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Haying summer annuals

With summer annual grasses like sorghum-sudan, pearl millet, and forage sorghum coming into their own, getting good hay put up can be a bit of a challenge — especially when you’re dealing with thick stems and drying delays. A few simple steps can go a long way in making sure your hay is both high quality and safe to feed.

Handle fish with care when releasing them

Whether you intend to release a fish you catch or plan to legally keep it, the fish should be handled properly. For the fish’s sake – and yours.

Artistic Thoughts

How are you in this season of your life? How are you being a new wife? We grow up and things will change. You look around and it’s a little strange.

Valentine Senior Center

Available Daily Cards • Board Games • Pool • Men’s coffee at 9:30 a.m. •Bingo, Monday, 7:00 p.m., $5.00 per card with 16 chances to win.

Don’t be so greedy

According to the Dictionary, “Greed is an excessive, selfish desire for more wealth, power, food or possessions, than one needs or deserves, often at the expense of other people,” and even the Bible defines greed the same way, equating greed with idolatry, and describes it as “the root of all evil.” Many of us have fell victim to greed, whether it be within a job, a business, a social event, a family relationship, and currently through scams. Greet often destroys trust, harms relationships, and leads to poor choices.

LB 1032 is a game changer for native families

Nebraska tribes now have a powerful tool in the ongoing fight to protect and raise their youngest members without fear of reprisal. With the passage of Nebraska Legislative Bill 1032, (LB 1032), enacted into law in April and effective on July 18, tribal customary adoptions (TCAs) under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act are to be established according to the laws or customs of the child’s individual tribe.

Nebraska Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy Cohort

LINCOLN, NE – First Five Nebraska has announced the newest members of the Nebraska Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy (PLA), who will participate in the 2026–27 program beginning in October and concluding in March 2027.

An Archive of Land

“Beneath the undulating dunes of the Sandhills, wild grasses drink from the Ogallala Aquifer, an ancient, invisible source of water that has sustained this land and its people for generations. An Archive of Land is a site-specific ceramic installation born from this place, treating the land itself as a living record: ecological, cultural, and a part of our existence.

Nebraska recognizes National Health Facility Surveyor Week

Lincoln, NE – Governor Jim Pillen signed a proclamation to recognize August 9-15, 2026, as National Health Facility Surveyor Week in Nebraska. This proclamation highlights the essential role health facility surveyors play in protecting patients and supporting high standards of care in healthcare settings throughout the state.

Police BLOTTER

The following three arrests were reported by the Valentine Police Department during the week of August 9-15, 2026: • At 4:50 p.m., on August 9, and officer was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in the 700 block of East Highway 20. A 53 year old Nebraska man involved in the accident was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence.