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Big city feel - small town appeal - when construction’s a done deal!

Have you noticed that as the construction continues, that you’re having to rethink your routes? That’s small town appeal, because you already know how to get around. Once the construction phase is completed, the appeal for our small town will even be greater.

Nebraska Supreme Court dismissed suit filed by Preserve the Sandhills, LLC

The Nebraska Supreme Court has issued their findings in the appeal by Preserve the Sandhills vs. Cherry County. The 12 page document lists several statutes that were used to draw their conclusion that they lack jurisdiction to hear the appeal, therefore dismissing it.

Murder Mystery for Moonlight Madness

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.

VHS Alumni

Class of 1956 are pictured from L to R: Bob Smith, Hale Kreycik, Earlene Ladd, Jerry Rowe, and Jerry Spain. Class of 1961 is pictured back row, L to R: Ron Vanneman, Charles Ward, Bill Barnes, Jerry Freed, Joel Chicoine, George Sawyer, Don Ballard, Mike Rhodes.

Evaluating long-term effects from recent Panhandle wildfires

Farmers and ranchers struggle to recover financially from recent panhandle wildfires that damaged their crops and infrastructure along with forcing a relocation of cows and calves. Two wildfires burned more than 8,200 acres of pasture and cropland in Scottsbluff and Gering.

News Briefs

TK Angus, Wood Lake, ranked as fourth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Nebraska with the American Angus Association® during fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30, according to Mark McCully, Association chief executive officer.

LUNCH MENUS

Cody-Kilgore School Monday, Oct. 18 - Breakfast: Cody - Breakfast bar, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.

The role of staging when diagnosing breast cancer

A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, and people who receive such news may be flooded with a wide range of emotions. When delivering such a diagnosis, doctors share vital information about their patients' disease. Those details can go a long way toward easing patients' concerns.

National Apple Month

October is National Apple Month! The new crop of apples should be available in local grocery stores and might be available from local apple growers. Apples are commercially grown in 36 states, they come in all shades of red, green and yellow, range in size from a little bigger than a cherry to as big as a grapefruit! Check out these apple facts.