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The Wyoming Department of Health has partnered with nine communities in the state to conduct Worksite Wellness Workshops, and Thursday, December 3rd will be the day a workshop will be held in Sheridan.

Teddy Araas is the Wellness Coordinator at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.

20 early-to-register children between the ages of 5 and 10 will get to enjoy two opportunities with Tidbit, the Sheridan County Museum's mascot mouse this holiday season. Sheridan Media's Mary Jo Johnson has more.

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The City of Sheridan renews liquor licenses on an annual basis. At their last meeting, they renewed all but two of those licenses, with the exception being the bar and grill licenses that are currently held by Progressive Development and the New York Store.

It's back to the City's Design Review Board for Developer Ron Patterson, as his appeal to the Sheridan City Council was unanimously denied. Patterson was appealing recent decisions by the Design and Review Board of the City Planning Commission that halted construction on the Double Eagle Tech Park building at Double Eagle Drive and East Ridge Road.

The Sheridan County Historical Society will not be holding a monthly dinner and program this month, but to make up for it, they are planning something special for December. Sheridan County Museum Director Dana Prater explains what's being planned for the special Christmas season dinner and program.

It was announced last week that Sheridan College President Dr. Kevin Drumm was a finalist for the president’s position at Broome Community College in Dickinson, New York.

Drumm cautioned not to take the news too seriously at this time because there are two other very well qualified candidates for the position.

Students, teachers and parents at Sagebrush Elementary School all gathered in the gymnasium on Friday morning for a special awards presentation. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Jim McBride was there to present the school with its National Blue Ribbon School Award.

The Sheridan City Council will meet for their final meeting of November tonight. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has a preview.

Bar and Grill licenses along with a developer's appeal will be the main topics of discussion this evening. Council President John Bigelow.

This year the High School Football State Championships were played at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. They had the cannons going off every time a team scored, a great medical team on hand and the big lights shining down on a university field. In short, players were able to get a feel of what it may be like to play football in college.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A National Forest official says the agency is imposing new restrictions on snowmobiles in a wilderness area south of Bozeman in response to a recent ruling from a federal judge.

Gallatin Forest Supervisor Mary Erickson says snowmobile use in the Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area will be limited to just two areas.