A large crowd spread out across the Sheridan Inn porch and lawn to watch the First People’s Powwow after the parade on Friday, July 15. There were native drummers, a flute solo, a native blessing and many dancers. Bill Heide with his Medicine Flute Butch Jellis and the dancers Butch Jellis talked about how he …

Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup Friday evening (July 15th) on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said. Twenty-one vehicles crashed and Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said authorities believe the weather was the cause. “It appears as though there was heavy winds, …

Grandma Lana, Katie VanHouten, and her mother, Uliana with their parasols There was a good crowd for the 2022 Sheridan WYO Rodeo Parade on Friday, July 15. New parade goers and those who have been coming for many years lined the streets to watch the bed races, Sneakers and Spurs race, and the parade. Sgt. …

The word ‘rodeo’ is taken from the Spanish ‘rodeo’ pronounced ro-dee-oh. As many cowboys were Mexican or Mexican American, the Spanish words worked their way into the ranching lingo. Chaps, shortened from chaparreras; lasso, from the Spanish lazo; lariat, from la reata and several others. The first noted use of the term rodeo used in …

The 2022 WYO Rodeo Parade was Friday morning, with over 100 entries winding through downtown to celebrate Sheridan’s big summer event. The parade featured regular entries like the Native American entires, The 7th Cavalry Drum & Bugle Corp, classic cars, equestrian entries, area rodeo royalty, as well as the expected floats. Political entries were also

The Native American people that participate in the Sheridan WYO Rodeo, parade, and other activities consider Sheridan as another home, and enjoy all that the week offers. That’s according to Leonard Bendz, who is the announcer for the pow wow and who also helped announce the rodeo parade on Friday. Bendz spoke about himself, the …

The team from Medicine Train took first place and the $500 prize in the WYO Bedrace competition on Parade Friday. Six teams competed in a number of heats before the final two teams raced for the title. Afterwards, the team talked about their victory. The team consists of Taylor Hepp, Matt Gilbert, Mason Hines, Tristan …

The annual WYO Rodeo Sneakers & Spurs 5K Race was held Friday, and over 400 runners participated. The overall winner of the race was Al Spotted, who will be a senior at Tongue River High School this fall. His time was 17 minutes, seven seconds. He spoke with Sheridan Media afterwards, and talked about the …

Anyone who has attended the annual WYO Pancake Breakfast has surely noticed local Boy Scouts setting up, serving, and cleaning for the many hungry people on WYO Parade Friday. The proceeds from the fundraiser go to help fund various activities for the scouts, as well as fund a scholarship, according to Chris Williams, scoutmaster for …

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