Located at 904 E. Highway 20, in Valentine, BB Snips is ready to design your new look! Brittney Ohlmann is a Cosmetologist who graduated from Steward’s School in Sioux Falls, SD. She is licensed for hair in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and South Dakota and has been in the profession for the past 10 years.

The Cody-Kilgore eSports team on Friday, February 3, 2023, captured the school’s first eSports state championship at York College in York. To be specific, the CK Gamers won the Division 4 Winter Season State Championship in Mario Kart.

The Badgers ended their season Tuesday, February 21, 2023, against the Ogallala Indians. Pictured are back row, L to R: John Gibson, Logan Muirhead, Lex Larsen, Andon Olson, Seth Vavra, Nate Perrett, Anthony Gillette, Jack Lancaster, Isaac Cronin, James Woodraska. Front row, L to R: Garrett Cumbow, Kanzas Kellum, Connor Kreutner, Caden Stankowski, and Johnny Kruger. Not pictured was Roman Dillon. The team played hard all season long and came away with a 5-16 record. They won over Mitchell, and lost to Ogallala in subdistricts. Stats weren’t available due to a 400 error on the MaxPreps website.

The Cowboys season came to an end after a close game against the Crawford Rams. The final score was 48-49, the Cowboys Finished their season 8-12.

Valentine – A Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan will help decision-makers enhance the quality of life in Valentine and the surrounding communities, and to stimulate economic activity by providing safe, well-maintained parks, natural areas, recreational waterways, trails and facilities designed to meet the physical, cultural, and social needs of both residents and visitors.

There are many who are completely OVER winter! This last storm, February 22-23, was not exactly welcomed - luckily, it didn’t pan out as it had been forecasted with a high end of 18 inches. Instead, over the two day period, a total of 5.5 inches - according to NOAA Weather - fell at Valentine’s Miller Field. Temperatures plummeted into the negative with a high of 7 on Wednesday, February 22, and an overnight low of -14 Thursday, February 23. Winds gusted up to 40 mph creating sculptural drifts and dangerous wind chill temperature values which reached -34 in the early morning hours of Thursday with winds at 20 mph.