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ELKHORN--Church organizations and volunteers are coming together in the thousands to support the families in Elkhorn after a tornado tore through residential areas on April 26, 2024. Through packed streets and piles of rubble—trucks hauling trailers of trees, people walking with chainsaws, hammering tarps on open roofs, packing valuables into clear plastic tubs, cleaning up debris, handing out food and water—the community in the surrounding area pulled together to help everyone.

Lincoln -- Attorney General Hilgers and Grace Johnson, Nebraska’s Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) are sharing an important message after May 5, which is the National Awareness Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. Grace Johnson began serving as Liaison as a member of the Attorney General’s Office in October 2023. She is an enrolled member of the Oglala-Lakota Sioux tribe.

Incidents/Arrests On 04/21/2024 at 4:34 p.m., an officer responded to the 700 block of East Highway 20 for a hit and run accident resulting in property damage. An 18 year old Valentine man was cited for leaving the scene of an accident.

LINCOLN--Nebraska lawmakers passed six bills and five appropriation bills before hearing from Gov. Jim Pillen on the last day of this year’s Legislative session, April 18, 2024. A Pillen-backed property tax relief bill that lawmakers did not pass will likely bring them back for a special session in the coming months.

M Daily breakfast at Cody and Kilgore: cereal, toast, fruit, juice and milk. Daily lunch at Cody and Kilgore: salad bar, relish tray, bread, lettuce, fruit and milk.

Growing up in Argentina, beef was always, by far, the number one choice when it came to meals. Argentina has been shaped as a country by its beef production. And for quite a simple reason, most of its territory is extremely well suited for high quality beef cattle production, and for an extended period of its history (and somehow even today) was a very scarcely populated country. Just for a simple comparison, with approximately fifty-five million head of cattle and 45 million inhabitants, as you all can imagine, beef is affordable, and ubiquitous on the Argentinean tables. Truly, I am not sure if I have a favorite dish but I have a favorite dish for every occasion.

Boost the summer-long beauty and heat tolerance in your gardens and containers with new varieties of annual vinca (Catharanthus). The unique Soireeâ vinca varieties provide added appeal with their cute, double, and ruffled flowers.

Lincoln, April 30, 2024- The Nebraska Public Service Commission has awarded 11 grants totaling nearly $680,000 as a part of the inaugural Precision Agriculture Infrastructure Grant (PRO- AG) program (C-5529).

If you have an interest in Niobrara River issues, you might want to consider submitting your name for consideration for one of the seven positions coming up for re-appointment very soon on the Niobrara Council. The seven, three year term positions coming up include four landowner representatives, one recreational business representative, one timber industry representatives and one representative of a recognized, nonprofit environmental, conservation or wildlife organization. Each position is chosen by the Governor from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the county board representatives on the Niobrara Council. If you or someone you know has an interest and would like to find out more information on the above mentioned positions, please contact the Niobrara Council office at 402-376-2793 or email them at info@niobraracouncil. org. Names will be accepted for consideration until Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

We are buzzing with excitement!! The annual Mother Daughter Banquet will be held on Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Methodist Church in Valentine.