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“Ohhh, too bad. They look as if they didn’t survive the winter.” My friend from California was looking at our second year Crepe Myrtle trees lining our driveway. The previous year they had thrived as a North Carolina main-stay. Now, here we stood together looking at branches that seemed to be dead. I smiled. I knew what she didn’t know about Crepe Myrtle trees. To a west coast eye, they did look lifeless.

Who done it? That’s the question for this year’s Moonlight Madness promotion by the Valentine Chamber of Commerce. Not only who done it, but with what? And where? “It’s based on the game of Clue. So we’ll have a person, a place and a thing, Colonel Mustard, in the library with a candlestick. But the clues...you’ll have to visit the participating businesses to find the clues,” said Valentine Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dean Jacobs.

With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on November 1, and tuition and room and board at a four-year college costing around $27,000 - $55,000 per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its 2022s Best College and University Rankings report, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.

On 10/11/2021 at 12:27 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of 4th and Main Streets. A juvenile male was cited for suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

The Valentine Rotary Club is hosting the Pooch Scoot 5K fundraiser Poop Scoop project. The race will be held Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the Valentine Ecology Park located at 815 Bias Street, in Valentine, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts announced that the State will rescind its Directed Health Measure (DHM) that had temporarily suspended inpatient Class D and Class E elective surgeries for all Acute Care, Critical Care, and Children’s Hospitals in Nebraska. The DHM was rescinded at 11:59 p.m. on October 21, 2021. This allows Class D and Class E elective surgeries to resume as of October 22, 2021.

Lincoln, NE — U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after the Biden Administration admitted to Congress that more than 300 American citizens are still in Afghanistan, contrary to the administration’s persistent lie that only “about a hundred” Americans remain.

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development announced the launch of a national marketing campaign to promote Nebraska as a great place to live, work, and raise a family. By highlighting everything Nebraska has to offer, the campaign aims to recruit talent to fill the many jobs being created across the state.

Stuart – The Sandhills Cattle Association’s annual Educational, Performance and Carcass Contest has reached its 40th year! With this impressive milestone, we are announcing an exciting new element to the contest! Producers can now donate a calf to the Association’s new Steers for Students program and support the Association and their local schools at the same time!

Best of Show awards by department: Communications and Expressive Arts - Christen Larson-Malard; Citizenship - Madysyn Bopp; Science, Engineering and Technology - Rhett Ward; Plant Science and Ag - Sydnee Dawson; Healthy Lifestyles - Wesley Willert; Consumer and Family Sciences - Christen Larson-Malard. Clover Kids Participation ribbons were awarded to Clover Kids.