The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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Pine Haven’s annual Easter event attracted scores of young hunters to scour the grounds for colorful eggs....
Each year, Crook County Medical Services District offers community members a chance to invest in their own health. Simply visit one of the designated blood draw locations this April and receive a full health screening at the annual health fair on May 1. The main health fair panel, which costs $40, includes a number of tests that would cost a patient over $800 if performed separately. These provide an overall profile of your health that gives you an overview of the condition of your organ systems. Complete Blood Count (CBC) and cholesterol labs...
Saturday morning saw the beginnings of a blustery cold and cloudy day as 38 daring souls gathered at the Keyhole Marina for the annual Jackalope Jump. “It was the biggest one we’ve had so far,” reports Special Olympics Coordinator and Coach Kassie Clements. This annual event raises funds for the Crook County Special Olympics. The 2020 jump was cancelled due to the Covid 19 virus, but this year saw the event come back strong, unofficially raising $8200. “We raised more than Gillette and Sheridan...
Last Thursday, Public Works Director Cory Allison, Kent Cranston of Cranston Electric and town crewman Dave Elliott could be seen working on two of the street lights along North Big Horn Avenue. The lights had been out for some time due to electrical issues, but maintenance is usually gone for the day before the lights come on, so they were unaware. Resident Rosalie Brimmer, noticing the problem, approached Allison last week requesting the crew fix the dark lights, ensuring the street not...
Veris, the subcontractor performing the sludge removal for RCS, plans to return to Moorcroft to finish sludge removal for the lagoon cell 3 this week. While this happens, RCS continues to place rip rap around this cell as well as place new gravel around the roads of the lagoon. The walls of the new chlorination building will also be constructed this week dependent upon the wind and weather....
Spring is in the air! There are things to do at the Moorcroft Library: Story Hour on Wednesday 10 a.m., after school too! We have book clubs, youth painting, DVD’s, books and magazines. We are receiving calls daily on the NEW system, so call us at 756-3232 for any questions you might have. Crook County Library System has joined OVERDRIVE, you will need your card number and pin to access this system. We are hoping this system will help with a variety for those that like to read on devices. NEW BOOKS The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult The S...
The next kids’ paint class will take place on April 16 at 10 a.m. We will be doing a “rain” painting. Sign up with Miss Lacey as there are only ten spots available for this class. New Arrivals! K-3: On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen, That’s the One! By Bernard Ashley, The Rumor by Monique Felix, Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures Pup on the Run by Elle Stephens, I’m Not a Pig in Underpants by Elwood H. Smith. Juvenile: Light in the Lions’ Den by Marianne Hering, Madman in Manhattan b...
Moorcroft resident Harold Stortz has been sentenced on two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult after allegedly leaving an elderly person on the floor after a fall for approximately six hours. On September 4, 2020, an officer from Moorcroft Police Department was dispatched around 7 a.m. to a report of an elderly person who had fallen. He arrived to find the person, who he knew from previous contacts, “laying on the living room floor with only a thin long sleeve shirt on”. Stortz was allegedly sitting in the kitchen looking at the elderly per...
Cheyenne man pleads guilty to strangulation, property destruction CHEYENNE (WNE) – Eric Earl Carter pleaded guilty to felony strangulation of a household member and felony property destruction in two separate cases as part of a plea agreement. In the agreement, the state and defendant jointly recommended sentences of three years of probation, with a suspended sentence of three to five years of incarceration, for each count. The sentences would run concurrently. Additional charges in both cases – two counts of misdemeanor domestic battery (first...
Girls 100 Meter Dash: Kyan Meek, 17.28, Angel Zahn, 18.01 Girls 200 Meter Dash: Kyan Meek, 36.88, Angel Zahn, 40.31 Girls 400 Meter Dash: 3rd Kaylee Terry, 1:07.17 Girls 800 Meter Run: 7th Kaylee Terry, 2:54.80, Joslyn Von Olnhause, 3:26.14 , Amasa Gerstner, 3:34.76 Girls 1600 Meter Run: 8th Amasa Gerstner, 8:03.92 Girls 3200 Meter Run: 2nd Mallory Jones, 12:25.51 Girls 1600 Sprint Medley: 3rd Joslyn Von Olnhausen, Char Cranston, Kaylee Terry, Mallory Jones, 4:45.82 Girls Long Jump: 4th Char...
UW Women’s Basketball NCAA Tournament: Wyoming – 48, UCLA – 69 UW Wrestling NCAA Championships: Thu., Mar. 18 – 16th, 11.0 team points Fri., Mar. 19 – 25th, 15.5 team points Sat., Mar. 20 – 26th, 15.5 team points...
