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State Farm Insurance Agency in Valentine has a new agent in Leslie Riewe. The agency also offers financial services including annuities and securities. The office is located at 115 N. Hall Street and can be reached by calling 402-376-2810 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Relive the memory of your class alumni with a photo from the event. They’re here at the Valentine Midland News, and we need to have classmates identified (1969 and 1964).

City of Valentine water department employees will be visiting households who haven’t completed the Lead Service Line Survey form. Service line inventories are required by the State of Nebraska’s Lead and Copper Rule with the purpose of reducing the levels of lead and copper in drinking water.

Lincoln, July 12, 2024 — The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program will celebrate 40 years with the debut of a photo gallery exhibition, Legacy of Leadership: Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture, at the 2024 Nebraska State Fair, August 26 through September 2, in Grand Island.

The Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) grant cycle for funding year 2025 will open for applications on Monday, July 15, 2024. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

In a move aimed at bolstering worker protections nationwide, the U.S. Department of Labor has unveiled a significant update to overtime pay regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This update comes amidst concerns that the previous salary threshold of $684 per week ($35,568 annually) has not kept pace with inflation, leaving many salaried workers vulnerable to long hours without additional compensation.

JULY 10, 2024, LINCOLN — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed from the road 29 impaired drivers during the Independence Day weekend. “Nebraska roadways were busy over the 4th of July weekend,” said Colonel John Bolduc, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.

Arrests/Incidents On 06/30/2024 at 9:51 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop in the Valentine City Park. A 27 year old South Dakota woman and 24 year old Oshkosh male were arrested for possession of a controlled substance.

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Butler, PA (AP) — Former President DonaldTrumpwasthetargetof an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried to his SUV as he pumped his fist in a show of defiance.