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Articles from the July 20, 2023 edition


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  • Council questions developer's safety practices

    Grace Moore|Jul 20, 2023

    C-Bar Estates developing company, Freedom Holdings, has run into a couple significant glitches as they move forward with the subdivision started last year, beginning with the mandatory rebuild of much of the roadway throughout due to improper compaction and, now, previously agreed-upon water taps into each lot that must be installed according to DEQ permissions must be established. After discussing the situation at length with Pine Haven's council, Greg Cottrell and Robert Chamberlin have...

  • Fireworks spark feds' attention

    Grace Moore|Jul 20, 2023

    Pine Haven Volunteer Fire Department’s fireworks display was a raving success this year, with Keyhole packed to capacity and people lining the highways far beyond park gates to watch the show. However, it almost did not happen. The decades-old event was challenged this year by federal agencies including the Bureau of Reclamation as they own the land on which Keyhole State Park resides and Fish and Wildlife because of the northern long-eared bat that lives in the immediate vicinity of the display. According to Mayor Karla Brandenburg, “It sta...

  • Council seeks ARPA funds for sewer project

    Grace Moore|Jul 20, 2023

    Moorcroft has been actively seeking grants to assist in completing the Powder River Sewer Project and, according to HDR Engineering’s Heath Turbiville, an option this year is available from the same pool of money from which the town previously applied to work on the Moorcroft Town Center (MTC). This American Rescue Plan Act account, administered by the State Loans and Investments Board, has been rejuvenated with extra funds and Turbiville told Moorcroft’s governing body recently: “In the last round, there were a lot of water and sewer proje...

  • Town seeks to solve issues with cemetery layout

    Grace Moore|Jul 20, 2023

    The original footprint of the Moorcroft Cemetery has been losing its footing for some time and as the remaining pinned plots are sold on the southwest pie-shaped corner, the issue is coming to a head. "It's been an ongoing issue for this town for a long time," Mayor Ben Glenn brought the subject up at a recent meeting. "We've had two different engineers at our cemetery and everything's off just enough to make it a real mess. I would like us to not keep putting this in the background, though,...

  • Jack Sands Proctor

    Jul 20, 2023

    Jack Sands Proctor was born January 3,1943 in Sheridan, Wyoming, to Albert Leon Proctor and Myrtle May (Graham) Proctor. Jack attended grade school in country schools on Inya Kara Creek. He went to high school in Hulett, and graduated his senior year at Moorcroft High School in May 1962. In December 1963, Jack married Irene Hauber and to this union his oldest son Bill Proctor was born in January 1965. Jack was drafted into the army on December 7, 1966 and took his basic training in Huntsville, Alabama, then took missile training in Fort Bliss,...

  • Moorcroft Police Department

    Jul 20, 2023

    Ninety-two business checks. Forty-seven traffic warnings. Abandoned vehicle. False alarm. Three civil standby. Fingerprinting. Found property. Interference with peace officer. Six VIN checks. Lost property. Six garbage can warnings. Two minors in possession of alcohol. Two minors in possession of tobacco. Juvenile issue. Twenty-two weed ordinance violations. Two drug searches. Three drug/narcotic offenses. Four assists to other agencies. Breach of peace. Record request. Two theft of motor vehicle. Two record checks. Three REDDI reports....

  • Moorcroft Municipal Court

    Jul 20, 2023

    Carl H. Wischner, Speeding 44/30, Mertztown, PA, $188. Timothy G. Freeman, Speeding 44/30, Bethesda, MA, $188. Matthew W. Nicol, Speeding 44/30, Sullivan, IN, $188. Jinglin Wang, Speeding 44/30, Palatine, IL, $188. Alec R. Strater, Speeding 44/30, Indianapolis, IN, $130. Gene M. Preul, Speeding 44/30, Denison, IA, $188. Joseph C. Grilo, Speeding 44/30, Coral Springs, FL, $130. Cole W. Tinnin, Expired Registration, Moorcroft, WY, $140. Amelia Wysong, Speeding 44/30, Mantua, OH, $188. Christian P. Nordeng, Speeding 44/30, Rosemount, MN, $130....

  • Circuit Court

    Jul 20, 2023

    Speeding – Mario Alexander Bautista Vargas, Gillette, WY, 38/30, $136; Brandon Braun, North Prairie, WI, 85/75, $105; Martin Kerkenbush, Rapid City, SD, 89/80, $103; Otilio Munoz Franco, Harvey, IL, 87/75, $120; (minor), Sheridan, WY, 107/80, $205; Christopher Janzen, Grand Junction, CO, 83/65, $216; Reagan Lewis, Cedarbluff, MS, 79/70, $103; Trenten Moody, Gillette, WY, 92/80, $120; Mayur Patel, North Providence, RI, 80/65, $195; Joshua Case, Gillette, WY, 88/80, $101; Brandin Kolski, Glasgow, MT, 93/70, $175; Perry R. Sheehan, Gillette, W...

  • Crook County Sheriff's Office

    Jul 20, 2023

    July 10 – Six VIN checks. Two traffic stops. Three paper services. Escort. Accident. Civil standby. Citizen dispute. Assist Wyoming Highway Patrol. July 11 – Seven VIN checks. Traffic stops. Suspicious. Two business checks. Welfare check. Fraud. Abandoned vehicle. REDDI report. Motorist assist. Traffic complaint. July 12 – Four VIN checks. Five traffic stops. Two paper services. Motorist assist. Three business checks. Suspicious. Animal complaint. Assist other agency. Prints. Deliver message. July 13 – Six VIN checks. Three traffic stops....

  • What's Happening at the Moorcroft Branch Library

    Serena Buckner|Jul 20, 2023

    Join our adult summer reading challenge! Readers are challenged to read six books from specific regions as they Travel the USA @ The Moorcroft Branch Library! Patrons can sign up anytime and have until September 8 to complete their reading adventure. Books can be non-fiction about the specific area, written by an author from the area or be set in the area. Stop by and pick up your reading log today. Prizes will be awarded. For the most up to date information on library happenings, please visit us online https://www.crookcoun...

  • A family barbecue at Robinson Park

    Serena Buckner|Jul 20, 2023

    Youth patrons were invited to Travel The World @ Your Library for our summer reading program, May 31-July 12, ending the adventure with a family barbeque at Robinson Park. We kicked off the event with Storytime with Miss Lacey while participants turned in their passports so Miss Serena could tally their entries for prizes. We were able to give away a lot of amazing prizes this year due to donations from local sponsors including: American Legion and VFW Auxiliaries, Blakeman Propane, Clearwater...

  • Rodeo winners

    Jul 20, 2023

  • 2023 Wyo. Ag bookmark finalists

    Jul 20, 2023

    Wyoming agriculture bookmark finalists from Moorcroft Elementary, left to right: Logan Harr, Bridger Hatling (People's Choice winner), Kaynen Ferguson with Governor Mark Gordon....

  • Feathered friend

    Jul 20, 2023

    Jennifer Pierson sent in this photo of a juvenille golden eagle she spotted Tuesday morning in Moorcroft....

  • UW Honor Rolls

    Jul 20, 2023

    The University of Wyoming lists six students from Crook County on the 2023 spring semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. Students are: Alessandro Mastrovito of Hulett; Tianne M. Fischbach, Daylie M. Fuller and Audrey Lynn Merwin of Moorcroft; Ella S. Bifulco and Sherry Negaard of Sundance. The University of Wyom...

  • SETTLEMENT

    Jul 20, 2023

    PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of August 2023, final settlement will be made by Crook County School District No. 1, for and on account of a contract with Wyoming Wood Floors, LLC. for the Gym Floor Refinishing Project. The above work having been completed and accepted according to the plans and specifications of Schutz Foss Architects, P.C., and the above date being the 41st day after the first publication of this notice, the said Contractor will be entitled to...

  • PSC

    Jul 20, 2023

    PUBLIC NOTICE The Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission) approved, on an interim basis, the Application of Black Hills Wyoming Gas, LLC d/b/a Black Hills Energy (BHWG) to implement an increase of $0.0031 per therm in the Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (RAM) rate. The Commission’s approval of BHWG’s rate change is subject to notice, protest, intervention, refund, change, further investigation, opportunity for hearing and further order. The RAM rate applies to BHWG’s approximately 133,834 residential, small, medium, and large general servi...

  • Card of Thanks

    Jul 20, 2023

    NEWWA would like to thank everyone who attended, helped and donated to the Jason Otto and Bruce Lang NEWWA fundraiser. As we stated in the fundraiser fliers and at the fundraiser. we were having benches built in their honor to be put in Pine Haven, donating to Crook County Search and Rescue and supporting Kids' Day. Here are a few pictures to show you where your money went. The benches were made by BGM buildings (Bill and Jamie Mercer). We donated $7500 to Crook County Search and Rescue,...