Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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For over a year, the David-versus-Goliath tale of a small group of landowners represented by Senator Ogden Driskill going up against the formidable City of Gillette has dragged on. The Carlile-area landowners, after their wells suddenly ran dry or acidic, hoped to hook on to the Madison Water System, but the city felt it should concentrate on the needs of its own citizens first. A resolution signed last week by Gillette Mayor Louise Carter-King appears to have brought the story to a positive con...
Crook County Deputy Ed Robinson describes the need for people to be prepared to protect themselves in the event they are faced with an armed intruder at their workplace. Robinson's presentation was the second A.L.I.C.E. program taught on Tuesday for local government officials and employees....
In a rare display of dissent in the Sundance council chambers, a split vote last week saw Mayor Paul Brooks cast the tie-breaker to pass a four percent rate increase on utilities. Council Member Joe Wilson, supported by Council Member Jana McLean, had wanted to table the question for a month to see what a change of leadership in Moorcroft might bring to the garbage situation. Wilson made the motion to table the rate increase, saying that he would like to see whether Moorcroft will be successful...
In keeping with their holiday tradition, the Arrowhead Motel has rolled out the Christmas cheer with their festive decor. Have you gone all out with the Christmas decorations this year? Has your neighbor done a beautiful job of adding some yuletide spirit to their yard? We would like to hear about the best and brightest decorations around the county this year! Please send your pictures along with names of the decorators and location to [email protected] to be featured in next week's...
Jim Gordon, 51, died on November 5, 2018, at home in Tampa, Florida, after a year-long battle with metastatic melanoma. He was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on August 12, 1967, to Walter James Gordon and Theo Jean (Umland) Gordon. He was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and treasured that connection wherever he lived. As a lover of all kinds of music, he played trumpet in the Caldwell High School marching band and the Big Maroon Band at Mississippi State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business and loyally served v...
Jack Ray Eatherton of Aladdin, Wyoming passed away December 9, 2018. In honor of Jack's wishes, a cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. A complete obituary will be printed next week....
Local seniors enjoying a painting class taught by Minnie Horning last week at the Sundance Senior Center....
County employees and Commissioners Kelly Dennis and Jeanne Whalen presented Commissioner Steve Stahla with a card and cake celebrating four years in office last week as his final meeting reached its end....
The float from the Parade of Lights that was featured on the front page last week and listed as one of the winning entries was a combined entry from James Keller Construction and Vilas Pharmacy....
Thank You Crook County Fire Zone 12 was honored to be named beneficiary of Gary Dungey’s memorial. We thank his family for the donation. Gary was a good neighbor. Our Thanks Our hearts are full of gratitude when we say many thanks to family members, friends and neighbors for all acts of kindness and sympathy: food, flowers, cards, visits and kind words spoken to our family regarding the recent passing of a wonderful husband, father, grandfather Eldon (Bum) Mollenbrink. Thank You, Martha Holloway Amanda and Jerry Watt Gavin Mollenbrink Porter W...
We are pleased to announce that the Crook County Library has been selected as a hosting site for a national study that will begin early next year. Volunteers are needed to participate in a three month video-led fitness study conducted by the Geri-Fit Company. To qualify for the study, participants must be over the age of 65 and not be doing any kind of strength training exercises (walking, tai chi or yoga is ok). Most of the exercises will be performed seated in a chair and you will not have to get on the floor. Study subjects must complete as...
Our home is under siege, defenses have been eroded, damage has been done and its occupants are living in terror. All of which wouldn’t be too much of an embarrassment if it weren’t that our attackers are three inches long. We have mice, for the first time since I moved to this country. However it is that we’ve managed to live out in the sticks for this long without spotting a single rodent, it doesn’t seem to be working any more. I was first alerted to the infiltration late one evening, as I sa...
The Crook County Public Library System is sponsoring a contest for the design of a logo to be used on promotional materials, including the library website, pamphlets, flyers and the Library Bike coming in the spring. Cash prizes will be awarded for first place ($100), second place ($50), and third place ($25). Contest entries will be accepted through the end of January 2019. The contest is open to anyone except library system trustees and staff members, one entry per person. The entries should be in EPS, PNG, or JPG format in at least 1000 pixe...
If you are interested in making a Christmas donation to the library, we have a wish tree set up at the circulation desk. The ornaments on the tree have adult and children’s book titles on them that we would appreciate your help in purchasing for the library. The library will be closed December 24 and 25, in celebration of Christmas. We will also be closed on January 1, for the New Year’s holiday. Library Programming: STORYTIME: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. December’s themes: “Polar Animals”, “Teddy Bears Picnic” and “Christmas”. There will not be...
GILLETTE — A Gillette man’s appeal of his murder conviction has failed. In September 2017, Joseph Nielsen was convicted of abusing and killing his girlfriend’s three-year-old son, Caiden Fedora. In January, District Judge Michael N. “Nick” Deegan sentenced Nielsen to life in prison. Nielsen, 23, appealed the ruling based on what his attorneys believed to be improper testimony by the prosecution’s expert witnesses and improper questioning of the defense’s expert witness. They claimed the prosecution used expert witnesses to get around provin...
The Wyoming Arts Council announces that a new call for entry for public art is now open. The State of Wyoming is constructing a new office building in Casper that will house eight state agencies. Through the State of Wyoming’s Art in Public Buildings program, artwork will be commissioned for the exterior of the facility. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is open to artists with a deadline of February 11, 2019. This is a regional RFQ open to artists residing in Wyoming and neighboring states: Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Utah and South D...
Q: How do I enter the Wyoming Conservation Stamp Art Show contest? A: If you’re an artist with a passion for wildlife, we want you to submit your best original Colorado River Cutthroat Trout depiction to the 2020 Conservation Stamp Art show. The rulebook is online now, and you can begin sending your pieces Jan. 2, 2019 to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Headquarters. With the art, you must submit an entry form and a $30 non-refundable fee. The winning piece will be featured on the 2020 Conservation Stamp and receive a $3,500 payment; t...
On Tuesday, Attorney General Peter K. Michael issued a formal opinion on the legality of the “Wyoming Skill Games,” which are electronic terminals that have become increasingly common in businesses throughout Wyoming. “At the request of law enforcement officials, I was asked to evaluate whether the electronic games manufactured by Banilla Games are illegal under Wyoming law,” said Attorney General Peter K. Michael. “With the cooperation of the device distributors, I have examined how they operate. These machines are illegal gambling devices u...
CHEYENNE — Start a conversation about Wyoming state government’s finances with lawmakers or outside observers, and inevitably the talk will move to the need for the state to diversify where it gets its money. Currently, just less than 50 percent of all state revenue comes from the mineral industry. That oversized financial dependence on mineral extraction has led Wyoming to feel every boom-and-bust cycle in the energy market. So diversifying the state’s tax structure has been a focus of state lawmakers for years now. And in 2019, Wyomi...
Man fined $25,000 in grizzly shooting CODY (WNE) — While hunting for elk in October 2017 a Casper man encountered a much larger animal, in that of a sow grizzly bear. He will now pay a steep price for illegally shooting the bear – he was recently fined $25,500 in Park County Circuit Court. Brent Stalkup, 38, reported the incident to Wyoming Game and Fish and told authorities the bear approached his hunting camp off Monument Hill Road, west of WYO 120 and about 14 miles northwest of Cody, three different times. Through investigation, G&F off...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation has always made a point to share the details of upcoming construction, Director Bill Panos told the county commissioners last week, but less tends to be said about the other duties of the department. Road construction only makes up half the work of WYDOT, he said, but plenty more is going on around the state. It’s also rare for the department’s director to visit with staff on the ground and communities, Panos said, but he has made it his goal to vis...
In a rare display of dissent in the Sundance council chambers, a split vote last week saw Mayor Paul Brooks cast the tie-breaker to pass a four percent rate increase on utilities. Council Member Joe Wilson, supported by Council Member Jana McLean, had wanted to table the question for a month to see what a change of leadership in Moorcroft might bring to the garbage situation. Wilson made the motion to table the rate increase, saying that he would like to see whether Moorcroft will be successful...
The Sundance City Council was not able to put the finishing touches on the landfill closure project last week due to a delay in resolving the finances. Negotiations are ongoing regarding a remobilization fee “far exceeding” what the Department of Environmental Quality is willing to fund, said Jeff Young of Trihydro on Tuesday. Young had originally wanted to complete the project from a financial standpoint, but discussion was ongoing at the time of the meeting between the DEQ, contractors and...
Speeding – Mary L. Mitzel, Sundance, 86/80, $87; Jacob J. Kimsey, Moorcroft, 83/70, $110; Gary L. King, OR, 87/80, $84; Richard Silva Ramos, WA, 43/30, $176; Tori Rose Eaton, Casper, 41/30, $114; Crystal R. Trontvet, Buffalo, 90/80, $90; Larry G. Phillips, Newcastle, 79/70, $88; Scott M. Sterrett, Gillette, 82/70, $105; Mark L. Simon, IL, 90/75, $120; Elliot I. Ruggles, SD, 90/80, $90; Brian Allen Hitchock, CO, 81/70, $100; Isaiah Paul Childers, SD, 90/70, $145 Expired Temporary License Permit/Improper Registration – Taylar L. Braden, Moo...
