evening for the nomination of candidates for city officers resulted in the nomination of M.C. Roberts for mayor, W.J. Williamson, D.W. Fawkes and J.T. Farrell for alderman, the first named two for two years and the latter for the unexpired term of one year. Rev. Barnes and family are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Mauch and expect to move their household effects from Upton and occupy the Methodist parsonage in Sundance within...
Crook County Library will host the program “Yellowstone Horse Ranger” by Bob Richard on Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. in the library meeting room in Sundance. The program is free and open to the public. With the question “Young man, can you ride a horse?” Bob Richard embarked on his adventure as a Yellowstone Horse Ranger in the mid 1950s. Bob was stationed at Yellowstone’s Lake District as a Law Enforcement Seasonal Ranger with three horses, a horse trailer and related equipment. His duties were numerous, including assisting tourists, road patr...
We have a large paper shredder available for public use. Call the library at 283-1008 to schedule a time to come in and shred away! Library Programming: STORYTIME: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. May’s themes: “Dance/Music/Motion”, “In the Garden”, “Owls/Birds with the Black Hills Raptor Rescue Center” and “Play to Learn Stations”. BLACK HILLS RAPTOR RESCUE will be visiting the library during Storytime on Wednesday, May 15. The public is welcome to come and learn about these fascinating creatures! COWBOY CARNEGIES: WYOMING’S HISTORIC LIBRARIES...
Police shoot man after high-speed chase through downtown Cheyenne CHEYENNE (WNE) — A high-speed chase through downtown Cheyenne that included multiple shots fired at pursuing officers ended Friday evening with the driver being shot and taken to the local hospital. According to a news release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the chase began outside city limits when troopers tried unsuccessfully to stop a stolen vehicle. After winding its way through downtown at speeds close to 65 mph, the chase ended around 6:30 p.m. near the Veterans Affairs M...
The Crook County Sheriff’s Office would like to make the public aware that it will be partnering with Sundance High School to conduct an active shooter drill on May 16. This will be the first practical ALICE drill, a culmination of the last few years of training that has been provided to district students and staff to aid them in dealing with an active shooter situation. It will not involve weapons of any kind. As this is the first drill, the intention is to focus on procedures and policies as well as the communications practices that are in p...
A Minnesota woman faces two felony charges of possession after the person she was traveling with called law enforcement when she became upset at an interstate parking area and asked to be left behind. On April 5, a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper was dispatched to the parking area at milepost 163 on I-90 to respond to a possible domestic disturbance. The reporting party allegedly informed dispatch he was traveling from Minnesota to Montana with a friend who was using drugs, had become extremely upset and wanted to be left on the side of the road...
Speeding – Antonio A. Souza, Brazil, 75/65, $125; Jane S. Materi, Upton, 82/70, $105; Robert C. Scull, SD, 86/75, $100; Anthony Thomas Jay Delfino, Moorcroft, 85/75, $90; Mark W. Wold, ND, 78/70, $86; Michael T. Divis, Gillette, 90/80, $90; Lars J. Koivukangas, AZ, 87/80, $84 Fail to Provide Proof of Liability Insurance – Sarah Taylor Owen, TX, $555 No Registration and Improper Display of Tabs – Michael John Anderson, Sundance, $75 No Seat Belt (driver) – Devin M. Hatzenbuhler, CO, $25 Drive While License Suspended (2nd+ offense) – Sarah Tay...
Apr. 29 – Five VIN checks. Detention Deputy booked in subject arrested by Wyoming Highway Patrol on Campbell County warrant. Detention Deputy did fingerprints for outside employment. Detention Deputy booked in subject brought over from Court. Apr. 30 – Three VIN checks. Traffic stop. Paper service. Deputy assisted Wyoming Highway Patrol on traffic stop. Deputy investigated animal complaint. Detention Deputy did fingerprints for outside employment. Detention Deputy booked in subject with time to serve from Court. May 1 – Four VIN checks. Three...
