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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Monday, August 12th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by the Wyoming State Fair! Beginning August 13th in Douglas, the Wyoming State Fair has something for everyone. For more info visit WY-STATE-FAIR dot com" — Nearly 60 years after a 9-year-old girl was murdered and dumped near Devils Tower, her sister visited the spot last weekend, and met the women who were just children themselves when their father and another man found young Denise Clinton's body. The killer has never been caught, but Cowboy State Daily's Jen Kocher reports that placing a marker for her sister has helped Diana Clinton White bury the past. "For Diana, that place had always been evil… and the sisters who had grown up there knew how special that place was to them, which, of course, had been tarnished when her sister's body was found. So they had a beautiful, perfect day, they all said, and the weather was perfect, and Diana was able to experience the place that they knew of healing and how special it was." The sister who had been taken far too young, was now properly put to rest after nearly six decades. Read the full story HERE. — Just a few hours away from Wyoming's northern border, supporters and fans of former President Donald Trump were in full MAGA-mania mode Friday afternoon as they waited to rally for the man they believe will, quote, "Make America Great Again." Politics reporter Leo Wolfson was in Bozeman, Montana, for Trump's Friday rally. He says Trump's speech to his local supporters was very similar to the speech he gave at the Republican National Convention just a few weeks ago - but it was his conversations with Trump supporters that he found most interesting. "There's lots of Republican candidates out there, but it's rarely you'll see people as as you know, gung ho as they are for Trump… speaking to a few people at the event, they just said, as simple as they feel like he's the classic, you know, the true anti politician, they think that he, you know, he's a billionaire who doesn't necessarily have to do this, that he could live his life without this, but he's doing it for a higher purpose, and they believe he's looking out for his country and doing this for his country, rather than any other outside influence." Wolfson reports that at least 10,000 people were at the Bozeman rally, some traveling from across the country to be in attendance. Read the full story HERE. — Hedge funds, and a major exchange-traded fund with a passive position in some publicly traded stocks in Wyoming's uranium industry, are sniffing around for investment opportunities in the critical ore, which is needed as fuel for the nuclear industry. Energy reporter Pat Maio says their investment strategy is to pool money from private investors and earn above-average investment returns by finding under-the-radar possibilities. "There's a lot of Wall Street appetite for stocks that are playing in the uranium market right now, and when you get hedge fund interest, that's interesting. We're not talking about two and three shares that you and I might buy, but we're talking about, you know, in some cases, millions, in other cases,