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Lincoln, NE – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care (MLTC) is seeking a Medicaid member to fill an open position in the Beneficiary Advisory Committee (BAC).

During the week of September 6 - 12, five arrests were reported by the Valentine Police Department. • At 12:18 a.m., on September 6, officers responded to a disturbance complaint near 2nd and Main Streets.

Lincoln, NE – The Rural Health Advisory Commission is seeking applicants for an open position. Applicants must be a licensed Physician Assistant in Nebraska and live or work in a county with a population of fewer than 15,000 residents.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 ~ LINCOLN, NE — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested 15 impaired drivers over Labor Day weekend. The effort was part of a campaign to close out the summer travel season.

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The hard days - there have been plenty of them. Mary doesn’t believe there is such a thing as bad weather only bad clothing. But even the right clothing couldn’t completely eliminate the fear of a storm. One day, she realized the weather was building around her. Lightning was approaching, fierce winds were pushing her bicycle around and she knew she needed shelter. She came upon a farmhouse and waited out the storm.

request gunship cover in an attempt to protect both us and our patients. Sometimes they weren’t available and we’d have to go in alone by ourselves. And often having gunships along wasn’t always enough to keep us from being shot up or shot down. Since the other side wasn’t bound by the same international warfare restrictions as we were, it was mostly open season on medevac aircraft and personnel. The large red crosses on our birds could often turn into major targets and aiming points if the enemy so chose...and they chose a lot. That’s why so many of our evacuation missions were reminiscent of the Wild West on steroids. Taking ground fire and confronting death in close combat on a daily basis, for our flight crews and patients, was as common as a pencil point breaking. Our unit personnel still acknowledged, among ourselves, that “grunts” on the ground had it the toughest of all due to how they were forced to live and endure “humping the boonies,” day after weary day, in every kind of weather, terrain, and environmental circumstances imaginable.

During the week of August 30 - September 5, two arrests were made by the Valentine Police Department. • On September 3 at 9:00 p.m., a traffic stop near the 800 block of Cherry Street lead to the arrest of a 47 year old Wisconsin man on the charge of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol.

By the end of the week on August 28, trap data is beginning to indicate the end of moth flights. Overall, the populations in 2026 have been high. In dry beans, scout now across Western Nebraska and consider treatment if pod feeding exceeds 0.5-1%; the ideal treatment window is 10-21 days after flight peak. In corn, if the larvae have moved down the silk in ears, contact insecticides will not be effective.