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The Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District (MNNRD) is offering a $500 scholarship to an outstanding student. To apply for the scholarship students may be; a graduating high school senior, currently attending college or vocational school, or a non-traditional student acquiring additional education.

Kansas State University students earn fall semester honors More than 4,200 Kansas State University students have earned semester honors for their academic performance in the fall 2022 semester. Students earning a grade point average for the semester of 3.75 or above on at least 12 graded credit hours receive semester honors along with commendations from their deans.

Incidents/Arrests On 02/20/2023 at 3:59 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Edna Street. A 59 year old male and a 33 year old female, both from South Dakota, were cited for drug violations and child safety violations.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, Mid Plains Community College who has teamed up with the Valentine Police Department will be offering a Drug Recognition Community Awareness class. The session will cover drug signs, symptoms, trends, and what to watch for. The FREE class will be held at Mid Plains from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) questioned the Biden administration’s resolve to conduct a thorough and true investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the actions of the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing with Dr. Vivek Murthy, the Surgeon General and President Biden’s nominee to be the Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. Dr. Murthy co-chaired President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board prior to his appointment as Surgeon General.

LINCOLN – U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) traveled to the Rio Grande Valley this week as part of a Senate delegation trip to survey the current state of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Valentine – Funding the Future, in partnership with Carter Hulsey, will visit Valentine High School on Wednesday, March 8, at 9:00 a.m. to share with students the importance of financial literacy. Students from Keya Paha County High School will also be attending the show.

Our final installment of the Valentine Police Deparment’s annual report will include the officers who are patrolling our streets, along with Administrative Assistant Bobbi Johnson who helps to keep the department evidence.

Thedford Volunteer Rescue Squad is proud to announce the installation of a Stryker Power Load system in one of the department’s ambulances. Of the two ambulance’s they have, one is already equipped with a powerload and has proven to be a great asset.

Valentine Police Chief Dana Miller said, “We’ve joined a long list of SWAT team calls across the state.” She’s referring to the active shooter hoax that took place Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Valentine High School and said, “The call came in about 9:22 a.m., I was on an ambulance call before that...My understanding was it was someone pretending to be a male student - it could have been anybody; the male was reporting a shooting at the high school.” Valentine Community School’s Superintendent Mike Halley said, “On March 2, 2023, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Valentine Police Department was contacted with a report of an active shooter at Valentine High School. Chief Miller contacted VHS and the Standard Response Protocol was activated.