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A special New Year’s Eve program will be held at Valentine’s High School auditorium, Friday, December 31, 2021, from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., followed by refreshments and fellowship. This event is sponsored by the Valentine Ministerial Association, the Sandhills Prayer Team, and our Community of Christian Faith.

Yes, it does seem as if a cloud has been hanging overhead for not only 2020, and 2021 but could march right into 2022 as well. What to do? Despair? Lament? Perhaps.

Are you looking for someplace that will serve you a nice hot breakfast that has been said to be “very, very, good” by a reliable source? Then check out Somethin’ Else Cafe. Owned by a husband and wife team, Jimmy Case and Faren Mitchell, they offer a breakfast and lunch menu and are open Tuesday through Sunday, from 7:00 a.m.

“We pledge our hands to larger service” in 4-H, and the holidays are a great time to give back to our communities. Cherry County 4-H members, Mady Bopp and Greyson Swan took this pledge to heart. They both applied skills learned in 4-H to raise money for Wreaths Across America.

Globally, the alarm bells are being sounded on climate change. In August, a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change laid out the already irreversible impacts of climate change, which United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called a “code red for humanity.” Nebraska is already feeling the impacts of climate change by experiencing extreme weather events over the past few years.

“Looks like we’re gonna spend Christmas in the hills,”Shorty said as he put a chunk of wood in the stove that was struggling mightily to drive the night chill from the cabin. Christmas was tomorrow and the boys had planned on going down to the ranch headquarters for a genuine honest-to-goodness woman-cooked Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.

Friday, December 17, at 9:00 a.m. Judge Kozisek presided over the District Court case State v.

On 12/07/2021 at 2:22 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of South Helen Street. A 38 year old South Dakota woman was arrested on suspicion of operating her vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

DECEMBER 13, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE) — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have conducted alcohol inspections at businesses in Custer, Cherry, and Dawson Counties. During the afternoon and evening hours of Tuesday, December 7, investigators conducted inspections at 10 businesses in Custer County.

DECEMBER 15, 2021 (LINCOLN) — As Nebraskans celebrate the holidays and ring in a new year, Nebraska State Troopers will be diligently working to keep roads safe throughout the state. “This time of year is full of joy and celebration,” said Colonel John Bolduc, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.