Saratoga students in Cheryl Munroe’s ProStart classes learned to make elephant ear pastries the German way thanks to guest baker Markus Schliemann last week.

The Rawlins Outlaws grapplers and lady grapplers competed in the Thoman Memorial Duels this weekend in Green River with some positive results according to Head Coach Dylan Sandstedt.

“Shining stars this weekend include Tuff Weber, he went undefeated for the weekend 5-0. Carston Bartlett went 4-1 for the weekend,” said Sandstedt. “MJ Madden battled in a lot of his matches.”

For more than 137 years, the Saratoga Sun has served as the newspaper of the Platte Valley. Through various owners, it has also tried to serve other parts of Carbon County as well. Now, under new ownership, the Sun is making a committeemen to expanded coverage.

When presenting updates on its natural gas plant project south of Rawlins on January 6, Power Company of Wyoming was asked by the Board of Carbon County Commissioners to consider a name change.

When it comes to finding our place in this world, let’s consider two categories. The first one, let’s call “floating down the river.” Imagine someone napping in a small boat without a compass or a paddle and not caring about where they are going. Having a spectator mentality, they have yet to understand the importance of having an intentional direction and instead settle for just hoping for the best.

Saratoga Lake Ice Fishing Derby cancelled.

Skijoring cancelled.

Sixth Street Spring at the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival cancelled.

With the hopes of increasing their amount of summer help, department heads from the Town of Saratoga have created the Saratoga Internship Program. At the January 7 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Director of Public Works Emery Penner presented the idea to the governing body.

Amidst budget cuts spurred by legislation creating property tax reductions, arguably one of the most impacted in the county was the Carbon County Library System.