Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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Marty Smith has been sentenced to a minimum of six years and a maximum of 18 years in jail after a jury found her guilty as an accessory to involuntary manslaughter and to aggravated assault and battery. Judge Thomas Rumpke presided over the sentencing on Wednesday, the final milestone on the judicial journey and an opportunity for victims of the crime and supporters of the defendant to speak of the effect the incident has had on their lives and the potential consequences of a jail sentence. Doug Haar’s stepson spoke to the impact that H...
There’s just a month left of summer break and Crook County School District is preparing for new classes to fill the halls as the school year begins again. A number of new faces will greet the students this year as new teachers are welcomed in every building across the county. “Our number is high this year, that’s the way it goes sometimes,” says Superintendent Mark Broderson, who says the gaps opened up for numerous reasons ranging from retirements and transfers to teachers moving out of the area. Hulett School will welcome two new element...
Joann Safford and Eleanor Glover took time on Tuesday morning to work over the city flower bed along North West Street in Sundance. Glover noted they aimed to make the site look a bit more welcoming and hoped their effort might inspire others in the community to take on a similar project around town....
Sundance’s new music teacher invites anyone and everyone of a musical persuasion to march alongside the students during this year’s parade. Marching is a long-held tradition and fair one of the community’s most important events, Teresa Preisner says, as she invites the community to offer their instruments to the cause. Preisner is a Gillette graduate who has been teaching until recently in Belle Fourche and will take over this fall as the music teacher in Sundance. Her aim is to build the progr...
The Crook County Commissioners have published their proposed budget for the year ahead, with the most significant new expenditure being $50,000 to remodel the commissioners’ room, which has changed very little since around the 1970s and lacks both space and storage. “They really have no place for files for themselves,” says County Clerk Linda Fritz. “And sometimes this room is too small when they have a large crowd of people.” The project, which is set to begin this fiscal year, will include knocking through the wall into the cubby behind, w...
Jolie Jay, Johnny Geib, Kellie Phillips and Jackson Phillips learn swine showing skills from Chance Marshall in preparation for fair week. 4-H and the county fair are experiencing a resurgence in Crook County - find out more on page 15....
Time of Remembrance for Travis James Glenn Jr., age 1 day. Passed away in Aloma Linda, CA on July 15, 2019. Memorial service will be held Monday, July 22 at Fidler-roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance.... Full story
A Memorial Service honoring Dottie’s life will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 26, 2019 at Legacy Living Center Chapel, 1000 S. Douglas Hwy., Gillette. She passed away May 1, 2019. A full obituary was previously published.... Full story
Beverly Jean Stagemeyer, 82, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Friday, July 12, 2019 at Rolling Hills Healthcare in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com.... Full story
Naomi Mildred Hawley Terhune, age 93, died June 24, 2019 in Hulett, Wyoming. She was born August 20, 1925 in Gustave, South Dakota (Harding County). Naomi was the first born of 12 children, ten girls and two boys, to Clara V. (Everts) Hawley and George W. Hawley. Naomi would experience life in a sheep wagon traveling and living on sheep ranches with her parents in Butte County, South Dakota and Crook County, Wyoming, during the summers from 1925 to 1927. From 1927 to 1953, the family lived on... Full story
1 Years Ago The Times July 16, 1919 R.O Partlow is considerably used up since last week when he mixed with a skittish horse which he was endeavoring to harness and which kicked him a number of times before the fracas ended. State Immigration Commissioner Charles S. Hill gives the information that in spite of the rapid settlement of the past few years, there are still in Wyoming more than twenty-five million acres of free government land. For the most part this land is grazing land, and millions of acres of it have been designated under the...
A local Crook County resident and business owner Gregory D. Wagner was presented with the Patriots Award, on Monday, July 15, 2019. This is the first in the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve ESGR’s series of awards. This award can only be nominated by an employee serving in the National Guard or Reserve, or their spouse. Greg is the owner of G.W. Repair, LLC. In Pine Haven, Wyoming. A local mechanic shop that always has the American and Marine Corps flags flying. Being an honorably d...
Two Crook County natives will be honored as part of the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 this weekend at an event to be held in Newcastle. Joe Graham and Gerald McInerney will be celebrated alongside honorees from Campbell and Weston Counties during the cowboy-style event. The Region 1 inductions will take place at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 at the Weston County Fairgrounds and will celebrate Graham and McInerney alongside Harry Aaron Borgialli, Warren Richard “Dick” Shaw and Lora...
ANNUAL QUILT SHOW now through August 23. Stop in next week to see all the beautiful quilts on display! Library Programming: CEMETERY WALKS: July 25 at Moorcroft Cemetery, August 1 at Moore Hill Cemetery, and August 15 at Greenwood Cemetery (off Hwy 116). All walks start at 6:30 p.m. and are free to the public. Meet at the cemetery for an evening of memories and stories of our early history. A UNIVERSE OF STORIES summer activities for preschool through kindergarten Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in June. The themes are: “A Sky Full of Stories”, “Sh...
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Crook County at the completion of the 2019 spring semester. Students are: Garrett A. Bietz (Bachelor of Science), Colt B. Lewis (Bachelor of Science) and Trevor K. Norris (Bachelor of Science) of Moorcroft and Savanah Richter (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering) of Pine Haven....
Our Thanks The family of Robert Beaudoin would like to express sincere appreciation for the thoughts, prayers, phone calls, visits and generous donations to his memorials. A special thank you to Brian Mills for helping us out and to the church women who worked so hard in the kitchen for the reception. Bonnie Beaudoin, Mike and Kathleen Beaudoin and family, Jan Beaudoin and family, Eric and Teri Beaudoin and family, Guy and Marianne Beaudoin, Angie and Jim Butts and Family Thank You I would like to thank all my church family, friends for their... Full story
Lee Her of California has been sentenced on several felony charges after allegedly acting as a “decoy driver” for a vehicle carrying 83 pounds of marijuana. On March 15, 2018, at around 6 p.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper observed two vehicles traveling eastbound on U.S. 212 that were close enough together he believed they were associated. According to court reports, both appeared to be rentals and were only occupied by the drivers. A second trooper was paged and caught up to the vehicles, where he observed the rear vehicle traveling too...
A Belle Fourche woman faces felony drug charges including one of attempting to take a controlled substance into the Crook County Detention Center. Sandra Vinson was arrested after her vehicle was spotted in apparent distress on the interstate. On June 30 at around 10:30 p.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper was notified of a vehicle near milepost 202 of I-90 that may have been in need of assistance as it was parked in the emergency lane and a male subject appeared to be attempting to flag down passersby. The trooper located the vehicle and...
Speeding – Thomas G. Ganim, CT, 80/65, $120; Rosanne Driskill, Devils Tower, 75/65, $90; Alison R. Schwarz, WI, 91/75, $125; Natalia B. Stoupakova, IA, 93/80, $110; Seane M. Waterbury, TX, 87/75, $105; Robert J. Watson, Wyarno, 98/75, $160; Sergio T. Ramirez, CA, 75/65, $125; Erik H. VanHorn, SD, 32/20, $85; Lyndi M. Boe, Gillette, 74/65, $118; Jamey D. Ford, SD, 86/75, $100; (minor), Newcastle, 77/70, $84; Jay L. Bachman, KS, 84/75, $88; Melissa J. Holihan, PA, 89/75, $155; Christopher M. Conley, ND, 79/70, $88; Dakoda L. Davis, Gillette, 8...
July 8 – Three VIN checks. Five traffic stops. Deputy investigated animal complaint. Deputy assisted two motorists. Detention deputy booked in subject. Deputy removed traffic hazard from roadway. Deputy transported prisoner to appointment. Deputy did welfare check. Deputy gave two courtesy rides. Deputy investigated trespassing call. Deputy investigated suicidal subject. July 9 – Eight VIN checks. Two paper services. Two traffic stops. Detention deputy booked in two subjects. Detention Deputy transported inmate to appointment. Detention Dep...
July 6 – House watch and business checks completed. Two VIN inspections. Officer assisted Crook County Sheriff’s Office. Officer assisted Life Flight. Vehicle lock out. Three bar checks. Thirteen traffic stops. July 7 – House watch and business checks completed. Officer investigated dog at large. Officer assisted Life Flight. Six traffic stops. July 8 – House watch and business checks completed. VIN inspection. July 9 – House watch and business checks completed. Officer responded to disturbance at residence. Subject arrested for family violence...
There’s a new initiative in development that’s supposed to make the London Underground more of a pleasant experience and less of a writhing coil of snakes, but I’m not sure how I feel about it. The concept is fantastic in theory, but it relies on collecting data from everyone’s phones. The reason for this potential intrusion is that the Tube is overcrowded, hot, sticky, confusing and always late, but it costs a great deal of money to buy trains and build lines. I’m not even sure where they’d pu...
Hi, my name is Shyla Shoun and I am in 4-H. For the last few years I showed rabbits and sheep but this year I have a pig and this is my favorite project. Did you know pigs love marshmallows? Especially my pig, B.L.T. The swine show is Wednesday, July 24 at 5 p.m. then Saturday, July 27 there is a community barbecue with live music at 3 p.m. Following that there will be the livestock auction at 5 p.m. Please come and enjoy the fun! Shyla Shoun --- Dear Editor, Sundance has a problem! The problem is the “Yield” signs and drivers not knowing wha...
CASPER — As coal operator Blackjewel LLC went to battle in bankruptcy court last week, another Powder River Basin company quietly contended with its own financial troubles. Cloud Peak Energy filed for bankruptcy in May and is one of six coal companies enmeshed in bankruptcy proceedings in Wyoming. The coal operator owns three mines — Antelope and Cordero Rojo in Wyoming and Spring Creek in Montana — and owes $400 million in outstanding debt. Even so, the company reportedly hired a number of workers from the closed Blackjewel mines. In the l...
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Revenue Interim Committee has a bill on its plate that would allow cities to put an additional municipal sales tax to voters. But instead of voting on the bill, the committee hit pause this week to allow cities and counties a chance to work through major difference on the bill and find a compromise that could pass through the Legislature. Representatives from the Wyoming Association of Municipalities and the Wyoming County Commissioners Association said they are set to meet this month to try to wor...
