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Let’s meet the two new employees at Mid Plains Community College in Valentine. Jennifer Edson is the Valentine Campus Administrator.

Incidents/Arrests On 03/26/2024 at 7:42 a.m., an officer responded to the 200 block of north Wood Street for a disturbance. A juvenile male was identified as a suspect in an assault.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office is issuing a Consumer Alert regarding an increase in Family Emergency Scams in Nebraska. The Family Emergency, or Grandparents Scam, involves scammers reaching out to Nebraskans by phone and text with emotionally gripping stories and an urgent need for money.

With April being National Financial Literacy Month and WalletLiteracy Scores varying by 29 percent across the states, the personal- finance website WalletHub released its report on the Most & Least Financially Literate States in 2024, which analyzes financialeducation programs and consumer habits in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Michelle L. Rose, Valentine.

LENEXA, KS, MARCH 27, 2024 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a work plan submitted to the Agency by Richard Minor of Gordon, and Cherry County, to mitigate damage to the Snake River resulting from an unauthorized drainage ditch excavated from Minor’s property to the river in 2020.

The 2024 Nebraska Range Short Course is teaming up with the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition (NGLC) Grazing School June 25 - 27, 2024 at the Spring Lake Ranch south of Gordon, to host an event that will give individuals an opportunity to increase their skills with grazing, rangeland management, and livestock production.

Low maintenance, beautiful flowers, and plenty of varieties have made hydrangeas a favorite landscape plant. It seems you can’t visit a garden center or nursery without being tempted by one of the traditional favorites or newer hydrangea varieties.

Gregory and LaCosta Jackson, Lillica, Ivy and Judah spent the Easter weekend at Ree Heights, where they spent time with LaCosta’s family. Lavern and Pauline Lanz went to Rapid City where they met Pauline’s sisters, Marlene Herman, and Gladys and Keith Harstad of North Dakota.

Lincoln – April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month which highlights the importance of working together to prevent child maltreatment by creating safe communities and connecting parents with resources to help families thrive. The protection and well-being of children, families, and communities is a top priority.