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Washington, D.C., August 24, 2026 ~ U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L.

Available Daily Cards • Board Games • Pool • Men’s coffee at 9:30 a.m. •Bingo, Monday, 7:00 p.m., $5.00 per card with 16 chances to win.

Congratulations to Mikah Vander Wey and Tate Ollila, who were married August 29, followed by a reception at Nisland, SD. Mikah is the daughter of Rick and Kitty Vander Wey.

With a lot of chaos and also sadness going on these days, it is good to think about good things and happytimes.Onewaytodothisisby reminiscing about fun things that happened in your life and sometimes that can become a great conversation starter within a group of people. We all have pulled a few practical jokes on unsuspecting people, especially when we were young ~ when it was much easier to pull off these jokes before caller I.D. and surveillance cameras.

Lincoln, NE – With measles outbreaks and significant exposure events occurring across the nation and recently in surrounding states, including southern Iowa, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services encourages Nebraskans to ensure everyone in their family is up to date on the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.

August 31, 2026 ~ Attorney General Hilgers Joins FTC Lawsuit Against Amazon for Deceptive Advertising Prices Harming Small Businesses Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 22 states and the Federal Trade Commission in suing Amazon, alleging that the company secretly inflated prices in its online search advertising auctions. The complaint claims that, for over seven years, Amazon covertly increased the costs more than one million brands and sellers paid to advertise on its platform, extracting tens of billions of dollars from its advertising customers.

AI may promise lower costs, faster output, and leaner teams, but small-business owners are not rushing to replace trusted employees with software. A new study of 3,022 small-business owners by Careerminds, a leading global workforce solutions provider, found that 63 percent believe AI could already perform a meaningful proportion of the work carried out by at least one of their employees.

During the week of August 23-29, the following arrests were reported by the Valentine Police Department: • At 1:50 a.m., on August 24, officers responded to a disturbance at the intersection of 2nd and Main Streets. A 23 year old Nebraska woman was arrested and charged with Third Degree Assault and Resisting Arrest.

Lincoln - Attorney General Hilgers announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. This is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addition to the payment, Meta must implement a sweeping set of safety features designed to protect children on Instagram and Facebook. The agreement resolves claims by 47 States and D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands that the company designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to serious mental harms, and intentionally misled the public about the safety of its platforms, among other things.

AUGUST 25, 2026 ~VALENTINE, NE — Troopers and investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol found methamphetamine and cocaine after a traffic stop in Cherry County led to a narcotics investigation. In the late evening of Tuesday, August 18, a trooper saw a Cadillac sedan speeding on Highway 83 near Valentine.