Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 5th of January.
Good morning, Sheridan.
Sheridan couple Dan and Jenny Berens won $50,000 at Gillette College’s Energy Capital Start-Up Challenge on Nov.
11 for their Hen Hub — a smart system that automates chicken coop care through Wi-Fi control. They plan to build local prototypes for backyard chicken keepers.
Historic regimental bands once boosted morale and marked events at frontier posts like Fort Phil Kearny and Fort McKinney.
Local groups in Sheridan worked in 1920 to secure a band — an effort recalled today in community parades when the American Legion plays ‘Garryowen’ to honor the tradition.
The Museum at the Bighorns opened its exhibit Transitions of the Landscape on Jan 2 and it features Jessamine Spear Johnson’s photographs documenting 50th Anniversary events of the Battle of the Little Big Horn; the exhibit will remain until June 28 and the venue hosted its first Family Day after the preview.
Thirty-eight long-range rifle shooters competed in the first-ever Freeze Out 600 southeast of Sheridan on Saturday, Jan.
3, testing their skill by aiming at targets from 635 yards + multiple target sizes were used.
Twenty-nine runners competed in the 10th-annual Resolution Run 5K on Saturday, Jan.
3 at the recreation district, where Jordan Trapp ran with his son for the first time and Ellie Ruybahl won the race.
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