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Incidents/Arrests On 06/07/2023 at 11:51 p.m., an officer responded to the 100 block of West Highway 20 for a disturbance. A 51 year old Valentine man was arrested on suspicion of operating his vehicle while under the influence, resisting arrest, reckless driving and criminal trespassing.

Bring your entire family to Babylon, where Daniel had courage in captivity. You’ll travel back into Bible times-without setting foot outside our community. Experience this fun at First Baptist Church, 2nd & Green St.

Jean Burge The annual Lakeview Church 4th of July picnic will be held at the Lakeview Church grounds starting at noon(ish). This is a community event, and all are invited to attend! Gary and Barb Peters enjoyed a short visit with her sister, Linda Nysse, of Michigan as well as her daughter, Kari, so Ryan and grandson Eli.

These clinics are for farmers and ranchers and their families. They are confidential, one-on-one sessions with an experienced ag law attorney and ag finance counselor. These clinics have been offered in Nebraska since 1989.

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

Valentine City Council President Kyle Arganbright was the one who cut the ribbon for Valentine’s Main Street renovation, Friday, June 9, 2023. The celebration included free hamburgers grilled in front of the Valentine Public Library by Hoboe’s Smoke n’ Meat’s. The line stretched all the way to the Sawyer Memorial Library!

Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District and Niobrara National Scenic River staff worked together to improve river users’ access at Brewer Bridge landing. The landing was leveled up and new beach mats were installed to assist people using this landing. This is a different product and can be changed if seen that it isn’t working well for people.

Congratulations to Rhonda Officer of Gillette, WY the 2022 Cherry County Passport Winner! She won a $1,000 Cherry County Vacation Package! She completed all 37 stops on the second annual Cherry County Passport that was inside last year’s Explore Valentine Magazine.

Visitors are again enjoying the sight of Smith Falls, Nebraska’s tallest waterfall. The waterfall at Smith Falls State Park, and the newly constructed 500-foot boardwalk to it, reopened May 26, 2023 with only finishing touches remaining in the process.

JUNE 6, 2023, LINCOLN — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed 65 impaired drivers from the road during the annual campaign Click It or Ticket campaign to begin the summer travel season. “Nebraska roadways have had a busy start to summer,” said Colonel John Bolduc, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.