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They show up on menus, posters and packages: QR codes. The black and white pixelated squares are seemingly everywhere, offering a quick way to pay for parking, view a restaurant menu or enter a contest.

The following arrests were made by the Valentine Police Department during the week of August 10 - 16th, 2025. • On Sunday August 10, an officer responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 500 block of West 3rd Street.

A wedding is a happy day in a couple’s life together. Couples who have lost loved ones in recent years, whether it’s parents, grandparents, close friends, or siblings, may find their happiness mixing with feelings of loss. It can be challenging to fully celebrate in the absence of a beloved loved one who was supposed to be there joining in the happiness.

Open Plains Transit (OPT), which serves most of western Nebraska with rural and intercity bus transportation extending into South Dakota and Wyoming, is honored to receive the South West Transit Association’s (SWTA) Annual Spotlight Award in the Hit the Spot – Electronic category for rural systems.

Thedford, NE – July 19, 2025 – The Thedford Volunteer Rescue Squad (TVRS) proudly announces the acquisition of a new, state-of-the-art ambulance, significantly enhancing emergency medical services across its vast 1,700-square-mile response area in rural Nebraska. This vital purchase, totaling nearly $295,000,wasmadepossiblethrough a remarkable two-year effort of securing grants, community fundraising, donations and dedicated volunteer work, without the use of local tax dollars.

There have been two reports of a mountain lion sighted near Valentine, NE. One report was confirmed with a video of the mountain lion from Friday, August, 8, 2025, NW of Valentine, a second report is pending confirmation of a sighting near the city park north of Valentine on Sunday, August 10.

August 6, 2025— As the summer season comes to an end, local families are preparing for the school year with back-to-school sales, but many families are not just shopping for their own children. Families are collecting school supplies, along with personal care items and fun toys, for children in need around the world. These items will fill Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts, which will be sent to children in over 100 countries—reminding children that God loves them and they are not alone.

The Sparks NE Spurs of the Cowboy Fast Draw Association conducted a Town-Folk Alley at the Cherry County Fair allowing the public to shoot .45 Ruger and Pietta long colt pistols with wax bullets in a contest to give away a Pietta 1873 pistol and a Peacemaker CO 2 Airgun.

DailybreakfastatCodyandKilgore: cereal,toast,fruit,and milk. Daily lunch at Cody and Kilgore: salad bar, fruit, and milk.

OMAHA, NE – As students across the state prepare to return to school, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division is encouraging families to have open conversations about the potentially lethal consequences of drug experimentation and the threat posed by drug dealers on social media.