◆ Dances appeal to all ages. Visitors join from Utah and Idaho.
Cassie Hunsaker started a new hobby when she went to college. Now that she is back, she wants to share it with the community.
When Cassie and her friends started school at the University of Wyoming, they took up swing dancing. Eventually they went out swing dancing once, or sometimes more, a week.
When COVID-19 pushed their classes from in-person to online, they came back home to Star Valley, but they missed having a place to go. “Basically it started because we were bored and there was nothing going on.”
Lyon County Museum
Green Valley was established when the Wilmar & Sioux Falls Railway laid tracks there in 1888. The Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway ran between Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Willmar, Minnesota. The railroad was built by E. A. Sherman and John M. Spicer of Willmar, under the direction of James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway. Sherman and Spicer located, named, and platted all of the towns along the line for a distance of 149 miles. The line was sold to the Great Northern Railway on July 1, 1907.
In May, 1888, the announcement was made for the location and the name of the Green Valley station. However, the location of the station was made known the previous fall. According to The News Messenger of Lyon County on Nov. 11, 1887, “While we have not official authority for locating the stations in this county, we have sufficient locations as quite certainly decided upon: The next station, coming towards Marshall is somewhat in doubt, but will probably be near R
2 Lyon County men plead guilty after causing 3,900 gallons of oil to spill into river
The U.S. Attorney s Office says they shot a rifle at the pipeline, causing it to spill into a creek that connects to the Yellow Medicine River.
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Two Minnesota men have pleaded guilty to shooting an AR-15 rifle at a diesel oil pipeline, causing it to spill 3,900 gallons of oil into the Yellow Medicine River.
Eric Jay Weckworth-Pineda, 25, of Cottonwood, and Tanner John Sik, 21, of Ivanhoe, were convicted this week of one count each of negligent discharge of a pollutant in connection to the April 24, 2019, incident, the U.S. Attorney s Office says.
Lyon County man pleads guilty to shooting diesel pipeline, spilling 3,900 gallons of fuel March 2, 2021 1:59pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A Lyon County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal misdemeanor for shooting an oil pipe in Cottonwood, Minn., resulting in a $1.1 million cleanup tab.
Tanner John Sik, 21, is charged in Minnesota U.S. District Court for negligent discharge of a pollution. On April 24, 2019, Sik and Eric Jay Weckwerth-Pineda drove out to bridge near Cottonwood Lake, which flows into the Yellow Medicine River, with several firearms in the back of a truck, according to Sik s plea.
Sik shot an AR-15 four times at a pipeline owned by Magellan Midstream Partners, hitting it and spilling at least 3,900 gallons of diesel fuel into the water, according to the plea. Sik and others noticed a visible sheen on the lake and reported it to authorities.
Kootenay environmental group raises $400K to rescue forest from clear-cutting
Mitchell Scott, communication director of Cottonwood Lake Preservation Society based in Nelson, B.C., says more than 1,000 individuals, businesses, government agencies and non-profit organizations chipped in before the Feb. 28 deadline.
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Posted: Mar 01, 2021 4:11 PM PT | Last Updated: March 3
The Cottonwood Lake Preservation Society announced Monday it has raised $400,000 to buy and preserve 49 hectare of privately owned, forested land above the lake. (Submitted by Cottonwood Lake Preservation Society)