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  • Legion Auxiliary member earns national award

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Oct 8, 2015

    WORLAND —American Legion Auxiliary Unit 44 President Rebecca Fowler has been honored by the state and nationally for her community service. Fowler was honored with the Groppert Trophy and was a Department of Wyoming level winner for awards presented by the Department of Wyoming Community Service chairman. The honor made her eligible for a national award. She was honored as the National Volunteer of the Year. Fowler is the first Unit 44 member to ever receive this national honor. Community service programs through the auxiliary help veterans a...

  • Worland sanitation, sewer rates to increase

    Zach Spadt, Staff Writer|Oct 8, 2015

    WORLAND — Worland residents may see an increase in their sewer and sanitation fees if two ordinances are passed by the Worland City Council. The council passed ordinances No. 828 and 829 on first reading Tuesday night which increase sanitation and sewer fees, respectively. The ordinances must pass two more readings to take effect. Worland City Clerk/Treasurer Tracy Glanz said the increased sanitation fees are in response to the Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District’s decision to begin assessing tipping fees. Glanz said the city cur...

  • Chad Rose impressed with the growth he saw from golfers in 1st season at the helm

    Sisco Molina, Sports Editor|Oct 8, 2015

    WORLAND – In his first fall season at the helm, Worland golf coach Chad Rose was impressed with the improvement he saw from the Warriors in only a month's time. While all of the other fall sports continue on in to late October, golf's state culminating events took place over the final weekend of September. And in the short time the team was together, Rose saw some promising things. "Our kids started off shooting 480 on the boys' side and no girls' team score. Chassidi Garay joined us in week t...

  • Fire company uses purple truck to focus on domestic violence 

    Oct 8, 2015

    ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania volunteer fire company is using a purple fire truck to raise awareness of domestic violence. The Newburg Fire Company in Logan Township uses the truck in parades and other public events, but it’s no longer used to fight fires. Although many people know October is a month when pink objects call attention to breast cancer, it’s also the month designated to raise awareness of domestic violence. Tory Schwarze, a Newburg EMT, tells WJAC-TV that other fire departments in the country have purple truck...

  • Family of missing Casper woman increases reward to $250K 

    Oct 8, 2015

    CASPER (AP) — The family of a Casper woman who has been missing since last October is increasing the reward offered for information leading to her whereabouts to $250,000. The Casper Star-Tribune reports Kristi Richardson’s family gathered to announce the reward during a news conference Tuesday. Her son, Tracy, says “over the past year, not a minute has gone by when we, her children, have not thought about what might have happened to her.” Richardson was reported missing when she didn’t show up to work at Richardson Trucking on Oct. 7, 2014....

  • National 4-H Week/Science Day

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  • Wayne Meier

    Oct 8, 2015

    Reverend Wayne Meier, 85, died October 4, 2015 in Thermopolis, WY at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. Born in 1930 in Kansas, he was the son of Harold and Lillie Meier. From 1951-’57 he served in the US Army. In 1954 Wayne married Verla Detmer in Lincoln, Kansas. For a time he was a wheat farmer but heard God’s calling to the ministry. Graduating from seminary in 1965 he served Plymouth and Beatrice, NE, Woodworth, IL, then served his Lutheran congregants 40 years in Thermopolis, WY. He also owned and operated Pumpernicks Restaurant 16... Full story

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