News Emergency Operations Plan January 26, 2023 Ron Richter 0 At the recommendation of Sheridan County Emergency Management Coordinator Jesse Ludikhuize, the Sheridan County Commissioners adopted the revised County Emergency Operations Plan in late December of 2022. The updated County EOP was discussed at the most recent Sheridan City Council study session. City Administrator Stu McRae said the County EOP…
News Year-in-Review Series December 26, 2022 Ron Richter 0 We begin our year-in-review series today with a look back at a few of the top stories from 2022. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Year-in-Review Series In October, 16-year-old Christian Torres was sentenced to 20 to 23 years in prison for killing his adoptive father 47-year-old Edgar “Eddie”…
News WYDOT Announces Overnight Closure Dates For Ranchester Railroad Bridge May 6, 2022 News Release 0 Residents of the communities of Ranchester and Dayton and local commuters should be mindful of a three night scheduled road closure of the Ranchester Bridge beginning Tuesday, May 10. WYDOT and its Contractor will close the bridge from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in order to place girders on the…
News Dayton Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements January 25, 2022 Kevin Koile 0 One Sheridan County town is trying to make its wastewater treatment plant more up to standard. Design work is underway to improve the plant for Dayton, so it can meet more stringent discharge standards imposed by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, regarding e-coli bacteria within the water that has…
News Wyoming’s First Woman Mayor was in Dayton October 9, 2021 cvannoy 0 Susan Wissler Photo Courtesy of Wyoming State Archives “You bet that little woman in the dry goods store is some scrapper.” said the gaunt cowboy who reined up in front of the Dayton saloon. “It ain’t her way to say much, but if she ever takes it into her head…
Breaking News Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Homicide In Dayton July 28, 2021 News Release 0 On July 28, 2021, at approximately 3:53 AM, the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office received a call that law enforcement near Hardin, MT, contacted a 15-year-old male who stated he had killed his father in Dayton, WY. Sheridan County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home on Main Street in Dayton and…
News Masks now optional in Sheridan County schools April 16, 2021 Pat Blair 2 Starting Monday, masks will be optional in all schools in Sheridan County. The Wyoming Department of Health late this week approved a request from all three Sheridan County school districts to suspend the mask mandate. The request was sent Wednesday to Dr. Ian Hunter, Sheridan County Health officer, and he…
News Sheridan County schools seek end to mask mandate April 14, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Sheridan County’s three school districts are seeking an end to the mask mandate in schools in the county. Pete Kilbride, who’s superintendent of Sheridan County School District 1, said all three of the districts on Wednesday signed a request that the state requirement that masks be worn in public schools…
News Education funding brings good news, not-so-good news for SCSD1 superintendent April 13, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Failure of Wyoming’s House and Senate to resolve the issue of funding for public education this year meant both good news and disappointment for Pete Kilbride, who’s superintendent of Sheridan County School District 1. Because Wyoming’s lawmakers were unable to close on a final funding bill in this year’s session,…
News Big Brothers Big Sisters focuses on ‘whole child’ April 12, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Big Brothers Big Sisters doesn’t focus on any one issue of the child – like poverty or education or behavioral issues. The focus, said Sandy Thiel, is on the whole child. Thiel is director of community engagement for the Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters in Sheridan – one of…
News A Look Back in Time: April 5, 1921 April 5, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, by reporter Pat Blair as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on April 5, 1921. Members of the Donald Garbutt Post No. 7, American Legion, will have a “chow and smoker” for all ex-servicemen in the city at…
News A Look Back in Time: March 20, 1921 March 20, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, by reporter Pat Blair as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on March 20, 1921. Sheridan’s Holy Week services in the Orpheum Theater opened at 12:30 today, and a large number of business men and communicants of local…
News A Look Back in Time: March 13, 1921 March 13, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, by reporter Pat Blair as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on March 13, 1921. Sheridan has several new cavalry officers, including Harvey E. Lonabaugh, who is now a major in charge of ordnance, which is a regimental…
News Schiffer School construction going ‘extremely well’ March 12, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Construction of the John C. Schiffer School is going extremely well, with a possibility the building could be substantially complete by mid-May. Scott Stults, an assistant superintendent with Sheridan County School District 2, which owns the building, said that’s the hope at this time. When planning first started for the…
News School District 1 waits for word on finances before filling staff vacancies March 10, 2021 Pat Blair 0 Sheridan County School District 1 has six staff positions vacant at this time, but most will remain vacant while district officials wait to see how much education funding will come out of this year’s Legislature. District 1 Superintendent Pete Kilbride said the one exception is a transportation director position. He…
