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Take a look at Grand March from this year's Worland High School Prom....
At 9:40 p.m. on April 12, Worland Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call at 2019 Big Horn Avenue Apartment No. 2 to reports of a structural fire on both the interior and exterior of the building. "Crews extinguished it very rapidly," WVFD First Lieutenant Troy Nelsen detailed, noting that the firefighters worked until midnight to subdue the fire. Five firefighting apparatuses responded to the scene alongside Washakie County Ambulance Services. No personal injuries were reported, though th...
Jurn Wagner visited the Worland City Council during their Tuesday, April 18 meeting to discuss a noise complaint – made on himself. “I was told by a couple of people that there was a call-in of a blower being run that was pretty loud, and it might have been me,” Wagner laughed. The call to the Worland Police Department at 5:58 a.m., published in Northern Wyoming News, led Wagner to explore the city ordinances, where he found that current noise limits are 50-70 decibels. Wagner asked the council to re-examine their ordinances, as the current one...
Michael B. Rangel ("Mike") of Worland, Wyoming passed away on April 13, 2023, after a short, courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born on November 30, 1970, in Worland to Mickey and Kathleen Rangel. He completed high school in Worland. He worked part-time jobs and enjoyed working outside supplying lawn care and rototilling service. Mike enjoyed many things throughout his life; one of his greatest joys was spending time with his best friend, his chihuahua, Paco. Mike enjoyed listening to... Full story
Kathryn Fronk, 69, passed away at the Washakie Medical Center on April 18, 2023. Kathryn Marie Strauch was born February 15, 1954 in Worland, Wyoming. She was the fifth of eight children born to Harry and Leila Elizabeth (Propp) Strauch. Following her education, Kathryn married Roger Fronk. Four beautiful children made this family complete: Rhonda, Michael, Clayton, and Melaine. Kathryn was very close to her sister Chris, they even worked together at their first job at A&W. Later, they both... Full story
Sandra Anne (McCarty) Mischke, 79, passed away on April 13, 2023, at the Washakie Medical Center with her loving husband by her side. Sandra was born May 3, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas to Edwin Lyman and Vivian Ferne (Kilgore) McCarty. She graduated from Russell High School in 1961. Following graduation, she attended Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa where she received her bachelor's degree in elementary education. During this time, she met a dashing young man, Charles Russell Mischke. They met in... Full story
Edward W. (Bill) Kornkven passed away at his home in Casper on April 8 at the age of 90. Bill had no siblings and was preceded in death by his parents, one son Eric, and a granddaughter Elsa Berri. He is survived by his wife, four children: Edward (Liz), Kristin (Tim) Graham, Kurt (Susie), and John (Kilty Brown), 18 grandchildren: Anne, Katrin, Elle (Nick) Perna, Anders, Brian Graham, Christian, Sarah (Kevin) Crank, Cody, Kelly (Dean) Scott, Ryer, Justus, Amanda, Jacob Brown, Ella-Berri,... Full story
George Donald Coutis, 73, passed away on March 29, 2023 at his home in Pocatello, Idaho. George was born on April 23, 1949 in Worland. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life will be on July 29, 2023 in Pocatello, ID at Cornelison Funeral Home. A celebration of life will also be held in Worland, no date has been set.... Full story
Five years ago, at the height of the #MeToo movement I wrote a column about why victims don’t tell and I referenced my own story when I was a young lady still in high school. On Friday, during the community resources meeting, as I listened to Crisis Prevention and Response Center Director Karina Rice discuss the fact that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month it reminded me of that column and how often we attempt to blame the victim. Rice provided a pie chart completely shaded in baby blue and the key on the pie chart listed “Causes of Rap...
Muriel Ann (Abley) Schnieder, 86, passed away on August 23, 2022 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Muriel was born on Dec. 5, 1935, in Watertown, South Dakota. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.... Full story
The eighth grade science room at Worland Middle School looked like a scene out of an episode of CSI on Monday when the Forensics Club met to run experiments on blood spatter. The club's founder, middle school science teacher Angela Richardson, had members of her club dropping "blood" (dyed water) from heights ranging from one foot to nine feet off the ground. Students found that as the height increased so did the diameter of the "blood spatter." The Forensics students excitedly shared how they w...
If you are looking for a good time or to help a good cause, you can do both at the 13th Annual Worland Fur Ball coming up on Friday, April 21. Deb Coronado, an organizer of the event, shared what the Fur Ball does to help the community and everything you need to know to make the most out of the event. Coronado described the Fur Ball as a fundraising event for New Hope Humane Society, a local animal shelter that houses and provides care to animals that don't have homes. The Fur Ball will include...
SHERIDAN (WNE) — The national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is over. On April 10, President Joe Biden signed a Republican-led resolution that brought an end to the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic; Wyoming’s lone representative in the U.S. House, Harriet Hageman, was a co-sponsor of the resolution. The signing comes just more than three years after the national emergency was declared. The administration had previously announced it would allow the national emergency to expire May 11; the resolution merely acc... Full story
Domination. That best describes the Worland Lady Warriors play in their two 3A East girls soccer games last week. On April 11, the No. 5 Lady Warriors (4-2-1) traveled to Newcastle, where they beat the Lady Dogies 6-2, and on April 14 at Warrior Stadium in Worland, they downed Torrington 12-0. Both convincing wins resulted from the Lady Warriors defensive focus and intensity. "We haven't had much of an opportunity to focus on scoring goals. We've worked on it, but it hasn't been the focal point...
Douglas Frank, a prominent election conspiracy theorist, gave six public presentations in Wyoming, and met privately with lawmakers, clerks and the secretary of state. The County Clerks' Association of Wyoming is refuting the claims of a prominent election denier who toured the state in March and April, giving public presentations in six counties and meeting privately with some lawmakers and Secretary of State Chuck Gray. Douglas Frank, a former high school math and science teacher from Ohio,... Full story
Move comes after judge denies requests for student anonymity CASPER - Six sorority sisters at the University of Wyoming chose Thursday to move forward with their lawsuit to remove a transgender student from Kappa Kappa Gamma after a judge twice denied their requests for anonymity. One sorority member left the lawsuit, but the remaining plaintiffs amended their complaint to include their names following an order from U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson last week. They had sought to remain... Full story
CHEYENNE - Air quality in Cheyenne has worsened since last year, and similar trends were observed statewide, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. The organization working to improve lung health and prevent lung disease revealed the air quality changes around the state in its 24th annual State of the Air report. This year's report card on Americans' exposure to unhealthy levels of ozone and particle pollution, as well as the rankings on the most polluted and... Full story
CODY (WNE) - A Cody High School student was struck by a pickup driven by another student at the intersection of Beck Avenue and 10th Street on Monday, April 17, around noon. The student was hit while attempting to cross a crosswalk at that intersection and sustained injuries. The student was taken by ambulance to Cody Regional Health, according to a Cody Police Department press release. The driver was making a left turn from 10th Street into the eastbound lane of Beck Avenue, when he collided wi...
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