Local officer traded life in a branch of the military for life like a tree with a whole lot of branches

Memorial Day weekend is upon us. This brings to mind, those brave men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice with giving their lives, as well as all of those who have sacraficed time, effort and talents to serving our country -- in the attempt to keep our nation safer for us all.

Kimball Police Sergeant and Investigator, Dwain Murdoch, is one of those brave.

Murdoch was raised on a 5,000 acre cattle ranch twenty miles west of Laramie, Wyo., until the age of 15 when he and his family moved to Sundance, Wyo. Murdoch graduated from the high school in Sundance in 1986.

"My dad made...