Wendy Corr
Wendy Corr is a Broadcast Media Director for Cowboy State Daily, and is based in Cody. She covers unique people, places and events in Wyoming, highlighting the best of the Cowboy State and occasionally reaching beyond our borders to highlight happenings in nearby states as well.
Previously, Wendy was the news director at the Bighorn Radio Network in Cody, earning six "News Reporter of the Year" awards from the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters. She also contributes television news stories to stations in Billings, Montana, as well as in Casper and Cheyenne.
Additionally, Wendy is a professional singer and instrumentalist with the "Dan Miller Cowboy Music Revue" based in Cody, although the band often travels around the country, bringing "Wyoming to the world."
Latest from Wendy Corr
Moorcroft’s Chancey Williams Debuts At Grand Ole Opry on April 22
Ranching and rodeo are his roots, but Moorcroft’s Chancey Williams told Cowboy State Daily he had dreams bigger than the Wyoming sky. On April 22nd, Williams and his Wyoming band will make their debut on the stage at the Grand Ol’ Opry in Nashville.
Wendy CorrMarch 18, 2023
Asteroid May Collide With Earth With Force Of 12-Megaton Bomb, Wyoming Astronomer Says
You might want to hold off on making plans for Valentine’s Day – in 2046. University of Wyoming astronomy professor Daniel Dale says NASA is studying an asteroid that could slam into Earth and would the impact would create an explosion similar to a 12-megaton bomb.
Wendy CorrMarch 18, 2023
French Bulldog Knocks Labrador Retriever Off As America’s No. 1 Breed, And Wyoming Owners Agree
The American Kennel Club announced this week that the smush-nosed, bat-eared, charismatic French bulldog is the new top purebred dog in America. Wyomingites who love their Frenchies are glad to point out why.
Wendy CorrMarch 17, 2023
Raining Worms Sign Of Armageddon? Wyoming Meteorologist Don Day Says Don’t Worry (This Time)
A video of what appears to be thousands of worms raining down isnt exactly what it seems. Cowboy State Daily Meteorologist Don Day says phenomena like this do happen in nature. There have been raining frogs, fish, salamanders, and worms -- but probably not this time.
Wendy CorrMarch 14, 2023
65 Million-Year-Old T-Rex From Wyoming To Be Auctioned, Could Fetch $9 Million
A complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sourced from three specimens unearthed in Wyoming and Montana - will be auctioned in Switzerland next month. A Wyoming paleontologist said theres no telling what price a fossil like that might fetch but its estimated worth is $9 million.
Wendy CorrMarch 13, 2023
Wandering With Wendy: South Dakota’s Corn Palace Is Simply A-Maize-Ing
Our on-the-road reporter, Wendy Corr, visited the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, last week and she reported it is a must-see for travelers crossing the country on Interstate 90.
Wendy CorrMarch 12, 2023
Wyoming Is Home To One Of The Largest And Purest Troves Of Jade In The World
Wyoming is home to one of the largest and purest troves of jade in the world, prompting jade to be named the state gemstone in 1967. Lander rockhound Dave Freitag has been collecting the precious stones for decades.
Wendy CorrMarch 12, 2023
Wandering With Wendy: Time Traveling Through South Dakota
Although Wyomingites may groan about the impending annual ritual of springing ahead and advancing their clocks an hour this weekend, residents in Fort Pierre, South Dakota cross the line between Mountain Time and Central Time every day.
Wendy CorrMarch 11, 2023
Wandering With Wendy: Where Laura Ingalls Wilder Meets The Jolly Green Giant For Polka, Polka, Polka
Features reporter Wendy Corr travels from the Polka Capital of the Nation to the inspiration for Little House on the Prairie to the home of the Jolly Green Giant. Ho, Ho, Ho.
Wendy CorrMarch 06, 2023
Dumb Tourist Who Was De-Pantsed During Bison Attack Celebrated In Snow Sculpture
The de-pantsing of a tourist by a bison in Custer State Park two years ago has become an iconic image. A snow sculpture celebrating the triumphant bison and idiotic tourist won many awards at last year's Minnesota Snow Sculpting competition.
Wendy CorrMarch 05, 2023
Wandering With Wendy: Winter Driving and Almost Getting Jailed in Canada
Cowboy State Daily features reporter Wendy Corr is traveling the midwest with her band the Dan Miller Cowboy Music Revue. In her latest story, Wendy gets snowed in in Minnesota and almost gets arrested in Canada.
Wendy CorrFebruary 28, 2023
Photo Of Brother Stepping Up For Ranching Family After Dad Died Moves Sundance Woman To Tears
A Sundance woman said that when she caught a glimpse of her brother on their dads tractor plowing the snow to take care of his employees and his sisters and mother, her heart was filled with gratitude for her brother, who has filled-in for their Dad since he passed on.
Wendy CorrFebruary 26, 2023
Open-Lake Ice Skating A Nostalgic Tradition At Wyoming’s Boysen Reservoir
Winter is wonderful at Boysen State Park, if you ask those who take advantage of the free ice skating area thats been cleared at the swim beach. Wyomingites have enjoyed skating on the lake for decades.
Wendy CorrFebruary 26, 2023
Carbon County Volunteers Worked Around The Clock Rescuing People In Latest Arctic Storm
Mike Lujan and his fellow volunteers from Carbon County were among the dozens of people working around the clock to help people. We physically carried a sweet little 94-year-old lady in our arms out to our tracked vehicle and shuttled her to a hotel because she had no food or heat, he said.
Wendy CorrFebruary 26, 2023
More Than 80 Years After Attack On Pearl Harbor, Wyoming Hero Laid to Rest in Arlington
U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 3rd Class Herman Schmidt from Sheridan was buried with full honors in a moving ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday. Schmidts great-nephew Gary Bishop of Buffalo was there, receiving an American flag on behalf of the family.
Wendy CorrFebruary 25, 2023
Stuck In Cheyenne Since Monday, Long-Haul Trucker Says “We’re Brothers In Arms”
Whenever long-haul trucker Zayy Bullard drives through Wyoming in the winter, if Interstate 80 is closed he hopes he gets as far as Little America between Green River and Evanston because it's a "small town for truckers." He didn't make it that far this time...
Wendy CorrFebruary 23, 2023
Wandering With Wendy: Home On The Range And The World’s Largest Ball of Twine
Traveling through northern Kansas is not as dreary as one might think the heart of America holds unexpected treasures. Wendy Corr is traveling the country with the Dan Miller Cowboy Music Revue, and finding delightful detours along the way.
Wendy CorrFebruary 22, 2023
Wandering With Wendy: Traveling Along The Santa Fe Trail – Where The West Was Wild
Trinidad, Colorado, and Raton, New Mexico, like some of Wyomings historic Western towns, still proudly claim a legacy of the Wild West. Cowboy State Daily features reporter Wendy Corr spent time exploring those Old West towns last week.
Wendy CorrFebruary 20, 2023
Photographer Captures Rare Yellowstone Double Sun Dog At ‘Just The Right Moment’
A photographer in Yellowstone caught a rare phenomenon a double sun dog of epic proportions, created by the suns light refracting through ice crystals suspended in the air in bitter cold temperatures.
Wendy CorrFebruary 16, 2023
Wyoming Pro Breakaway Roper Hits Career High With Big Win in San Antonio
Peggy Garman, a breakaway roper from Sundance, took a top prize competing in the prestigious San Antonio Stock Show Breakaway Roping competition over the weekend.
Wendy CorrFebruary 15, 2023
Sheridan Sailor Killed At Pearl Harbor To Be Buried In Arlington National Cemetery
Herman Schmidt of Sheridan was among the U.S. sailors killed Dec. 7, 1941, trapped within the hull of the USS Oklahoma after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes. On Feb. 24, Schmidt will be buried with honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Wendy CorrFebruary 14, 2023