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Zak Sonntag

Zak Sonntag is a general assignment and features reporter for Cowboy State Daily and is based in Casper, Wyoming. Previously, Zak wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune, along with the City Journals and Deseret News in Utah. He's an award-winning journalist with the Wyoming Press Association and the Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Contest.

Latest from Zak Sonntag

Rae drinks vodka Red Bull at the bar with the lights out at the Bayou Bar in Mills, Wyoming.

Day Drinking With The ‘Millbillies’ During A Power Outage

Day drinking is underrated. It's playfully subversive, and also a little edgy, like a statement that tells the world, “I do what I want, when I want!” Even the power going out doesn’t phase the day-drinking “Millbillies” at the Bayou Bar in Mills.

Zakary SonntagNovember 16, 2025

Saratoga Hot Springs Resort owner Michael Janssen is a world-renowned spinal surgeon. He’s also a powerboat racing champion, which makes him the best guy for the job when it comes to treating injuries in Key West at powerboat races. And there can be plenty of injuries with powerboats that go so fast that they often go airborne.

Wyoming People: World-Renowned Spinal Surgeon And Powerboat Champion Michael Janssen

When the world’s fastest powerboats converge on the Florida Keys for the world championship powerboat races, no one is in higher demand than Wyoming resident Dr. Michael Janssen, the world-renowned spinal surgeon and medical director of the event.

Zakary SonntagNovember 09, 2025

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior 50 years ago, and no bodies were ever recovered. Wyoming meteorologist Don Day grew up in Michigan and remembers the famous wreck — and the weather phenomenon that sunk her, "The Witch of November."

Edmund Fitzgerald: Wyoming Meteorologist Vividly Recalls 'The Witch Of November'

Wyoming meteorologist Don Day was living in the Great Lakes when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago on Nov 10, 1975. Only 8 years old, he vividly recalls hearing storm bulletins crackle through the kitchen radio announcing "The Witch Of November."

Zakary SonntagNovember 08, 2025

After nearly losing his life last year, Glen Chavez has a new you-only-live-once philosophy. That led the Cheyenne L.A. Dodgers superfan to make a sudden dream World Series trip this week with his wife Annette — to watch them lose twice.

Cheyenne LA Dodgers Superfan Makes Dream World Series Trip — Then They Lose Twice

After nearly losing his life last year, Glen Chavez has a new you-only-live-once philosophy. That led the Cheyenne L.A. Dodgers superfan to make a sudden dream World Series trip this week — to watch them lose twice.

Zakary SonntagOctober 30, 2025

The Idelman Mansion across the street from the Wyoming State Capitol

Spirits Haunt Old Morgue In Basement Of Cheyenne Mansion-Turned-Government Offices

Wyoming state government workers swear clients of the century-old morgue in the basement still haunt the 1883 Idelman Mansion across from the Capitol. “I’ve never been so scared in my life,” said Buck McVeigh, former chief of staff for Gov. Mark Gordon.

Zakary SonntagOctober 26, 2025

A pair of vehicles that burned up after a head-on collission on U.S. Highway 287 on Oct. 17, 2025.

Notorious ‘Highway Of Death’ Between Laramie And Ft. Collins Keeps Claiming Lives

A fiery head-on that killed two people last week is the latest deadly crash on U.S. Highway 287 between Laramie and Fort Collins. The 65-mile stretch of highway has been so deadly over the decades that it’s earned the nickname “Highway of Death."

Zakary SonntagOctober 25, 2025

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