Valentine City Council President Kyle Arganbright was the one who cut the ribbon for Valentine’s Main Street renovation, Friday, June 9, 2023. The celebration included free hamburgers grilled in front of the Valentine Public Library by Hoboe’s Smoke n’ Meat’s. The line stretched all the way to the Sawyer Memorial Library!

Thanks to a new Summer of Youth grant that Valentine Community Schools received, students in Valentine will get to expand their learning in unique ways this summer. Beyond School Bells, an initiative of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education, has selected Valentine Community Schools Badger Cub Club as one of the Nebraska communities to receive a Summer of Youth grant to support summer learning opportunities.

The Cody-Kilgore Unified School held its biannual Alumni Banquet on Friday, May 26, 2023 at the Cody Gymnasium. There were 63 Alumni in attendance.

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Cherry County Deputy Ryan McSweeney was honored during the annual MADD Heroes Awards Tuesday, May 23, 2023 in Lincoln. Each year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) honors troopers, officers, deputies, and advocates across the state for their work to prevent drunk driving through enforcement and education efforts.

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