Wiggins News

Warm night, hot racing, at I-76 Speedway. That was the venue for Saturday night's races, and the Mod-50 is one of the greatest events ever.

It took 35,000 gallons of water, more than 500 feet of hose and firefighters from two departments to put out a stubborn haystack blaze Tuesday.

Wiggins School District students are having breakfast and lunch this summer. This is the first time Wiggins has offered the meals during the summer, said Rita Jaurigui, food service director.

Wiggins, Fort Morgan and Brush volunteer firefighters had a hand in putting down a prairie fire that came within five miles of Wiggins on Monday.

Several fire departments and dozens of firefighters battled a large and fast-moving brush fire that endangered campers and cattle around Empire Reservoir in far eastern Weld County on Monday afternoon and into ...

Firefighters in Weld and Morgan counties are racing to a brushfire of more than 100 acres, and residents near Empire Reservoir have been told to evacuate, emergency dispatchers said.

Wiggins residents learned the bad news that their options for buying a new water source may be limited by how much the town is allowed to borrow for a project.

Walter Jordan tests the water balloon protection device he created by throwing it at the sidewalk during the Camp Invention program at Brush High School.

It's nice to hear the new Greeley Leprino Foods factory will not affect Fort Morgan's plant.

Anyone wanting to put in new fiber optic lines in a Morgan County right of way can do so without paying for permits.

Wiggins Town Council members are not shutting off lawn sprinklers - ' unless people don't change their ways.

Conversation starters for friends and neighbors No confidence? A vocal minority in Wiggins still worry about buying water from a ditch company, with some saying it is unclear if the water can be switched to ...

Council checks out Quality Water and Fort Morgan water By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Thursday, June 12, 2008 Wiggins Town Council members did just as critics have asked - ' talked to people about various ...

By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Former Wiggins School District Transportation Director Bill Crites, left, was honored with the Silver Bell Award along with those retiring from the ...

Kids show off their learning By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Wiggins Preschool teacher Gracie Gomez holds out a card showing a star.

Wiggins Board of Education considers options and length of next contract By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Thursday, June 5, 2008 Wiggins High School Principal Dean Palmer resigned late Wednesday afternoon in a ...

By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, June 3, 2008 The Wiggins School District Board of Education will vote on approval of the 2008-09 budget and look at Colorado Student Assessment Program scores during ...

Wiggins Elementary School music teacher Sue Kammerzell, right, was granted $720 to buy new electronic keyboards for her students by the Tiger Parent Organization.

Board honors his conribution to schools By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Friday, May 30, 2008 Webb is taking over as the superintendent of the Hanover School District southeast of Colorado Springs as of July ...

Project will send school, medical supplies to Africa By DAN BARKER, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Wiggins School District Board of Education member David Ritchey and Superintendent Sharol Little ...