Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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Governor Mark Gordon has indicated that stricter state health orders will be coming soon in reaction to the worsening pandemic across Wyoming and most of the Midwest. What exactly will be contained in those orders has yet to be specified, but all options are said to be on the table. “I’m very concerned and angry about what’s happening to the conditions in our state. Health, business and our civic wellbeing are all being tested in ways we have not seen before,” said Gordon during a press conference on Friday. So far, said the governor, Wyoming...
Orders from the Wyoming Supreme Court have once again put a hold on any jury trials that were scheduled to happen in the state. “Recent dramatic increases in COVID-19 cases throughout Wyoming have caused the full or partial shutdown of courts, and made it difficult to get sufficient jurors,” says a press release from Michael K. Davis, Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. “The Court is therefore implementing measures to protect the health of the public and court personnel throughout Wyomi...
Crook County Medical Services District has taken ownership of a sorely needed new ambulance thanks to a CARES Act grant from the State Lands and Investments Board. The vehicle will boost the ability of Sundance’s fleet to both respond to emergencies and transfer patients to larger hospitals outside of the county. At the same time, CCMSD has announced that the agency once known as Sundance EMS will be given a new name to better reflect its service model and clarify its role within the c...
Holidays are coming and Sundance is all set up to enjoy the season while we wait for the big man to harness his reindeer. Avoid those last minute shopping panics and support your local businesses with several opportunities to shop local provided by the Sundance Chamber of Commerce over the next few weeks. Your first opportunity to tick some gifts off your list – or treat yourself! – is the now-annual tradition of Small Business Saturday, scheduled for November 28. Sundance will celebrate small businesses through the Shop Small® event, whic...
Mandi Decker and Trevor Keyworth are pleased to announce their engagement. Mandi is currently employed with Campus Ventures for Black Hills State University and Trevor works for the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Mandi is the daughter of Steve and Beth Decker of Frankfort, South Dakota and Trevor is the son of Jim Keyworth of Rapid City, South Dakota and Sherry and Dave Burr of Spearfish, South Dakota. A January 30, 2021, wedding is planned at Grace Fellowship Church in Spearfish....
Beverly Jean Peterson, 85 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on November 9, 2020 at Crook County Long Term Care. Beverly was born on July 3, 1935, to Orville Lincoln and Evelyn (Summers) Lincoln Edwards at Beulah, Wyoming. She attended three years of school at Beulah, then moved with her parents to Sundance and graduated from Sundance High School in 1953. Beverly married George Peterson on May 9, 1954, at Sundance Methodist Church. One son, Dallas, was born to the couple on July 21, 1956. George and Beverly ran the Peterson Gas Company from 1965...
God, Family, Cows Ryan Royal Neiman, 39, passed away November 9, 2020, in Spearfish, South Dakota, with his wife, Sonnie, by his side after a courageous, hard-fought battle with cancer. He was born August 12, 1981, in Sheridan, Wyoming, the first of two sons of Nikki and Kent Neiman. He grew up in Hulett, Wyoming, where he spent his childhood summers playing baseball and working on the Neiman 77 Ranch with his uncle Russell. High school was filled with football, basketball, academics and multiple extra-curricular activities including FFA and...
Christene VanderBoom, 93, died September 5, 2020, Colorado Springs, Colorado. She lived well and was well loved. Born June 16, 1927, on a farm ten miles west of Herreid, South Dakota, Christy was the first of two daughters for Nellie Zoss and Gottlieb Volzke, and the first grandchild of Adolf Zoss and Amelia Alt who farmed east of Letcher, South Dakota. Christy attended Green Valley country school, Herreid High School and Mitchell South Dakota Methodist Hospital School of Nursing. Christy was romanced by returning WWII veteran Roger...
Marlene Cooper, 86 of Sundance, Wyoming passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Crook County Long Term Care Center. Marlene was born November 13, 1933, along with her twin brother Marvin Snook to Leonard and Martha Snook near Crawford, Nebraska. When Marlene was four years old, the Snook family moved to Crook County, where she lived the rest of her life. She graduated from Sundance High School in 1952. Marlene worked as a bookkeeper for Tri-County Electric, now Powder River Energy, for many years. After retirement, she and her partner Jim...
Nora Gallegos Villegas, adult ed student at the EWC College and Career Readiness Center in Sundance, was recently inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society. Janet Lake, EWC Coordinator/Instructor, presented Nora with a frameable certificate, a membership pin and letters of recommendation. Determining factors of acceptance into the honor society include regular attendance, cooperation by working harmoniously with teachers and fellow students and work ethic while performing educatio...
The Powder River Energy Foundation announced last week that it has boosted this year’s donations to charitable organizations through its Holiday Giving Campaign. While $10,000 was donated across northeast Wyoming in 2019, this year’s grants have increased to a total $15,000. “The Foundation’s mission is to demonstrate our commitment to individuals and nonprofit or charitable organizations in northeast Wyoming by lending a helping hand that will improve their quality of life or service to their community,” said Foundation Board President...
Another half billion dollars will be chopped from the state’s budget if Governor Mark Gordon’s supplemental budget is approved by the Legislature in January. The proposal, released on Monday, reflects an average cut of 15% to state agencies. Speaking during a press conference, Gordon commented that he was handed a $3.3 billion budget when he took office; if the supplemental budget is approved, it will total $2.4 billion, “a pretty substantial reduction.” “It is a proposal that meets my statutory requirement to present a balanced budget an...
Each November, the international community recognizes Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, a time for those who have experienced the grief of a loved one taking their own life to gather together in a safe environment. There, they are invited to find support and understanding from others who are walking the same path. For the first time this year, Prevention Specialist Katie Allen, sponsored by the Wyoming chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, will be bringing the event to Crook County. It will be held online this year due to the...
A busy election day led the county commissioners to hold a shortened regular meeting this month and ask agencies to deliver their reports electronically. The reports provided include: Public Health A report from Carol Stutzman celebrates a successful vaccination season for Crook County Public Health. Over the month of October, a total of 550 immunizations were administered. “This year, we saw several adults who have never had a flu vaccine before, come and get a vaccine,” she reports. The agency ran out of vaccines on October 22 and is expectin...
Speeding – Naomi Brenna, MN, 88/80, $101; Michael Merz, CO, 89/80, $103; George Farndell, AZ, 91/80, $115; Kenneth Dvorak, ND, 79/70, $103; Daniel Larson, MI, 90/80, $105; Ashley Horton, Riverton, 88/75, $125; Jeremiah Philipp, IA, 89/75, $130; Alexandra Spektor, IL, 90/80, $105; Ernesto Viramontes, ND, 64/55, $103; Jacob C. Carter, TX, 91/80, $175; Mary Carpenter, NE, 89/80, $103; Devon Burgess, MN, 88/80, $101; Dawn Riley, FL, 90/80, $105; (truck) – James Smith, IN, 75/70, $15 No Seat Belt (driver) – Roger Ballou, Hulett, $25 Vehicle Over...
Nov. 2 – Three VIN checks. Theft report. Three welfare checks. Motorist assist. Subject booked into jail. EMS page. Nov. 3 – Four VIN checks. Two paper services. Two traffic stops. Welfare check. Two separate suspicious person complaints. Civil assist. Removal of animal carcass. EMS page. Nov. 4 – Two VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Harassment complaint. Civil assist. Suspicious circumstance. Motorist assist. House watch. Probation violation. Gun call. K-9 sniff. Subject booked into jail. Two EMS pages. Two fire department pages. Nov. 5 – Thr...
I’m sure that, by now, you’ve heard the latest story of bizarre behavior in Yellowstone National Park. If these terrible tourists aren’t taunting bison or losing their trousers, they’re apparently finding new ways to prepare a dinner. Two gentlemen from Idaho and one from Utah are reported to have carried a couple of cooking pots into a remote part of the park, where they put two whole chickens in a burlap sack and dipped them into one of the hot springs. (No word on why they needed the cooking...
Dear Editor, In my opinion we are over populated with mountain lions again. People are seeing them regularly and cars hitting them on the road. A few years ago Senator Driskill got a meeting with the Wyoming Game and Fish in Hulett to allow more lions to be hunted. I wonder if we should have another meeting? In our area west of Hulett the deer numbers are really down. Brad Clark Dear Editor, In the November 12, 2020, issue of the Sundance Times, Mr. Feeney suggested that I should rethink my position on tax increases because the measure (Senior...
Black Hills National Forest Christmas tree permits are available to purchase either online at Recreation.gov or from private vendors throughout the Black Hills. Details about where to cut your tree and height restrictions may be found at Recreation.gov. Locally, the permits are available at the Sundance Travel Center. “For many families, venturing into a National Forest to cut their Christmas tree for the holidays is a treasured tradition carried on for generations,” said Scott Jacobson, Public Affairs Officer. To purchase a Christmas tree per...
One of Crook County’s elk hunting areas is the latest to join the list of Wyoming places in which chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed. Wyoming Game & Fish announced last week that the disease was confirmed in Elk Hunt Area 1 via a positive test from a targeted bull elk. Hunt Area 1 is adjacent to Hunt Area 117, where CWD was detected in 2008, and is located in the southeast corner of the county. The fatal disease affects deer, elk and moose and is caused by abnormally folded protein...
Man killed in shootout with Gillette police identified GILLETTE (WNE) — Cody William Amman, 31, has been identified as the man killed in an officer-involved shooting Friday night in Gillette. Amman allegedly fired at a Gillette police officer early Friday evening and in turn, the officer returned fire. Amman was taken to Campbell County Memorial Hospital, but died of gunshot wounds at 10:41 p.m. Friday, Campbell County Coroner Paul Wallem said Monday morning. It is unclear where Amman was wounded or how many times he was shot. The number of s...
Now that the winter season has settled in, WYDOT has implemented its annual snow plan, which gives guidance as to how the agency will keep highways cleared of snow and ice this winter. With the budget constraints the department is currently facing, WYDOT has identified six levels of service and the routes that fall under those levels to help manage and work within those budget constraints while still maintaining adequate levels of service for plowing. Within these constraints, highways will be plowed, but they may remain snow covered at times a...
Due to the pandemic, the Sundance Elementary fifth and sixth graders were unable to invite the community and our veterans to attend a Veterans Day celebration. But the students did record a short music video that is posted on the Sundance Elementary School website. You will find it at ses.crook1.com. Thank you again to all of our veterans and their families for your service....
The VFW Post 4311 hosted a great tribute dinner at Cowgirl Pizza on Wednesday. The open house feel and camaraderie were very welcoming. Members from all branches of service were welcomed with gift bags to include posters prepared by Moorcroft students with personalized messages (below) and patriotic and era genre music provided by Mike Easley, whose own father served in the Armed Forces. Great stories and wonderful food were shared by all who attended in tribute to veterans....
1 Years Ago Nov. 18, 1920 Jack Belshe’s coal mint got to working in good shape last Thursday and regular trips have been made since. The high school got coal just in time to avoid closing down. Mr. Belshe’s team brings 6000 pounds to a trip, and at this rate he will in a short time have all Sundance smiling again. Ike Dudrey left Sunday for Upton with Hurley Mitts, Dr. Clarenbach and Mayor Roberts, who are called to Newcastle on the Hickey trial, which was postponed from last week on acc...
