Wiggins News

Ed Maruna uses the track during his workout at the Apex Center in Arvada. Eighty-year-old Maruna ranked second in the international duathlon competition last year.

Victims Empire Dairy, Wiggins, reported criminal mischief, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident between June 17 and 19 at 8 a.m. Open case.

Morgan city court Defendants appearing in Fort Morgan Municipal Court, paying penalty assessments or assessed default judgments and charges: Jose Gomez-Pena, 28, Fort Morgan, 180 days jail and $835 for violation of a protection order and breach of peace, 120 days jail suspended.

A source water protection team has identified water, ironically, as a potential contaminant of the Morgan County Quality Water District well fields.

Charges Dustin Ferguson, 24, Fort Morgan, warrant arrest for failure to appear on third degree assault charge at 801 East Beaver Avenue on June 15 at 9:20 a.m. Held on $2,000 bond.

Fort Morgan Evening Optimist Club members enjoyed a program focused on the club's two scholarship recipients at a recent meeting at the Elks Club.

Participants in Join Hands Day includes, from left, Heather Brown, Ron Seiler, Amber Brown, Pam Hernandez, Dave Jorgensen and Carri Brown, Not pictured is Karra Reagan Walker.

Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center's annual luau will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 19, at the center at 122 Hospital Road in Brush.

Do we really still need to burn trash? While it was common to burn trash in the early 20th century, that custom is long gone in most parts of the country.

Registrations have started for the 2009 Wiggins Freedom Fourth of July 5K Run/Walk and Kids' Fun Run.

Kallie Green, daughter of Chris and Kindra Green of Wiggins, celebrated her first birthday March 28.

Wiggins High School graduates William Pratte and Trent Rogers both plan to major in engineering and Logan Trautwein in computer science, and each received an offer of a scholarship from the University of Wyoming.

Six graduating Wiggins High School seniors received promises of Williams Family Foundation grants for their college careers.

Braden Mickelson, left, and his grandfather Phil Mickelson move some mulch into place Saturday during the Brush Museuma s a oeJoin Hands Day,a a national volunteer effort sponsored by the Morgan County Chapter of Thrivent.

Wiggins High School graduates Kari Castor, Ashlee Hayes and Cody McFadden received Future Farmers of America scholarships this year.

Defendants appearing in Fort Morgan Municipal Court, paying penalty assessments or assessed default judgments and charges: Willis Blackmoon, 30, Fort Morgan, 10 days jail and $30 for violation of restraining order.

John and Paula Kopetzky took Dorothy Kopetzky to the Memorial Day service at Hoyt.

A boy, Adin John Graham, was born May 12 to Rudy and Mary Graham of Wiggins, weighing 6 lbs.

Every six months, they get together, the 15 or so who could have been the inspiration for 'The Breakfast Club.' The group all came from different backgrounds, but all of them had one thread.

Rosendo Meza, 36, Fort Morgan, domestic violence and menacing, 400 block of West Railroad Avenue, last Friday, 8:54 p.m., held without bond.