Green River names councilman

GREEN RIVER -- Green River native and longtime volunteer Carl A. Morck was selected by city council members Tuesday night to fill a vacancy on the seven-member board.

Morck will represent the residents of Ward 1 on the city's north side. He will replace councilman Angelo Kallas, who moved from the city to take a new job.

The council interviewed four candidates before selecting Morck, who has served on a slew of boards and committees in Green River and Sweetwater County over the years, including the Parks and Recreation Board and the city's Greenbelt Committee.

Services set for Hansen

CHEYENNE -- Memorial services will be held in Cheyenne on Saturday and in Jackson on Tuesday for former governor and U.S. Sen. Clifford Hansen.

Hansen died Tuesday in Jackson at age 97.

Governor's Office spokeswoman Leigh Anne Manlove said Hansen will lie in state in the state Capitol Rotunda from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. A military Honor Guard will escort the casket into the Capitol at 10 a.m.

After the Capitol event, there will be a 1:30 p.m. memorial service at the Cheyenne Civic Center. Both events are open to the public.

St. John's Episcopal Church in Jackson will hold a funeral service for Hansen at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Symposium gets motivational speaker

CHEYENNE -- Wyoming has hired a motivational speaker to replace a top federal energy official who canceled her keynote address at a symposium on western energy issues.

Wyoming is paying for officials from 14 states to attend the Western States Energy and Environment Symposium on Sunday through Tuesday in Jackson.

Organizers say motivational speaker Joe Malarkey will give a keynote address now that Assistant Energy Secretary Catherine Zoi has canceled.

Other federal officials including U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu also have declined invitations to attend.

Event organizer Rep. Tom Lubnau, a Gillette Republican, said the speakers aren't as important as the work that state lawmakers will do to coordinate their approach to energy issues.

Authorities nab suspects in Colo.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Authorities in Colorado have arrested two people wanted in the slayings of two women in West Frankfort, Ill.

Larimer County sheriff's officials and U.S. Marshals went to a mobile home Wednesday and arrested Michael "Mexican Mike" Anthony Schallert and 19-year-old Afton Danielle Lind Ferris. Sheriff's officials say both are originally from the Cheyenne area.

Terri Siereck and Kandis Majors were found dead Monday with gunshot wounds in their home in West Frankfort.

Authorities say Schallert and Ferris were believed to have fled in one of the victim's vehicles.

Sheriff's officials say they face charges of possession of a stolen firearm with a $100,000 cash, property, surety bond, but other charges could be pending.