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Sorry for skipping out on you for the past couple of weeks. I’d tell you how busy things are, but I’m preaching to the choir. Fall work is going hot and heavy, the potato farm has their taters dug, and the bale yards are filling up. Football season is over, volleyball is coming to the end and before you can say shin splints, the next wave of practices begin.

With miles of winding rivers, wide-open vistas and wildlife from border to border, Nebraska is a photographer’s paradise. Nebraskaland Magazine hosts an annual photo contest to showcase local talent and the natural beauty of outdoor Nebraska.

Jack Becker sees it when visitors lounge on the Joslyn Art Museum’s grand steps, built nearly a century ago, and gawk up at the museum’s new addition. He sees it on social media, when Nebraskans and museum goers from around the country post Instagram-worthy photos in the soaring atrium and new pavilion.

Lincoln, NE - Nearly $1.58 million in scholarship funds has been awarded to 30 nonprofit colleges and universities across Nebraska by EducationQuest Foundation for the 2025-26 academic year. The funds are designated for Nebraska undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need.

October 21, 2025 — Northwest Community Action Partnership (NCAP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Henry as the new Head Start Director, effective immediately. Jennifer has been a valued member of the NCAP team for more than three years, most recently serving as the organization’s Nutrition and ERSEA - Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance - Coordinator.

During the week of October 19 - 25, the following arrests were made by the Valentine Police Department: • On October 23, at 10:00 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance in the 500 block of West Third Street. A 30 year Nebraska woman was arrested for Third Degree Domestic Assault.

Valentine, NE October 2025 — TheSandhillsAreaFoundationand Valentine Cat Rescue are pleased to announce the execution of a formal pass-through agreement that will allow contributions made to support the Valentine Cat Rescue to be fully tax-deductible under the charitable status of the Sandhills Area Foundation.

Valentine, NE - Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. They don’t wear capes or special suits, and their badge of honor is the bandage that shows they gave the gift of life.

Every year since 1992, wreaths have been placed on veteran graves around the world on the second or third Saturday in December to honor those veterans by the Wreaths Across America organization. Sponsorships are provided by family, friends, businesses, and community members to honor these veterans.

With the retirement of Pastor Paul Nolting at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, a vacancy was left behind that was filled with Pastor Caleb Schaller, of Wisconsin. He and “the most beautiful woman in the world,” his wife Jennifer, moved to Valentine about three months ago.