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Valentine High School Daily breakfast: Cereal choices w/toast, Smucker’s peanut butter and jelly Uncrustable, iced long john, banana chocolate chunk BeneFIT bar, mini chocolate and powdered donuts juice and milk choices. Jan.

We’ve enjoyed full (several nights a week) ministry in 2021. Our discipleship groups are rewarding and fun. In fact when we decided to take an extra week off before resuming them, some were disappointed to miss the meetings. Off to the beach we went on Monday after our last Christmas guest/family members drove away. We’re only three hours from Carolina Beach. With family roots there, it feels like home.

Attorney General Doug Peterson joined Governor Pete Ricketts and Colonel John Bolduc from the Nebraska State Patrol in recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Attorney General Peterson reviewed the collaborative work done by many agencies in bringing about some ground-breaking investigations and prosecutions this past year.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a longtime defender of the filibuster, issued the following statement after President Biden and Senator Schumer’s attempt to vote on blowing up the filibuster failed catastrophically.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement after Majority Leader Schumer and a group of Senate Democrats attempted to dismantle the Senate filibuster. The filibuster, long supported and used by both parties, is an important tool to facilitate compromise and prevent radicalism.

According to Cherry County Attorney, Eric Scott, four individuals were sentenced January 21, 2022 in Cherry County District Court on various felony charges. John Fred Garner, age 61 of Valentine, was sentenced to 10-16 years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.

The Central Nebraska Housing Developers are announcing the availability of funds to rehabilitate owner-occupied homes, located within the municipal boundaries of communities in our 14-county region. Low- to no-interest loans are available to income-eligible households for rehabilitation activities, including, but not limited to: weatherization, roof and foundation repairs, plumbing, electrical, painting/siding, and accessibility.

On 1/9/2022 at 2:43 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop on West Highway 20. A 36 year old Valentine man was arrested on suspicion of operating his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Lindsey Boes, Senior, Speech Lindsey is a strong leader within the Speech program. She not only leads by example, but she builds up and encourages her teammates.

Kaylee Hanson, Sophomore Kaylee is pumped right now in Personal Finance. We are playing the stock market game until April and Kaylee is all over this.