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  • Milton LeRoy Hoesel

    Mar 23, 2016

    Milton LeRoy Hoesel, 88, of Worland passed away on March 20, 2016 at St. Vincent’s Healthcare in Billings, Montana. Milton was born on January 1, 1928 on a farm north of Judson, North Dakota, the third of seven children, 5 boys and 2 girls. His parents were Carl and Helen (Kunz) Hoesel. He is survived by his wife, Ann, three children, seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 26 at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastor Tim Trippel officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial G...

  • Elmer A. Nelson

    Mar 23, 2016

    Longtime Worland resident, Elmer Albert Nelson, 94, passed away on March 20, 2016 at Worland Healthcare Center. Elmer was born on November 1, 1921 in Basin, Wyoming, a son of Albert and Martha (Bosch) Nelson. He lived as a small child with his family at Elk Creek before they moved to west Rairden area. In 1938 the family moved to a farm just over the county line north of Worland. Elmer attended schools at Manderson, WY and graduated from high school in 1941. He then attended the University of...

  • Karen Faye Kost

    Mar 23, 2016

    Karen Faye Kost of Basin died on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at her home in Basin. She was born March 26, 1965. A memorial service will be at the First Baptist Church in Basin on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 10 a.m. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....

  • Mary Ann Lenz

    Mar 23, 2016

    Mary Ann Lenz, 70, Worland died, Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Liturgy will be noon Saturday, March 26, 2016, at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements....

  • Drug court provides new option

    Mar 23, 2016

    WORLAND – A new court in partnership with the Wyoming Drug Court Association opened Thursday March 17 in Washakie County. Family Treatment Court, informally known as drug court, was started by Judge Gary Hartman in Big Horn and Hot Springs counties, and Judge Robert Skar continued it, before recusing himself to avoid conflict, Judge Thomas Harrington, who resides over Family Treatment Court, said. Through the Wyoming Drug Court Association drug court has been open for eight years, Judge Harrington said, but this is the first time Worland w...

  • Wyoming Democrats gear up for April 9 caucus

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Mar 23, 2016

    WORLAND – Wyoming Democrats will hold their 2016 caucus statewide on April, to elect delegates to the national convention, and nominate their candidate for president. Washakie County democrats will meet April 9 at 11 a.m. at the Washakie County Library in Worland. The Hot Springs delegation will meet at 11 am at the Hot Springs County Library in Thermopolis. Johnson County will meet at 11 a.m. at the Buffalo Senior Center in Buffalo. Big Horn County will meet at 11 a.m. at the Basin Arts Center in Basin. All members of the public are invited t...

  • Liberty Day

    Mar 23, 2016

  • New mother daughter soap business

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Mar 23, 2016

    WORLAND – Tina and Lyndzi Rich are the co-owners of Bees to Bubbles, a new soap business in Worland that creates soap with honey and beeswax. They began the business in Spokane, Wash., out of their home. In Worland they have a small shop on 12th St. where they manufacture the soap. "Lyndzi and I are the co-owners and when I retire she will take over the business," Tina Rich said. More and more people are interested in all natural products, from foods to cleaners. Bees to Bubbles, offers the c...

  • Eggers reflects on final season at the helm of Lady Pioneers

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Mar 23, 2016

    TEN SLEEP- At the start of the season Ten Sleep girls basketball coach David Egger had modest expectations for his young, inexperienced team. Growing pains for the young athletes were expected and the thought was they could build on those pains for next year. That was the thought. Once the season started the Lady Pioneers began to impress their coach with each game. Players were improving by leaps and bounds and the team was coming together. What looked to be a learning year became a promising...

  • Mar 23, 2016

    Public Notice Minutes of the March 15, 2016 Worland City Council Meeting...  Website