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“Vote early and often,” a phrase originally attributed to Al Capone, is a phrase joked about every time an election rolls around. When President Donald Trump made a comment about making sure your absentee vote has been counted and if not then go to the polls to vote people perceived that to mean he was encouraging them to “vote early and often.” I don’t believe that was the case. I believe he was telling voters to make sure their vote is counted this election. A visit with Washakie County’s election officer, Clerk Mary Grace Strauch shows that... Full story
WORLAND — Worland Building Official Randy Adams addressed the city council Tuesday night about what he called “gross misconduct” of some council members. He said, “I am addressing this Council in regard to the gross misconduct, lack of leadership, lack of judgement and lack of integrity being demonstrated by some of our city council members. You are paid and elected to represent this city, its citizens and the qualified employees who have been entrusted to enforce and abide by its rules and regulations. “My job is to interpret and enforce the a...
WORLAND – At the request of resident Mike Healy, the Washakie County Commissioners clarified funding for the new Washakie County Library project. Confusion from Mike Healy was expressed due to an article previously printed in the Northern Wyoming News on Oct. 8 that depicted the incorrect funding from the one-cent sales tax. Funding for the new library was read as follows by Chairman Fred Frandson during the meeting: $1,066,157 from the one-cent sales tax gathered from 2008 through 2012, $...
WORLAND — Eleven students from Worland schools are out on quarantine this week, according to Business Manager Jack Stott. Stott emphasized that none of those quarantines were a result of school attendance. He noted that last week the district also had one staff member test positive for COVID-19. “They had been on site for 1-plus days when they might have been infectious. Contact tracing did not indicate that anyone needed to be quarantined, primarily because of proper social distancing and wearing masks where social distancing was not pos...
TEN SLEEP – Former Ten Sleep School ag education teacher Adrienne Forshee returned to her position this year after about an eight-year break. Forshee was the ag teacher 12 years ago for about four years, when she decided to focus on running the family ranch with her husband, along with being a mother to their two children. Forshee graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural systems and technology. She has always had a role in the education field as s...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School was nearly left without a school nurse when Colleen Holiday resigned in July just before school beginning in August, but then Kenzi Weddle decided to apply for the position and was hired. She left her position at Cloud Peak Counseling Center to accept her new role at Washakie County School District No. 1 Weddle and her husband moved here from Licking, Missouri, along with their dog Lucy. Weddle bring prior nursing experience because before moving to the area, W...
WORLAND - A break in a line to a fire hydrant resulted in a Worland couple's home being flooded and the home having to be demolished last weekend. Joe and Kristy Vigil have owned their home at 1215 South Lane for the past 10 years with no flooding issues until Aug. 11 of this year. Kristy Vigil said about 6 p.m., her husband Joe Vigil heard "the walls crack" with water coming into the basement. She said he shut off the water to the house but the water was still coming in so they called 911. A ci...
WORLAND —The City of Worland and University of Wyoming Extension have set up three Saturdays for residents to bring green waste for the city compost pile. Public Works Director Brian Burky said this year there will not be volunteers picking up green waste – leaves, branches and limbs up to three inches and grass clippings. People will be asked to bring their waste to the compost yard adjacent to Riverside Rotary Park between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, Saturday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 21. They can be loose or bagged. If bagged, r...
Mardyss Aldean “Marti” Groh, 82, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020 at the Wyoming Pioneer Home in Thermopolis. A celebration of her life will be held in 2021.... Full story
Rodney Wayne Freier, Sr., 63, passed away suddenly at his home on October 12, 2020. Rodney was born on July 15, 1957 in Billings, Montana to Kenneth Paul and Darlene "Dottie" (Ginter) Freier. Rodney graduated from Campbell County High School in 1975 and married Susan D. Reid that July in Worland. He joined the Navy and spent much of his service time on the USS Saratoga. He was stationed in Jacksonville, Florida where their daughter, Lisa was born, joining big brother, Rodney. The family... Full story
Leslie Scott Kimzey, 79, passed away peacefully at his home in Snowflake, AZ on October 16, 2020. Scott was born December 5, 1940, in Worland, WY to Clarence Leslie and Virginia Viola (Whitlock) Kimzey. In high school, Scott met Patricia Ann Grable. Following his graduation in 1959 and hers in 1960, the couple was sealed on June 14, 1961 in the Salt Lake City Temple. Scott and Pat both loved gardening and growing things. In 1975, they purchased a commercial greenhouse, flower shop and Radio... Full story
Vesta Mae Voss, 97, passed away on October 17, 2020 at the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin, Wyoming. Vesta was born on November 16, 1922 in Worland, WY to Rolland George “Slim” and Isa Mae (Wilson) Chenoweth. Vesta attended school in Worland graduating from WHS in 1941. She married Paul Patrick Voss on January 1, 1943. To this union 4 children were born: Linda, Rolland, Paula and Trinna. The family farmed near Manderson until 1965 when they relocated to Phoenix, AZ. It was in Phoenix that Vesta attended classes for cake decorating. She fou... Full story
Bruce E. Stratmann passed from this world to his heavenly home on October 11, 2020 following a brief illness. Bruce was born to Ernest and Meta (Stoltenberg) Stratmann on November 2, 1929 in Holyrood, Kansas. He was the only son to this family; his father passed when he was only 7 and he was left to be man of the house for his mother and two sisters. Bruce was resourceful and a fix-it man but was definitely "cared" for by the three women in his life. In his youth he farmed for his uncle and... Full story
Ronald Dean Denniston Sr. of Worland died Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Fort Collins, Colorado, after a short battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his wife and his children. Ronald was born in Denver, Colorado, on June 26, 1953, later moving to Wyoming. He married his lifelong partner, Myrna Denniston, on Dec. 10, 1972. The couple have four children and five grandchildren. Ronnie loved to be with family. He also enjoyed fishing and working on cars. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Rosie Denniston, and seven siblings. He is... Full story
An additional seven coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who had tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) in a press release Thursday. • An older adult Crook County man died late last month in another state where he was likely exposed to the virus. It is unclear whether the man was hospitalized; he was known to have health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19. • An older adult Goshen County man died earlier this... Full story
CHEYENNE – Low wages continue to present social and economic barriers for many Wyoming families – something that looming state budget cuts have the potential to exacerbate. That’s one of the big takeaways from the 2020 Wyoming KIDS COUNT data book, which the nonprofit Wyoming Community Foundation released this week. Since 2014, the foundation has partnered with the national Annie E. Casey Foundation – a charitable group focused on the well-being of children – to collect state-level data on the status of Wyoming’s children and families. ...
JACKSON — If things don’t turn around, Wyoming could have more than 150 deaths from the coronavirus by February, according to a well-known model. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington maintains a model that predicts coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths in countries around the world. Though it is just one model and therefore is subject to whatever biases are in the data used, scientists, elected officials and news outlets have employed the institute’s projections to understand the poten... Full story
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