News

On 06/27/2021 at 1:31 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 700 block of West Highway 20. A 30 year old Valentine man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.

The best news of the last couple weeks is that even though we’ve had high temps, the area has also been blessed with several rain showers. I even drove through a mud puddle south of Lakeview Church Sunday morning. What fun!

ACTIVITIES Cards daily at 1:00 p.m. Men’s coffee group daily at 9:30 a.m.

The community was ready to celebrate our nation’s birthday for sure! Main Street was lined with onlookers for the Lions Club parade. Even though it was supposed to be a hot day - it got up to 101 - people walked to the parade, then went over to Badger Memorial Field for the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence and participated in ringing the bell!

Lincoln – The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County, Johnson Lake in Dawson and Gosper counties, and Kirkman’s Cove Lake in Richardson County.

by Cristen Witte Youth in the Valentine area are lucky to have a new opportunity to learn and explore! Beyond School Bells is a component of the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and will be partnering with Valentine Community Schools, Valentine Children and Families Coalition and other organizations that serve youth to provide a unique mobile learning center called the Think Make Create (TMC) Lab. This mobile learning lab is designed to help meet the needs in rural areas with Expanded Learning Opportunity programs and is based on the concept of children learning with hands-on, stimulating, and engaging opportunities.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Every Nebraska Game and Parks Commission conservation officer, as well as its parks facilities, is now equipped with the next generation of automated external defibrillators thanks to The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

An unbroken record, and a challenge not met...leads to a donation to the Valentine High School track program. At the State track meet, in 1956, Jerry Spain set the record for the 880 yard run at 2.00.3 for Valentine High School.