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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved 2022-2023 waterfowl hunting season recommendations at its March 23 meeting in Nebraska City. Staff recommended opening duck season in zones 2 and 4 a week earlier than the 2021-2022 season.

Saturday, March 26, 2022, Cody-Kilgore held their prom with the theme Fiesta! The prom was held at the Elephant Hall and their feast was Mexican Tacos. Royalty was crowned and are pictured above: Princess Kassidy Roseberry, Prince Dylan Naslund, King Gage Davis, Queen Riley Jones..

Cody-Kilgore and Valentine were just two of the school track teams competing at the 11th annual Ainsworth Relays held Friday, March 25, 2022 at Ainsworth East City Park. The temperatures were in the mid 50s with northwest winds of 24-35 mph.

March 4, 2022, marked the end of a fund raiser Valentine Elementary School did for the American Heart Association which started February 14. After taking a year off, some first through fourth graders at the elementary took part in Kids Heart Challenge, previously known as Jump Rope for Heart, which is a fund raiser to help the American Heart Association do research in order to help with heart sickness and diseases.

I would like to nominate Tagg Buechle for Badger of the Week for being selected as a State Finalist with his Ag Mechanics Design and Fabrication Proficiency. Tagg has worked hard the past few years fabricating items and repairing equipment on the ranch and this year has been selected in the top three in the State of Nebraska. He will interview at State FFA in April, attend a banquet, and finally get recognized on stage at Pinnacle Bank Arena!

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The Valentine Ministerial Association will be hosting Sermons-ala-Carte. The service starts at 12:00 noon at the Episcopal Church, 372 N. Main St. Service ends at 12:30 followed by food and fellowship in the Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall Those who need to get back to work by 1:00 p.m. are invited to go through the line first.

MARCH 22, 2022 – It’s officially spring! As the weather warms up and the latest COVID-19 surge continues to slow, many people are looking forward to meeting up with family and friends. At the start of this new season, the American Red Cross encourages the community to play an important role in helping save lives by making blood or platelet donation part of their spring plans.

Do you have chicks and enjoy fresh eggs? If so, are you looking for ways to preserve and utilize your fresh eggs? There are no safe approved canning methods for eggs. Two approved methods for preserving eggs are: pickling, if kept at 40 degrees or lower and freezing raw.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to reclassify the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The bat, currently listed as threatened, faces extinction due to the range-wide impacts of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting cavedwelling bats across the continent.