Lincoln – Each year, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office invites fifth graders from across the state to participate in the Nebraska Missing Children’s Day poster contest. The posters are intended to raise awareness of missing children and remind parents, guardians, and caregivers to make the safety of their children a priority.

by Laura Vroman Many professions require continuing education - in this instance, the education came to the professionals who volunteer to take care of our residents in the event of an emergency. Cherry County EMS and law enforcement personnel trained with the SimNE - Simulation In Motion, Nebraska - semi earlier this year.

Weather permitting, work is scheduled to resume this week. Construction will consist of establishing project detours, removing existing concrete pavement, sanitary sewer and water main utilities, storm sewer, grading, concrete pavement, and roadway lighting.

Our final installment of the Valentine Police Deparment’s annual report will include the officers who are patrolling our streets, along with Administrative Assistant Bobbi Johnson who helps to keep the department evidence.

Thedford Volunteer Rescue Squad is proud to announce the installation of a Stryker Power Load system in one of the department’s ambulances. Of the two ambulance’s they have, one is already equipped with a powerload and has proven to be a great asset.

Valentine Police Chief Dana Miller said, “We’ve joined a long list of SWAT team calls across the state.” She’s referring to the active shooter hoax that took place Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Valentine High School and said, “The call came in about 9:22 a.m., I was on an ambulance call before that...My understanding was it was someone pretending to be a male student - it could have been anybody; the male was reporting a shooting at the high school.” Valentine Community School’s Superintendent Mike Halley said, “On March 2, 2023, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Valentine Police Department was contacted with a report of an active shooter at Valentine High School. Chief Miller contacted VHS and the Standard Response Protocol was activated.