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At last night's Dayton Town Council meeting, Mayor Wood was officially appointed to be the voting delegate for the Town at the Wyoming Association of Municipalities Convention in June.

Five Sheridan County residents have submitted Letters of Intent to the Sheridan County Republican Party to indicate interest in filling the Sheridan County Clerk seat left vacant late last month after the death of Audrey Koltiska.

The Sheridan City Council voted to implement a 3% fee increase at Kendrick Municipal Golf Course over a three year period; however, the fee raise won't go into effect until the 2011 season. The fee increases will take some of the load off of the City's general fund, in particular any future capital improvement projects at the golf course. Councilor John Bigelow.

During the public comment period of Monday night's Sheridan City Council meeting, Local Firefighter Union President George Neeson addressed the Council about his concern with the way the City layoffs were handled, in particular, at Sheridan Fire Rescue.

With today's technology being able to provide a slew of up-to-the minute information to our computers and hand held portable devices, one would think that checking out books at the library could be on its way to becoming a thing of the past. Sheridan County Fulmer Library Director Cathy Butler says it's still all about the books locally.

According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, western Wyoming is currently in a severe drought. The east side of the Bighorns have also seen a drier than normal winter, though not quite as severe as the west. Conservation Technician with the Sheridan County Conservation District, Jerry Forster, gives us the info for our region

An estimated 500 people attended the "Soldier's Appreciation Day" celebration at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds, an event sponsored by the Sheridan People's Assistance Food Bank. Sheridan Media's Betsy Love was in attendance and has this report.

Students in Sheridan College's Video Production Club learn to run video cameras and produce live TV shows--but that's not all--they also have frequent discussions on etymology. Sheridan Media's Betsy Love has the story

When you think about a college film club, "platform for debating word origins" is probably not your first association:

Nearly 500 people filled the Junior High Auditorium to enjoy the cantata, “Savior…Jesus Messiah,” this Easter Sunday.  Sponsored by Bethesda Worship Center, over 50 volunteers, both adult and children, participated in the cantata which included music, drama, video clips, and acting, all centered on the Easter story.

The 17th Amendment was ratified in Wyoming on February 8, 1913. It ended the election of U.S. senators by state legislatures, and put the selection into the peoples' hands. 37 states formally ratified it; eleven states never have.