Janssen awarded lifetime achievement award for his work in spine surgery
Dr. Mike Janssen, owner of Saratoga Resort and Spa, was awarded the Life-time Achievement Award in Spine Surgery for the world by AOSpine in November.

In a crowded room at the Platte Valley Community Center, several members of Valley businesses gathered for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet.
The Chamber of Commerce gave out four awards to local people, organizations, and businesses including volunteer of the year, organization of the year, new business of the year, and business of the year.

After 15 years of selling real estate, the doors are closing at Double R Land Company.
Owner Richard Rakness, who will be 82 years old this year, began working in real estate 25 years ago after closing his ranch. He sold real estate for Bill Saulcy and then Laurie Forster at Town and County Real Estate, before opening Double R at its 116 W. Bridge St. location.

Stacy Crimmins has been the executive director at the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber for more than 10 years.
She was hired as the administrative assistant, but soon after, she was promoted to executive director.
Crimmins is now about to take on the most important role in her chamber career - president of the Wyoming Chamber Partnership.

The Annual Dinner and Meeting for the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce (SPVCC) will be next month.
The SPVCC will distrubute their annual awards which include Business of the Year, New Business of the Year, Organization of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year. Nominees for these awards will be recognized as well.

The Red Sage Spa has a new service thanks to Shandiin Talker. They now offer “glitter toes”.
Talker spent the summer months earning her nail technician degree in Murray, Utah, and returned with not only a license to be a nail technician, but with new and modern ideas on how to make the clients at Red Sage Spa sparkle.