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Northeast Community College in Norfolk has released the President’s Honor List and Deans’ Honor List for both full and part-time students for the Fall 2021 semester. Students named to the Deans’ Honor List must have earned a grade point average of 3.75 or above and be enrolled for at least 12 credit hours.

Thursday, January 27 SWC Girls & Boys Basketball at Gothenburg Quiz Bowl practice after school MS Boys Basketball vs. Ainsworth 4:30 p.m.

The Sandhills Cattle Association is proud to support the future of agriculture and the beef industry! That’s why we are excited to announce the 2022 scholarship applications are now open! We have a total of $9,000 up for grabs this year!

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.