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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Fall games are afoot and the coaches of football, volleyball and golf are bringing their teams front and center in this season’s preview. Volleyball Volleyball is again under the capable reins of head coach Katie Williams who says, “We are looking forward to a strong season. We have a young team this year with two seniors and a big freshman group joining us, 22 athletes who are working hard every day and making strides early in the season.” “We have set some team and individual goals for the...
The upcoming Stage 1 of the Powder River Water project, slated to start in the spring, has hit a snag. SLIB community loan officer Rebecca Webb recently contacted Moorcroft Clerk/Treasurer Cheryl Schneider regarding a new requirement for the loan. The town is expected to retain three months’ worth of payments in a reserve account and Schneider is to send their office a copy of the account statement on a quarterly basis for verification until the loan is paid in full. The amount needed to comply with this order is $47,031. The town currently h...
Public Works Director Cory Allison and the council discussed the seal coating of Moorcroft’s streets at Monday night’s meeting. The work is nearing completion for the year. Sadly, throughout this procedure, there have been individuals who have disregarded cones and driven on the top coat as it was curing, possibly compromising the integrity of the product. At first, the police delivered verbal warnings to these individuals; however, warnings are no longer being given. The first $450 ticket was recently issued....
torms have rampaged through the Moorcroft and Pine Haven communities this summer with lightning, thunder, rain and, oft times, hail. Fortunately, the damage has been relatively minimal throughout Moorcroft and Pine Haven with winds bringing down tree branches being the worst reports. Sunday night’s encore brought down a large branch from an Elm tree in the town’s easement on Sisson Street, the rotted limb succumbing to the ferocity of the wind. Homeowner Linda Buss thinks that the lightning may...
Josie Ewing, 85 of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away on August 21, 2019, at Garden Hills Assisted Living Center in the care of Hospice. Josephine Mayme Frank was born April 16, 1934 to Joe and Myrtle (Hutchins) Frank in Sundance, Wyoming. She was raised on a ranch near Sundance; when they moved into town she helped at the family store and gas station. Josie graduated from Sundance High School. Josie married Eugene A. Ewing on October 18, 1953 and they lived on the Campstool Ranch at the base... Full story
James Jensen, age 86 of Aladdin, Wyoming, died Saturday, August 24, 2019, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. A celebration of life will take place Saturday, August 31, 2019, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Aladdin Community Hall in Aladdin. Arrangements are by Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche. James Ellsworth Jensen was born on December 23, 1932, in Shelton, Nebraska, to John and Vena (Pickering) Jensen. Jim moved to Wyoming as a boy and loved everything that being from Wyoming had to offer. Jim married Pearl Montaney o... Full story
Thank You To Our 2019 Crook County Fair Donors The Crook County Fair Board and Awards Committee would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their contributions to this year’s fair. We’d also like to thank all of the Superintendents, their assistants, Livestock Committee and all other volunteers behind the scenes. Without you the County Fair would not be the success it is. See you next year! 21 Ranch Crook County 4H A.D.I. Insurance All Around Drilling, LLC American Legion Auxiliary #25 Justin and Sharon Bailey Ballou Ran...
UW raises ACT score requirement LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming’s board of trustees voted this month, at the request of university administrators, to set a minimum ACT score of 17 for students to be admitted to the school. Previously, high school graduates could be assured admission to UW, albeit with some remedial classes, if they had a cumulative grade-point average of 2.5-2.99. No standardized test score was required. However, that new policy will still require those students with a sub-3.0 GPA to have a GPA of at least 17 or an...
GILLETTE — Compared to the large metropolitan areas found in and around Washington, D.C., Gillette is a pretty small fish. But there’s nothing small-time about carbon research happening here. That was one of the observations of a top U.S. Department of Energy official when he toured the Dry Fork Station power plant, the connected Integrated Test Center and the nearby CarbonSAFE test well site Wednesday afternoon. “They have just a fantastic setup to test [carbon capture] technology,” said Steven Winberg, assistant secretary of fossil energy at...
GILLETTE — Patience may be a virtue, but if you’re among the nearly 600 locked out Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal miners who have been out of work for 56 days, it’s also more difficult to practice. For many, there is no more patience. Deanna Fritz has spent a dozen years as a coal mine worker, including the last two has a haul truck driver for Blackjewel. After Fritz and about 1700 of her coworkers in four states were abruptly locked out of their jobs without notice July 1, they’ve been living what she described as a roller coaster soap opera n...
Aug. 12 – Eleven VIN checks. Three paper services. Two traffic stops. Detention Deputy booked in three inmates. Detention Deputy did multiple fingerprints all for outside employment. Detention Deputy did prisoner transport to spearfish hospital. Deputy investigated multiple burglary alarm calls. Deputy investigated abandoned vehicle. Deputy investigated animal complaint. Deputy had multiple assists to other agencies. Aug. 13 – Five VIN checks. Seven paper services. Traffic stop. Detention Deputy did fingerprints for outside employment. Dep...
he Wyoming State Historical Society’s Awards Committee has announced that their Clara M. and Henry E. Jensen Outstanding Wyoming Teacher Award has been given to Moorcroft High School teacher Andrea Wood. Wood was nominated for this award by West Texas Trail Museum director Cynthia Clonch, “[for] her dedication, expertise, direction and leadership for an English historical project for her sophomore class. Andrea escorted all her students to the West Texas Trail Museum and the Crook County Mus...
We will be closed Monday, September 2 for Labor Day. School is back in session and our after-school activities are back. Wednesday is our after-school program, crafts, games, projects are in the picture. Our programs are always in need of funding, as in craft supplies, painting supplies, snacks for the kids for Story Hour or after school. Story Hour is every Wednesday at 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. They check out books, have a story, make a craft and eat a snack. Adult painting second Thursdays at 1 p.m., kid painting will now be the first Friday at...
Moorcroft and Pine Haven welcome nine new teachers and a new counselor working and giving their best to the children of the Moorcroft schools this season. Shanna Kinnick Shanna is not unknown in the local school system as she has taught STEM in the junior high grades; this, though, is her first year teaching physical science and biology to ninth and tenth graders. She says she has “loved” teaching special education and elementary classes, “There’s something to love about every single age, they’r...
The American Legion Auxiliary #25 is proud to announce that Byron Williamson, a 4th grader at the Moorcroft K-8, was selected as the first-place state winner in his category for the poppy poster contest. Mrs. Baron-Kanode had her third grade class enter the contest last November, and Byron’s poster was first in the local contest. The poppy poster then goes to the state judging, which is held the following June. Byron’s poster has now gone on to the national judging....
WYDOT crew finishes up the new wood rail fence, thus completing the face lift of the rest area west of Moorcroft. The effort started after the spring flood of the area with rebuilding the perimeter fence, followed by revamping the playground area with new colored wood chips and laying a concrete floor for the dumpster and, finally, the decretive fencing....
Open Painting, Drawing, Sculpting – Amateur: Grand Champion, Best of Show – Dalton Butler; Reserve Champion – Irene Ward; Children 10 and Under: Grand Champion – Blakesly Nelson; Reserve Champion – Gus Wood, Aiden Williams; Junior Ages 11 to 18: Grand Champion – Tana Timberman Open Crafts – Adults 19 and over: Grand Champion, Best of Show – Amber Burch; Reserve Champion – Beth Kreuter; Children 10 and Under: Reserve Champion – Brooke Garman; Junior Ages 11 – 18: Reserve Champion – Kayla Fowler Open Crops and Garden – Vegetables and Fruit: Gra...
On August 12, police received a report of a man and woman fighting in the middle of the road at the intersection of Converse and Yellowstone, officers made contact with the man and woman and they were subsequently both arrested, the man for Domestic Assault and the woman for Domestic Battery. Both were transported to Crook County Detention Center without incident. On August 12, police clerk gave Emergency Fund assistance to travelers in need. On August 12, police received a call from a business that had been given a counterfeit $100 bill....
