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Arrests/Incidents On 10/04/2023 at 3:59 p.m., an officer responded to the 300 block of West 3rd Street for a non-injury accident. Both drivers were cited.

LINCOLN - Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Grace Johnson will serve as the Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons for the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. Earlier this year, the Unicameral funded this position to improve investigations and reporting for missing and murdered persons in Native communities.

Omaha – U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, joined a group of 20 Senate Republicans to demand President Biden and the State Department immediately rescind the waivers that allowed $6 billion of Iranian funds to be converted and moved to more accessible bank accounts, as well as work with Qatar to immediately freeze the accounts containing these funds.

It has been over a week since the world woke to the news of the atrocities taking place in Israel and Gaza. The first reports provided by our government and the legacy media minimized the reports of death and injuries. My wife and I traveled to Israel and Palestine in August of 2022. We made acquaintances with Jews, Christians, and Muslims in our travels throughout the region. The information provided by those who live there tell of the slaughter of women and children on a scale not experienced by Jews since the Holocaust.

LINCOLN, October 20, 2023 – The Niobrara National Scenic River will receive an official award Friday, October 20 from Quiet Parks International in recognition of the river corridor’s pristine natural soundscape largely free from manmade noise. Quiet Parks International, a non-profit organization based in California, studies and recognizes quiet places worldwide, encouraging everyone to safeguard these areas for future enjoyment.

Michaela Hobbs, who previously served as Assistant Clerk in Cherry and Brown Counties, has been selected to serve as Cherry County Court Clerk Magistrate in Valentine. Hobbs began work as clerk magistrate on October 5, 2023.

The Cherry County Commissioners hosted a Public Hearing, Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the Cherry County Courthouse. This was a continuation of their regular board meeting. The purpose was to hear testimony on the TK Angus Co. Conditional Use Permit #001-23 for a confined animal feeding operation of a swine finisher housing 4,999 head over 55 pounds.

School is well underway, however, for Grace Lutheran School, the hallways and classrooms are a little more packed! Actually, their student population has doubled. They began their 2022 school year with 21 students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade. For 2023, the students number 42!

I’ve always adored dahlias in other people’s gardens. As much as their cheerful appearance intrigued me, there was something about the planting, staking, digging up and storing-over-winter routine that intimidated me.

From the back of our hands to the back of our legs, pale blue blood vessels are visible just under the skin. Oftentimes these veins are flat and not painful. However when these vessels become abnormally swollen or dilated, they are called varicose veins. This swelling is caused by the valves inside the veins becoming weak and no longer sealing tightly. Varicose veins can become painful, quite large and stick out from the surface of the skin.