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Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office seeking Detention Center deputies

News From SheridanMedia.com While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Sheridan County Detention Center Lieutenant Charlie Gibbons gave listeners an update on the center.  Over the last year the detention center deputies have changed the procedures and the techniques used to control inmates who may become physical, according to Gibbons. 

December 23, 2021

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UW’s SER receives funding from DOE for clean hydrogen research

News From SheridanMedia.com The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management recently granted up to $644,000 for the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) to assess the economic impacts of fossil energy production in Wyoming and evaluate opportunities and research needs to deploy clean hydrogen technologies.

December 23, 2021

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Police Chief On Tik Tok Threat, Blue Santa

News From SheridanMedia.com Acting Buffalo Police Chief Captain Garth Nicholas, in his report to the city council this week, touched on the recent Tik Tok Challenge Threat and the department’s annual Blue Santa program. Nicholas said there were no incidents locally with the school threat. Nicholas said the department’s annual Blue Santa program is well

December 23, 2021

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Sheridan numbers begin to rise, Merk pill gets emergency use authorization

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan County has had 4,519 lab confirmed cases, with nine new lab confirmed cases being reported in the last 24 hours.  Sheridan County’s case count has experienced a recent uptick after low numbers were reported for the last few weeks.  Two new probable cases have been added in the last 24 hours. …

December 23, 2021

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Fetterman Battlefield Tour Draws Crowd on Tuesday

News From SheridanMedia.com Historian Bob Wilson with the Kearny Frontier Regulars The Fetterman Fight, also called the Battle of a Hundred Slain by the Sioux, was fought on Dec. 21, 1866. On Dec. 21, 2021, Fort Phil Kearny and the Bozeman Trail Association hosted the annual tour of the battlefield with historian Bob Wilson and …

December 23, 2021

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COVID Caused Minimal Interference Within Northern WY Community College District Fall 2021 Semester

News From SheridanMedia.com Classes for the fall 2021 semester within the Northern Wyoming Community College District are over and school officials say most students, teachers and faculty were able to learn, teach and stay in the classroom. District President Dr. Walter Tribley says if there was any distance learning conducted during the semester, it was

December 23, 2021

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Pokes Drop Their Game With Stanford They Play Northern Iowa Today

News From SheridanMedia.com WINTER SPORTS – The high school sports season is on holiday break until January 6th. The Bronc swimmers and divers will come out of the break hosting the Sheridan invitational. Broncs Head coach Brent Moore says the Broncs put in three very good weeks in the pool and after a few days …

December 23, 2021

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Wyoming Highway Patrol Encouraging Safe Holiday Travel

News From SheridanMedia.com The Holiday travel season is upon us and the Wyoming Highway Patrol is urging motorists to get to their destinations safely and celebrate responsibly. So far in 2021, there have been 66 alcohol/drug related fatalities on Wyoming Highways. That number accounts for more than 60-percent of all highway fatalities in the Cowboy

December 23, 2021

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District Court Arraignments

News From SheridanMedia.com An arraignment hearing was held Wednesday in Fourth Judicial District Court for 25-year-old Bennett Walseth of Sheridan. Walseth entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of sexual assault in the first degree. District Court Judge John Fenn set a three-day #5 stack jury trial for May 16, 2022 and scheduled …

December 23, 2021

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Bond Modification Hearing Held for Man Charged With Three Counts of Felony Voyeurism

News From SheridanMedia.com A bond modification hearing was held Wednesday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for a man charged with three felonies. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. Bond Modification Hearing Held for Man Charged With Three Counts of Felony Voyeurism In April Shaun Kobielusz was arrested and charged with three

December 23, 2021

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