News

In case you missed us last week, welcome to Open Plains Transit’s The Bus Stop. This is where we discuss opinions, experiences, advice, other transportation professional’s perspectives, which at times may be part news articles, focusing on facts, statistics, or expert opinions and to keep the public and our ridership updated on current events.

Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma toured the Rock County Pharmacy in Bassett on March 22, 2025 and then had their meeting at the Range Cafe. Six members answered roll call and made a donation to Rea Aloud Nebraska/Nebraska State Project.

Sheryl Noteboom and her brother, John Hagedorn, traveled to Sutherland, NE to visit their sister, Sharon Jess, and were joined by their brother, Chuck Hagedorn. They enjoyed some great sibling time and had lunch at Ole’s Big Game Steakhouse at Paxton.

What joy to see the first green grass popping through! The news is popping as well. Cody found itself in the epicenter of the latest spring storm, coating us in ice followed by heavy wet snow, which is a blessing to our hard-working volunteer firefighters as of late, but tough on power poles and cattle.

Andrei Simonenko, Los Angeles, CA. Speeding, 6-10, $25 fine, $49 costs - Trooper Wiebelhaus.

A total of 126 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE, learned about their residency assignments March 21, 2025 during an event at the Omaha Design Center. The 2025 Main Residency Match -- referred to as Match Day -- is an annual rite of passage for medical students, a day when students across the country learn where they will train for the next three to seven years, depending on the medical area of their choice.

Cody-Kilgore Schools Daily breakfast at Cody and Kilgore: cereal, toast, fruit, and milk. Daily lunch at Cody and Kilgore: salad bar, relish tray, bread, fruit and milk.

During the week of March 23 - 29, the Valentine Police Department responded to 39 calls for service, including: • 7 traffic stops • 4 welfare checks • 4 animal complaints • 3 disturbances • 1 burglary • 1 fraud complaint Street/US-83 update Preparations are underway to resume work on the West 4th Street Project in Valentine. Work on this project includes reconstructing US-83, which requires removing and replacing the existing concrete pavement.

Notice: We are still having bake sales for fund raising; we will be baking Cinnamon Rolls!! Now lower price! Call in your order Monday- Wednesday and we will get them baked and have then ready for pick up on Fridays. Your choice of frosting, regular glazed, or caramel or caramel with pecans.

Christians, and even many non-Christians, likely know that Easter is the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Less widely known may be the origins of the name of this significant holiday.