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NOVEMBER 4, 2022, LINCOLN — A collaboration between the Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska Department of Transportation, Nebraska Crime Commission, and Office of the Chief Information Officer has been awarded a national honor to their effort to streamline crash reporting and data collection for law enforcement agencies across the state.

We are in the thick of fall, and there is no end of fun things to do outdoors this time of year. Here are just a few ideas of ways to soak up nature, spend time with family and friends and be replenished by the outdoors:

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 76 percent of Nebraska is in severe drought and has been for several months. (Cherry County is divided into three categories of drought with extreme in the east and north west, severe for most all of the rest, and a small pocket to the west has moderate drought.)

The wreath laying for Wreaths Across America is held annually on the second or third Saturday of December. Each of the balsam bouquets on each veterans wreath represent ten special qualities: Their faith in God, their love for each other, their strength, work ethic, and character, their honesty and integrity, their humility, their selflessness and modesty, their ambitions and aspir ations, their optimism for America, their concern for the future, their pride in their duties.

Valentine, NE – The Valentine Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that they will once again have a contest to determine theartworkfortheofficialvalentine from Valentine for the year 2023. All artists are welcome to compete for the honor that has become an annual tradition. The winner of the contest will win $250 in prize money as well.

Plans have been put into place for this years Valentine’s Heart of Christmas Celebration marking its seventh year, set to occur on Shop Small Town Saturday, which is November 26. The parade will be held once again on Green Street due to road construction on Main Street.

Leo Brinda Post 90 and the Sons of theAmericanLegioninValentine will sponsor the annual Fill an Empty Stocking and Share the Gift of Reading projects. Parents and/ or legal guardians with physical custody who wish to sign up their children for gifts need to fill out the forms at Union Bank and Trust on Highway20inValentineonorbefore Friday December 9.

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Halsey-October 25, 2022 Forest officials from the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Bessey Ranger District announced an Area Closure Order for the Scott Lookout Tower and 4-H Camp beginning October 26, 2022 at 12:01 a.m.. The order will remain in place through April 30, 2023.

Being a rancher right now is not easy. The cost of everything is constantly rising, and cattle prices don’t seem to follow that same trend. Now more than ever it’s important to know your business.