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M 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.

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.

Valentine, NE – In the fall, Bomgaars held a Night of Festive and Fun Shopping just for ladies. Bomgaars joined with Cherry County Hospital to raise awareness of women’s health issues and passed along a 20 percent discount for the women in attendance from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. A donation of the evening’s total sales was pledged back to the Oncology Department at Cherry County Hospital.

VALENTINE, Neb.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment, for public review and comment, that evaluates cooperative agriculture activities at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska. Public comments on the draft Environmental Assessment will be accepted for 30 days, from April 1 through April 30, 2025.

It will be here before you know it! Check out the lineup for the 34th annualOldWestDaysandNebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Valentine, April 24-27, 2025. Enjoy the best cowboy poets and musicians in the West, Western art and trade show, and more! Let’s meet our entertainers! Lindy Simmons has lived on a ranch with her husband, Eldon, for 52 years.

Generosity and community spirit took center stage at a recent Valentine Rotary Club meeting, where members of the Interact Club and Sandhills Cancer Fund’s treasurer, Kasey Dawson, were welcomed as guests. The Interact Club, a youth-led community service organization, presented a $732 donation to the Sandhills Cancer Fund. The funds were raised through the club’s previous successful Color Runs, dues, and public donations accumulated over the past few years.

Cherry County, NE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has assistance available to help Nebraska farmers and ranchers recover from recent wildfires. Producers impacted by these events should contact the local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure and livestock losses and damages.

Cherry County Attorney Eric A. Scott is pleased to announce that the Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld Cherry County District Court’s ruling in the AMORAK v CherryCountycase.Thedecisionof the Nebraska Supreme Court came down the morning of Friday, April 4, 2025 and is a complete and total victory for Cherry County.

The Sand Painters Art Club is proud to announce June Sheppard of Callaway, NE as April 2025 Artist of the Month. As part of the honor, her artwork will be prominently displayed at Security First Bank, Viaero, Sandhills State Bank, Union Bank, and Mid Plains Community College Valentine Campus for the month.

With April being National Financial Literacy Month and less than half of adults setting a budget, the free credit score website WalletHub released its report on 2025s Most and Least Financially Literate States, which analyzes financial-education programs and consumer habits in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, along with expert commentary.