Steve Dale Chappell, a successful farmer, athlete and public servant who kept a strong grip on the plow as well as the ski pole, died unexpectedly last week.
Chappell, 78, was born in Cortez and learn.
A Cortez jury found muzzleloader hunter Ronald J. Morosko guilty Wednesday on charges of criminal negligent homicide and hunting in a careless manner in the death of bowhunter Gregory Gabrisch.
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The jury began deliberating on the Ronald Morosko hunting case Tuesday afternoon.
After the defense rested its case, closing statements were presented by District Attorney Matt Margeson and defense at.
On the third day of the trial for hunter Ronald Morosko, defense attorneys argued that law enforcement officers failed to conduct an adequate investigation into what happened when Morosko fatally shot.
On the second day of the trial for hunter Ronald Morosko, the prosecution used witness and expert testimony to establish that he mistook bowhunter Gregory Gabrisch for an elk, and fatally shot him wit.