Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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Three local candidates have thrown their names in the hat for the upcoming elections, aiming to vie for Crook County’s two seats in the Wyoming State Legislature. Senator Ogden Driskill announced he will stand again for Senate District 1, saying he will run on his past record and “with a promise of continued leadership in keeping Wyoming strong.” If elected, he says this will be his last term. “I have a proven track record of accomplishing things – not just hollow promises,” he says. “Many who are in this role become frustrated as being an e...
As the final push to complete Old Stoney continues, the Crook County Museum District is preparing for its 12th annual art auction. Always a popular draw for art lovers and museum supporters alike, the annual show is an opportunity to own a locally created piece of art while supporting your local cultural center. According to Museum Director Rocky Courchaine, artists confirmed to be donating pieces for the auction this year so far include Bruce Speidel, Judy Hamm, Sarah Rogers, Betsy Hackert and Laura Lynn. While the lower two levels of Old...
Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper James Rose started the day with this advice to the assembled sophomores and freshmen from Moorcroft, Sundance and Hulett: "You'll get the most out of today if you are willing to participate...the best thing I can tell you is participate." Moorcroft Police Chief Bill Bryant joined forces with Rose and Lisa Williams in a new program called the 307 Teen Challenge at the Moorcroft Town Center (MTC) last week. This instruction is similar to the Freshman Impact Program...
In a world where technology changes every day, it's more important than ever that the rulebook we're expected to play by gets the regular updates it needs to keep up. Sometimes a little tweak can make the world of difference to a victim, as will undoubtedly be the case with a new law spearheaded by Sandy Stevens, Director of Crook County Family Violence and Sexual Assault Services (CCFV), and Upton Chief of Police Susan Bridge. Senate File 100 passed through the legislature earlier this year and will come into effect on July 1, changing the...
Dignitaries and members of the Crook County Republican Party gathered on Saturday night for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, a fundraising event that once again attracted a sold-out crowd. Hosted at Central Office this year, the dinner is intended to "support conservative candidates for public office" and saw 221 attendees enjoy an evening to the theme of "Remembering Our Legacy." State dignitaries in attendance included Governor Mark Gordon and First Lady Jennie Gordon, State Treasurer Curt...
Barbara "Bobbi" Marie Bolin was born in Newcastle, Wyoming, on August 16, 1954, to Jack Bolin and Melva A. Bay Bolin. Bobbi attended the Homestead School near Hauber Mine for grades 1-5. Bobbi then moved to Hulett with her grandparents, Tom and Arline Bay and attended junior high and high school, graduating from Hulett in May, 1972. Bobbi attended the National College of Business in Rapid City and earned an associate degree in accounting. In December 1972, Bobbi married Vernon Nielsen of Alva, Wyoming. They moved to Belle Creek, Montana, where...
Howard Charles Pickerd, 74, of Cheyenne, Wyoming passed away April 7, 2022, at home. Howard was born in Sundance, Wyoming, on May 25, 1947, to Henry and Ruth (Hauber) Pickerd. They lived in Alva, Wyoming and Aladdin, Wyoming, near his family's sawmill. Howard attended the one-room Eothen School grades 1-8. Growing up he spent time with extended family in Sundance and at the 4W Ranch near Devils Tower. They moved to Sundance in 1961, and he graduated from Sundance High School in 1965. He attended Casper College and then CSU in Ft. Collins,...
Jerry Lee Schloredt, raconteur, foodie, avid reader, golfer, practical jokester, political pundit and all-around man about town, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022. He died peacefully at his daughter's home in Spearfish, South Dakota, surrounded by the loving embrace of his family. Jerry was born on October 12, 1936, in Lead, South Dakota, and raised in Beulah, Wyoming, Grass Valley, California and Reno, Nevada. He was the youngest son of Albert and Esther (Ward) Schloredt. Jerry fondly recalled growing up with his large extended family on what...
Literally the thirteenth child in a baker's dozen, Ruth "Peggy" Magdelene Gaddis Cronn was born on November 6, 1921, to Tilden A. Gaddis and Barbara Wolf Gaddis. Peggy's family lived in Iowa, Oklahoma and Kansas prior to coming to Minnehaha County, South Dakota, where they farmed in the greater Sioux Falls area. Peggy joined three sisters, Maria Mary Elizabeth Gaddis Ottold, Olive "Ollie" Mayme Gaddis Welbon, May Carrie Gaddis Mead and nine brothers, Adam, Ralph, Derwin, Archie, Richard, Loyal, Everett, Lorrain "Larry" and Russell Gaddis....
Kari Bonnell Jensen Priewe, 89, of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, passed away May 11, 2022 at the Belle Estate in Belle Fourche. Kari was born October 12, 1932, at Moorcroft, Wyoming, to Thorval Sr. and Lillian (Ballard) Jensen. The family moved near Oshoto, Wyoming, in 1936 on a ranch. In 1942, they moved to Big Bend on the Belle Fourche River in Wyoming. While growing up on the ranches, Kari was in the saddle many hours and many miles, tending livestock that her parents owned. Later on, they moved to Colony, Wyoming. In 1950, she married...
Colton Tipton, 19, sadly passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Although it was a brief life, he certainly left his mark. He is survived by parents, Lisa Alberts, Jason Thomsen and Travis Tipton; brothers, Caleb Tipton and Dominic Shepperson; sisters, Carli Tipton, Madasyn Shepperson and Hannah Tipton. Colton is loved and will be forever missed....
As the bird flu continues to spread across the United States, including in Wyoming, a single reported case in a person from Colorado has now been confirmed by the CDC. The infected individual is reported to have had direct exposure to poultry and was involved in culling poultry with presumptive H5N1 bird flu. The individual reported fatigue was their only symptom and has since recovered. They were isolated and treated with an antiviral drug. “This case does not change the human risk assessment for the general public, which CDC considers to b...
Almost a third of people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 are now believed to go on to experience post-COVID conditions six months later. Among everyone who contracted the virus, 13.3% of people are thought to have still been experiencing symptoms of “long COVID” one month or more later. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has updated its guidance for “long COVID” and post-COVID conditions. However, with a wide range of possible symptoms under investigation and no clear onset or duration, work to define these conditions is very much on...
May 15-21 is the 47th annual celebration of EMS Week. EMS week is the time to learn and understand more about and honor those front-line heroes dedicated to providing emergency medicine care. In the years of 2020 and 2021, COVID–19 took the focus of so many parts of our lives it was hard to celebrate the everyday heroes. Now, reflecting back on all the sacrifices, hardships and the never-wavering commitment to helping others it’s clear that EMS has, and will continue to, rise to the challenge. And that’s the 2022 EMS Week theme natio...
Crook County Library is hosting the program "Wyoming: Perspectives on a Small Town with Long Streets" by Dennis Davis on Fri., May 20 at the library meeting room in Sundance. The program will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. Author Dennis Davis will center his program on his book by the same name, which looks at a wide range of Wyoming people and places. "The book and the photographs result from more than four years of traveling around Wyoming as the energy industry changed," said...
The library will be closed on Mon., May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. We are still doing curbside and in-town delivery if you would prefer not to come inside. We have numerous magazines available for a two-week checkout. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is a popular monthly magazine published by the National Geographic Society. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely read magazines of all time. Topics of features generally concern science, geography, history and world culture. Displays: Merle Lossing’s seashells and Joan Christianso...
Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed here in the US since 1949, but it seems like we mostly haven’t paid attention to it because maybe it didn’t apply to us – or so we thought. We’re fine. Our family is fine. Our neighbors are fine. Even if we aren’t, we sure don’t talk about it. That is where we’ve failed ourselves and each other. The brain is a pretty important part of our body, wouldn’t you say? For example, it keeps us breathing without thinking about it. That’s super handy. It also helps us process, well, pretty much every...
If you’re a follower of the royal family, you already know that the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration is in full swing. To commemorate her 70 years on the throne we have a brand new dessert, chosen from 5000 entries to join the pantheon of royal-inspired foods that also brought us Victoria sponge and coronation chicken. Although I don’t envy the person who had to take 5000 bites of dessert without descending into a sugar coma, I’ve been excited for this moment. It’s the result of a contest h...
Paige Poor of California has been sentenced on two separate incidents that took place in Crook County almost a year apart. The first involved seizure of an estimated $100,000 worth of controlled substances from a vehicle in which she was a passenger, while the second involved alleged smuggling of contraband into a jail. The first incident took place on November 29, 2020, when a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that radar recorded traveling at 84 mph in a 75 mph zone. When the trooper approached the vehicle,...
David Gray of South Dakota has been given a split sentence for possession with intent to deliver after marijuana and TCH was found in his vehicle when it crashed into the Stateline Station in Beulah. On the morning of August 12, 2021, a Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched in response to reports that a blue vehicle had crashed in Beulah. No injuries had been reported. The deputy reported arriving to find five people outside the building and the vehicle parked in a parking sport. When the deputy asked who had been driving, he w...
A Cheyenne man has been given a suspended sentence on possession charges after the person he was staying with in Sundance requested that he be removed from their residence. A Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy investigated a disturbance and unwanted person at a residence in Sundance on September 30, 2021 when the occupant asked for their guest, Clinton Bruguier, to be removed. The occupant stated that Bruguier kept some marijuana in the bathroom cabinet and they wanted it, and Bruguier, removed. The deputy reports observing a metal smoking p...
A Gillette woman has been given a suspended sentence on charges related to an incident in which methamphetamine was found in her vehicle when she crashed on the interstate near Sundance. On May 8, 2021, a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper was notified of a single-vehicle crash on I-90. He arrived on scene to find a vehicle with heavy front end damage pinned against the guardrail. According to the trooper’s report, the driver was being rendered first aid by a passing motorist. The trooper assisted by placing a bandage on the driver’s arm, whe...
Speeding – Marsha Rogers, Hulett, WY, 91/80, $115; Zachary Anderson, Broom field, CO, 80/70, $105; Timothy Murphy, Mandeville, LA, 87/75, $120; David Henjum, Belgrade, MT, 92/75, $145; Julia Blakesley, Thermopolis, WY, 80/75, $15; Joyanna Diaz, Bismarck, ND, 90/75, $135; Colton Moore, Bloomfield, IN, 86/75, $115; Gavin P. Weyrich, Riverton, WY, 89/70, $80; Nicholas Zick, Belfair, WA, 90/80, $105; Richard Goetz, Gillette, WY, 82/65, $209; Kenneth Corliss, Newell, SD, 90/80, $105; Lauren Haiar, Spearfish, SD, 80/70, $105; Kory Tegman, Columbia F...
A Gillette resident has been given a suspended sentence on a possession charge after being pulled over for speeding on the highway in Crook County. On November 24, 2021 at 7:44 p.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper was patrolling U.S.14 when he observed a vehicle traveling at 84 mph in a 70 mph zone. He conducted a traffic stop, during which he reported recognizing the driver and passenger from a previous stop, when he had found the driver had a suspended license. According to court reports, the trooper asked the driver, Jesse David Larralde,...
Deputies rescue drunk party goers CODY (WNE) — An evening gathering in Badger Basin resulted in a possible life-saving rescue by Park County deputies who’d spent almost five hours on the scene to ensure the many partygoers were OK. According to a sheriff’s office release, on the night of May 7, deputies became suspicious that a party involving alcohol was being held in the hills of Badger Basin off of WYO 294. When the deputies arrived, they noticed a large bonfire with numerous people standing around it. When everyone saw the patrol vehicles,...
