Wheatland News

Students from across Wyoming learned more about agriculture and were recently recognized for their participation in the 2008 Wyoming Farm Bureau "Ag Books for Kids" contests.

“It's getting to be a little more common to be sure”

Courtesy Photo Local farmer Ryan Riggs spotted this black bear in his hay field southwest of Torrington on Wednesday afternoon. via The Torrington Telegram

Grace Paules, 88, died May 5, 2008, in Laramie. A memorial service was held at the United Presbyterian Church in Laramie at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 9 with the Rev. via The Torrington Telegram

“That Presbyterian church has never been so full of people”

Bette Lippincott playing Murial Scott, one of Torrington's first nurses, at the Centennial History Series' Cemetery Tour. via The Torrington Telegram

Sandi and Chuck Clum of McGill and Patrick and Lorretta Pendergest of Wheatland, Wyo., are excited to announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter Meagan Louise Pendergest to Robert William ... via Ely Daily Times

For the past week, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has been conducting meetings throughout Wyoming, seeking public input on proposed hunting seasons and limits for 2008-2009. Torrington Game Warden Adam ... via The Torrington Telegram

Funeral services for William A. "Willie" Greenwald, 88, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 2008, at the First Congregational Church in Torrington with Rev. via The Torrington Telegram

Several threatening text messages sent to a student prompted police to lock down Wheatland High School and keep students after the end of the school day Thursday. via Montana's News Station

More than 100 employees at Basin Electric Power Cooperative are planning to shave their heads tomorrow, for a good cause. via KXMD-TV Williston

“Sometimes, men come in for the guns and their wives come in for books; other times, women come in for the guns and their husbands for books”

The same indomitable pioneering spirit that won female Wyomingites the right to vote in 1869--a half-century before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920--undoubtedly contributed to 27-year-old Torrie Rice's ... via Publishers' Weekly

Funeral services for David "Davy" Foy, 31, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. via The Torrington Telegram

“Out sourcing inmates to other states because of our housing shortage, has not been good”

Probation and parole were the topics of the latest quarterly meeting of the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution Prison Community Partnership Committee, which was conducted here Wednesday evening. via Star-Herald

“If this thing goes through, there's going to be some pretty healthy profits by these landowners. I look at it as ag diversity.”

It might not be long before companies like Green House Data of Cheyenne can get wind power from just down the road. via Casper Star-Tribune

“We are looking at the opportunity to site a third wind project on the same property in the future”

A PacifiCorp proposal to build a 66-turbine, 99-megawatt wind farm has doubled in size since the plans were announced about five months ago. via Casper Star Tribune

“I've done other pieces for the Fort, and I was handy and willing to do it for free. I didn't know about the reception at the White House when I took the job.”

In late August, Evelyn Smith, a former Goshen County resident now living in Wheatland, Wyo., received one of the most intriguing requests of her life. via Star-Herald

“Seven-fifty meets the City's needs and provides a reserve”

The buildings on the Life Steps Campus are home to an assortment of medical and mental health centers, senior day care, children's programs, transitional housing and referral services for the community's ... via Casper Journal

“The very first thing we would do is launch a constitutional challenge to this”

DNA evidence has helped free more than 200 wrongly imprisoned people across the country since 1992, but current state law makes such exoneration unlikely in Wyoming. via Casper Star Tribune

“This is even unusual for the Casper area”

Wind gusts reached 127 mph in northern Wyoming late Monday and tipped over trucks on Interstate 80 Tuesday in advance of a cold front that brought an end to relatively balmy conditions in Wyoming. via Casper Star Tribune

“I would like to see Wyoming residents have a week's leeway or something”

"We haven't seen anything like this in Wyoming before," said Milward Simpson, director of State Parks and Cultural Resources, which oversees the Division of State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails. via Wyoming Tribune-Eagle