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Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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PINE BLUFFS, WY – On August 22, 2023, at 1609 hours, the Pine Bluffs Police Department responded to a report of a Domestic Violence incident at 515 Blair Street. The suspect, identified as Tyler Pohlman, allegedly assaulted his grandmother with a chair and discharged a shotgun within the home before fleeing the scene. Upon arriving at the scene, Pine Bluffs Officers and a Laramie County Deputy encountered the suspect, who then fled back into the residence. Shortly thereafter, a loud bang was h...
In the late afternoon hours an emergency call (reverse 911) was put out across the air and on the phone lines from Laramie County to stay indoors, lock doors and windows for the Town of Pine Bluffs due to a dangerous situation with the possibility of an armed suspect fleeing from officers. The incident under investigation was a reported domestic violence call. This call progressed into the lockdown of Pine Bluffs due to the threat of a weapon and the fleeing of the suspect. This order not only went out to residents of Pine Bluffs, but also to...
There are some concerns about safety while the new playground in being built at Steege Park. The Burns Town Council met on August 28th at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Jim Clark is making sure things in the town stay safe. The new equipment that is being put in at Steege park has the council a little concerned about the old equipment. There is a piece of equipment that needs to be addressed. The park has tape around it warning people to stay clear but the question is, is that safe enough. The Mayor is contacting the company. The sooner the project is done...
Right after the parade the Grain Bin Gazebo hosted presentations through the afternoon during Bushnell Day. Patrons of the day had the opportunity to sit on bales of hay and enjoy the different talents of the presenters. Two of the people that were there taught and explained different materials they were passionate with. The first one was Le Roy Meininger with his rock collection. He is also an Iris hybridizer and retired science teacher. Meininger went through the different rocks he had brought...
Bushnell Day was full of events going on. One of the places that was having activities was the Calvary United Methodist Church. Throughout the afternoon there were four different Cultural presentations. Three of these presentations were writers of different forms. Martin Gilmore, originally from Gering, Neb., is now a teacher at the University of Northern Colorado. In his presentation he explained how he got into music. Gilmore is a song writer and loves to teach Folk and Blue Grass music. He...
CHEYENNE, Wyoming – The Laramie County Community College Ag & Equine Pathway was selected as the Region I winner of the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE), Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award. Region 1 includes Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii. NAAE places high value on continuing education in agriculture. The Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award recognizes exemplary postsecondary i...
In the last week Laramie County was shocked by four violent crimes, two in Pine Bluffs and Burns respectively. The two in Cheyenne weren’t quite as shocking since crime there seems to be escalating but they were horrendous none the less. Eastern Laramie County isn’t used to such crimes so it’s particularly disturbing for us. It’s been over twenty years (from memory?) since we’ve had a crime of this nature. Cheyenne had two horrifying and senseless crimes this week. One involved a “mother” (Hannah Wingert) and her boyfriend (Joshua Moody...
Cheyenne, WY—Several local agencies have partnered to offer a firearm basic safety course for healthcare providers at the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office on September 5, 1-3 p.m. Course objectives are to explain safety rules and safety considerations when using a firearm in addition to identifying types of firearms, discussing safe storage options and explaining key components of a safety plan to mitigate suicide risk. Registration is online at https://forms.gle/BHdomGwpPaMukoeh9 or by emailing [email protected]. “We are offer...
Cheyenne, Wyo. - HealthWorks has been awarded $273,055 from the Provider Recruitment and Retention in Select High-Need Counties Program which is part of the COVID-19 Health Disparity Grant Program. Wyoming has dedicated $8.1 million of federal funding to help eligible entities build up the health care infrastructure and address historical inequities in their communities. The funding is part of Wyoming’s $38.8 million allocation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant. The Align T...
I was having a hard time believing it's already late August. But as I look at my garden it's starting to look like late September. Everything I planted outdoors took forever to start growing. I think because of the cooler than normal temperatures. Everything was transplanted on June 1st but didn't start to grow until mid-July. It all stayed about six inches tall except for the cabbage. It seemed to love the cool weather but it's even growing a little slower than I expected. The chilis, Roma...
The park at Grover, Colorado was hopping with lots of activities. It was Grover Day's 17th annual event. They always celebrate the event on the fourth Saturday in August. If a person has never attended Grover Day it is an adventure. One of the biggest issues that have people confused is Grover Rodeo days, which is actually the Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo. They are two separate events. Grover Day is just that, a day with with the community. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning....
The chairs were set up for a first time reading during Grover Day at the Grover Depot Museum. The committee worked with Nicholas Berhard to have a short story reading. There were several people who showed up for the event. There was a slight breeze at the event for the people to enjoy the time out in the tent that sheltered them from the sun. It was an hour of Nicholas Berhard reading a short story. Berhard is a historian from Brighton, Colorado and is a publisher of Nantucket books. It is a site for e books. He had found the story in some...
RD Bar & Grill (formerly Rodeo Diner) has been open 14 months now and has never updated the restaurant, that is until now. They have put in new flooring, painted and rearranged. They have brought the bar to the main room and used the small room that housed the bar, into a kids room. They have incorporated many changes; new hours of 9am-9pm Monday through Saturday, gift cards, package liquor, classes and events, and they are working on many additional ideas. The idea of a kid's room is to help...
The Town of Pine Bluffs and the Pine Bluffs Police Department hosted the National Night Out last Tuesday. The event had been delayed for two weeks due to bad weather on their first choice. Mother nature was not ready for the summer fun to begin. But on this day she showed her favorable side and produced a picture perfect day for the event. The event also featured the ribbon cutting for the new playground just east of the pool. Funds for the pool were by federal grants, some donations and city...
Items are getting fixed in the town of Albin. The Albin town council met on August 17th at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Kelly Krakow gave an update on Capital Roofing completing the ridge cap on the Albin Community Center. He did announce that the new trash truck warranty work is done. Now someone needs to pick it up. Council member Bob Anderson said, “ The rail road well parts were delivered and will be installed as soon as possible.” Mayor Krakow reminded all the council that Wyoming Association Municipalities will have their Region 1 meeting on Sep...
In Bushnell, Nebraska on Saturday the 19th they held their annual celebration. The town was full of people having a great time with family and friends. Each year since they started the celebration it has grown more and more. That includes the parade. In the past all the fire departments supported each other in their celebrations. The tradition is still carried on with the parade. The Kimball and Dix fire departments come to participate in the parade. Even the Air Force fire department had a...
Kimball Health Services invites amateur and professional photographers from the area to submit images to decorate the new Kimball Health Services facility. Winners will have their photos displayed with a plaque that includes the artist’s name and the image location. Colorful local interest photos are sought, including landscapes, nature, industry and structures. Photos containing identifiable people will not be accepted and images must be high resolution (300 pixels or 300 DPI). The photo contest is open to anyone, including Kimball Health S...
The Town of Pine Bluffs recently put out a notice of their photo contest on FaceBook. This is a great way to show off your photography skills and the love of our town. Accordiing to Sonja Fornstrom, Recreation Director of Pine Bluffs, this was spearheaded by Jackie Fornstrom and Jericha Werner. They put out “Calling all local residents to submit your Pine Bluffs landscape and lifestyle pictures. We ask that no faces appear in the photos.” The rules are simple and are listed below. With all the beautiful scenery in Pine Bluffs, the entries sho...
It always hurts when you lose something you hold dear to your heart. Thus was the case of the lost Mother's ring, lost a year ago at Oliver Lake by Brandie Wasielewski. She feared it was lost in the water, since they searched the grounds around the campsite and never found it. To make matters worse, the ring was lost the day after her father, Dan McGinnis passed. This added even more sadness for her. Go forward a year to 2023 and an invite to go to a family dinner at the lake where our family...
Cheyenne - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking everyone, especially landowners, to report dead sage-grouse so the birds can be tested for West Nile virus. While there are no signs of an outbreak, Game and Fish asks the public annually for reports to help in the management of the state’s sage-grouse populations. WNV is spread by mosquitoes, and research shows sage-grouse have a low resistance to the virus, which can be and is usually fatal to the birds. Evidence of the disease has been reported in past years in northeast Wyoming a...
Kimball Health Services CEO Ken Hunter, RN-BSN, plans to retire in January. Hunter, who turned 74 on Aug. 19, has served as CEO at the Kimball hospital and rural health clinic since January of 2011. He served two years as director of nursing at KHS after joining the staff as a night nurse in 2006. Hunter received the prestigious Nebraska Hospital Association's "Caring Kind" award in 2013. The award honors outstanding health care employees who have demonstrated compassion for patients,...
I’m seldom surprised by the Left anymore. Nor am I surprised by the media. For the most part, they’re either ignorant or they’re working tirelessly supporting an agenda to destroy the United States. So when I hear any of them talking about how particular actions, usually conservative actions, are destroying our “democracy” I just shake my head at how utterly stupid they can be. However…when I hear anyone from Wyoming, especially a conservative, talking about our democracy, or our representative democracy, my jaw hits the floor. I guess I’m j...
The State’s WyoStar investment programs have recently come under attack, and I would like to share a few facts. These programs allow local governments to make institutional-quality investments with fees lower than what large institutional investors typically pay. The State’s manager charges 0.06 percent and independent bond managers charge 0.5-1.0 percent on average. The State is able to minimize fees by combining many smaller accounts (local government entities) together into a larger fund. These two WyoStar programs have very diffe...
Police raiding a newspaper and confiscating reporting material seems like something one would expect to find in a banana-republic, or in a scene from a dystopian novel. Yet, that is exactly what happened recently to the Marion County Record. The Record is a weekly newspaper in rural Kansas, serving a population of approximately 1,900 and known for its dogged reporting on various issues affecting the community. On August 11, the newspaper office was raided by the Marion Police Department as was...
Garden pests are a natural event every year and they can be devastating to your garden. In July-August every year they become more noticeable and it gets worse as the season progresses. You may not notice the pest itself but you'll surely notice the damage to your plants. It could be discoloration on the leaves or stem, perhaps leaves that have been chewed, maybe even the fruit or vegetable itself that's been chewed. Most often the culprit is eating to either reach maturity or to reproduce. But...
