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Work on West 4th Street in Valentine continues - Highway 83 North. Utility work is almost complete.

During the week of July 13-19, the following arrest was made: • On July 16, at 4:20 p.m., officers responded to an assault in the 300 block of North Valentine Street. A 28 year old South Dakota woman was arrested and charged with Assault in the First Degree, a felony, and Use of a Deadly Weapon to Commit a Felony.

North Platte, Neb., July 21 —The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory (GSL) will host its annual open house Wednesday, Aug. 20, near Whitman, Nebraska. The event invites all cattle producers and industry professionals to attend for the latest updates in the beef industry and current GSL research.

Valentine, NE – July 1, 2025 – Schuster Anderson Wealth Advisors is proud to announce that Talia Benson, Senior Financial Advisor who is located at 155 N. Main Street in Valentine, NE, has officially earned her Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) designation.

You may want to share your items with the Goodwill truck which will be parked at the former Skopko parking lot, and sponsored by the Valentine Chamber of Commerce. The truck will be there from July 18 - 25.

The Valentine Midland News had six tickets as a Cherry County Ag Society sponsor and drew three names from our subscriber list! Those winners were: Ronna Morse, Nina Nelson, and Linda Ramos. Thank you for being subscribers and enjoy your free tickets - one for you and another for your guest!.

You can help keep the supply afloat during the Cherry County Hospital’s Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Conference Room. To schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org or visit Jordan in the lab.

With all of the disasters that have been going on throughout the U.S., it not only looked like it could have been our turn, but it sounded like it as well. Forecasters had shared the likelihood of tornadoes in the vicinity, along with severe thunderstorms. At 7:49 p.m., an emergency alert was activated and sent out through people’s phones about severe thunderstorm warning with baseball size hail. People were warned to take shelter.

In the July 9, 2025 edition of the Valentine Midland News, BSH Kilgore, LLC, refuted the findings of theCherryCountyZoningAdministrator saying, “The Administrator’s assertions that the conditional use permit has expired and that BSH Kilgore has not complied with the permit’s conditions are factually inaccurate and unsupported by the public record.”

Some warm weather and humidity made for a few uncomfortable days and renewed my appreciation of air conditioning. The corn fields are loving this weather – it’s amazing how much its grown in a weeks time. My friend Sara said it was hot enough to make the devil cry!