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Early delivery

Town personnel commended for delivering a baby

At Monday night's meeting, Moorcroft Police Officer Jory Tadlock and Ambulance volunteers Rusty Williams, Denene Humphries, Dorothy Baron, Jessica Schnabel and Andrea Pfeil received commendation and plaques, presented by Mayor Dick Claar, for their assistance with the delivery of a baby on the side of the road this spring.

On May 20, at 11:08 p.m. a new life pushed her way into the world on her way to the hospital in Gillette. The baby girl, her name unknown, was delivered by her father on the side of I-90 near mile marker 152 heading west.

Officer Jory Tadlock was first on scene just as the y...