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The Cherry County Commissioners hosted a Public Hearing, Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the Cherry County Courthouse. This was a continuation of their regular board meeting. The purpose was to hear testimony on the TK Angus Co. Conditional Use Permit #001-23 for a confined animal feeding operation of a swine finisher housing 4,999 head over 55 pounds.

Michaela Hobbs, who previously served as Assistant Clerk in Cherry and Brown Counties, has been selected to serve as Cherry County Court Clerk Magistrate in Valentine. Hobbs began work as clerk magistrate on October 5, 2023.

LINCOLN, October 20, 2023 – The Niobrara National Scenic River will receive an official award Friday, October 20 from Quiet Parks International in recognition of the river corridor’s pristine natural soundscape largely free from manmade noise. Quiet Parks International, a non-profit organization based in California, studies and recognizes quiet places worldwide, encouraging everyone to safeguard these areas for future enjoyment.

It has been over a week since the world woke to the news of the atrocities taking place in Israel and Gaza. The first reports provided by our government and the legacy media minimized the reports of death and injuries. My wife and I traveled to Israel and Palestine in August of 2022. We made acquaintances with Jews, Christians, and Muslims in our travels throughout the region. The information provided by those who live there tell of the slaughter of women and children on a scale not experienced by Jews since the Holocaust.

Omaha – U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, joined a group of 20 Senate Republicans to demand President Biden and the State Department immediately rescind the waivers that allowed $6 billion of Iranian funds to be converted and moved to more accessible bank accounts, as well as work with Qatar to immediately freeze the accounts containing these funds.

LINCOLN - Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Grace Johnson will serve as the Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons for the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. Earlier this year, the Unicameral funded this position to improve investigations and reporting for missing and murdered persons in Native communities.

Arrests/Incidents On 10/04/2023 at 3:59 p.m., an officer responded to the 300 block of West 3rd Street for a non-injury accident. Both drivers were cited.

Washington D.C. – U.S.

Jackson L. Hansen, Broken Bow.

Lincoln - Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement in response to an update provided by Secretary of State Bob Evnen that signatures collected for a repeal of LB753 (Opportunity Scholarship Act) had met the necessary threshold for placing the issue on the ballot in November 2024.