The Badger basketball teams hosted West Holt on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. The Lady Huskies came into the contest with an 8-2 record. They took control and didn’t hold back. The Lady Badgers couldn’t get things going, and the Husky defense held them to 31 points. The Lady Huskies earned their 9th win of the season, 62-31. Next for the Lady Badgers was the Lady Indians of Broken Bow, a 7-4 team. This was another tough battle for the Lady Badgers. Broken Bow took the lead and took control of the game very early in the game. The lead got to be too much, and the Lady Badgers weren’t able to fight back. The Lady Badgers were defeated by a score of 73-37 for their fourth loss of the season.

The Valentine Children & Families Coalition (VCFC) recently celebrated the grand opening of Heart City Childcare, marking the completion of a two-year project dedicated to addressing the growing need for childcare in Valentine. The new facility officially opened on January 5, 2026.

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The Basketball teams ended 2025 at the Chadron Holiday Tournament with both teams bringing home third place. The Lady Badgers took on the Class B Gering Lady Bulldogs for the first round games.

The Badger Basketball team was looking for its 7th win of the season, and they did just that when they took control in the first half, leading 41-29 at halftime in the game against the Gordon-Rushville Mustangs.

Madison Gambill is the Sand Painters Art Club Artist of the Month for January 2026. Madison shares her art story: It was 2019 and I was in my ninth semester of college and I was so tired of homework filling up just about every evening of my life. I specifically remember turning to my friend Keegan and saying, “I can’t wait til we graduate and never have to do homework again. I want to find a hobby to get into. I think painting would be cool, I could see myself doing that.”