Cherry County Hospital and Clinic announces a strategic leadership transition within its nursing department, reinforcing its commitment to high-quality patient care and long-term organizational stability.

March 23-27 is Nebraska Severe Weather Awareness Week. A tornado drill will be at 10:00 a.m., CST Wednesday, March 25, with a make-up date of Thursday, March 26, if needed. For the tornado drill, please practice your sheltering procedures at 10:0 a.m., however note that there will not be tone-alerting the EAS codes. The only way you will notice the drill is underway is if you listen to NOAA weather radio (NWR).

Hands shot into the air and bids echoed across the room - but this was no ordinary auction. The energy-filled evening marked the annual Valentine FFA Hired Hand Auction, a unique fund raiser where local chapter members auction off hours of their labor to supportive community members.

Perfect attendance for the 3rd quarter at the Cody-Kilgore Elementary School. Pictured are back row, L to R: Zoey Johnson, Maya Burress, Grady Rahn. Front row, L to R: Christian Hendrix, Henry Heinert. Not Pictured: Sawyer Galloway.

Big Congrats to Kaylee Luthy for earning second place in the VFW Patriot's Pen Essay Contest. Mrs. Thorpe’s sixth grade English students competed with over 60,600 students in sixth through eighth grades to enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen annual youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of nearly $1 million in state and national awards. Each first place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first place winner wins $5,000.

All was quiet along the Niobrara River until an electrical pole snapped just above Assistant Fire Chief Mark Johnson’s home near Kilgore. At approximately 3:30 p.m. Mountain Time, a fire ignited on the ridge near Anderson’s Bridge.