Nebraska Affordable Housing Grant makes new homes possible.

Medicare will NEVER directly call you unless you have initiated contact with them.

KVSH Radio hosted a Valentine School Board candidate forum.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

Over 90 people attended the Cowboy GRIT banquet, raising over $12,000 toward the construction of a new school in Cody.

A couple of upsets this week made harder choosing on the card.

Cody Kilgore’s 2024 homecoming royalty was crowned during the half time festivities held during the Cody Kilgore football game vs. Hay Springs.

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The council voted to approve support for a 4-H archery range, discussed a car rental business, and will be taking bids on municipal power. The council will also work with Good Life Associates to get design concepts for a wellness center at another location after attempts to use the old ShopKo building failed.

The meeting, originally slated for October 15 has been cancelled. No make-up date has yet been announced.

The Sandhills Area Foundation announced the award of a $25,000 grant from Union Bank and Trust on behalf of the Heart City Theater group.

Purchase tickets from any GRIT Board member or their website: cowboygrit.org/events

According to Winner School District, Winner middle and high schools were placed on a precautionary lockdown earlier on Wednesday, with a 1:15 early dismissal.

NDOT Highway Safety Office awarded a $14,313.30 grant to purchase the eCitation and eCrash equipment.

BSH Kilgore provided information regarding the beginning of construction planned for proposed wind generators. County Clerk Brittny Longcor submitted her resignation from the board effective November 22, 2024.

Three officers rescind verbal resignations.

It appears that a vehcile damaged a natural gas line to the St Mays building.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

Former Cherry County GOP Chair Kathy Morris stated that the resignation stemmed from “badgering” by the Tony Tangwall campaign for Nebraska’s 43rd District Senate seat. Tangwall denies the claim. Vice-Chair Miles stated that he had never felt bullied by the campaign.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

There were only 2 cards that missed one game and 13 people that missed two games on the card.

The new “Type 3” Ambulance will be on a 2024 Ford F-450 and is scheduled to arrive in early October. This ambulance will replace the 1999 Ford E-Series shown.

The Valentine Classic Motor Club is hoping to get an event brought back to Valentine in 2025, but they will need help.

The North Central RC&D is bringing paper shredding from 11:30 to 12:30 at the NRD parking lot in Valentine.

Dave Dorsey received the Nebraska Life Art Award at the June Association of Nebraska Art Club’s 2024 conference

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

The morning portion of the meeting addressed the tax request, the proposed convention center with MPCC and traffic through the detour zone east of Valentine.

Local Sparks Spurs compete well in championships.

Cherry County Hospital Ambulance Service was requested to the report of a two vehicle accident south of Merriman. The Valentine Volunteer Fire Department responded to a back yard grass fire in Valentine.

Expect congestion in and around Lincoln as well as construction on the way to the game.

The screening of the documentary film “My Ascension” will be held at the high school from 5:30 to 8:30 on September 23rd during Suicide Awareness Month.

The accident was reported at about 7am just North of Valentine Wednesday morning.

Preparations have started to make room for the upcoming 3rd street detour in the spring.

There were nine perfect cards for the KVSH Pigskin Prediction Contest this week and 18 people missed just 1 game.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

The property tax request will be unchanged at $430,000

White River Fire now estimated at over 10,000 acres.

Housing and a new theater for Valentine are some of the projects Economic Development is working on.

The Cherry County Commissioners will hold a special meeting Thursday September 19th at 3pm to conduct job interviews for the Cherry County Assessor position.

Firefighters from Valentine, Kilgore, and Cody Volunteer Fire Departments are responding to mutual aid requests. The first request to a fire 1 mile north of White River, the others to a fire east of Okreek.

Four ambulance units from Cherry County Hospital Ambulance Service and Rosebud Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service responded to the accident.

Tribe will use funds for electric charging stations, electric garbage truck and more.

Valentine Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Engels stated that keeping fire trucks on the road and in the field takes a lot of work and care.

The fire at the Cumbow place burned 45-50 acres.

Three titled matches to be held in Valentine. 100 gunfighters expected to compete.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

Valen and Gehlsen win Cornhole tournament at cook off.

DeNaeyer and Daugherty win this week’s contest.

Valentine, Wood Lake and the Refuge were on scene as well as aerial assistance from the SEAT plane. The fire burned about 25 acres.

A couple small fires were sparked by equipment during the removal of the bridge on Hwy 12.

It looks like the pool sold approximately 45 family passes, 21 individual passes and had 2,600 daily payers.

The Sandhills Area Foundation is dedicated to honoring Michael Davenport’s legacy by ensuring that these funds are used effectively to benefit the community for years to come.

The bridge over the Minnechaduza Creek on Nebraska Highway 12 3 miles east of Valentine. The closure will be in place until May 23, 2025.

Crews have been dispatched to repair the cut line near Oakdale. Disruptions include phone lines to the Cherry County Sheriff’s Office. You may contact them through the Valentine Police Department phone at 376-3055. Emergency response is still operational via 911. The outage is hoped to be fixed by mid- to late-afternoon on Wednesday.

Vokal stated that the Platte Institute applauds the governor and legislature any time taxes can be lowered. LB 34 will lower property taxes in Nebraska by about 3 percent.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

The rollover reportedly occurred on North Kilgore Road at the Rocky Road intersection at the curve and only involved the driver of the vehicle whose condition was not reported.

Two grass fires burned small patches of grassland. The Civil Air Patrol will look for hot spots in the river corridor Thursday afternoon.

Small sports will kick things off at Old Settlers at 10AM.

Weekly update from the Valentine Police Department

The juvenile was arrested Monday, August 26th.

The incident happened at approximately 7am when a vehicle was reportedly driven into the front doors of the Gregory County courthouse.

If you have any information about Trenton Kills in Water’s whereabouts, call RST Law Enforcement at 605-747-5928

Mostly routine business at this evening’s meeting. One item on the agenda is the CEO Evaluation. That meeting starts at 5pm Monday at the hospital.

Nebraska Department of Education School Safety & Security awards a Diamond Badge for schools scoring 95% or above.

The Valentine Rotary will hold a community blood drive on September 5th, 2024, from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm.

The travel website touts many of the area’s amenities as well as it’s natural beauty.

Several area communities saw weaker sales in May.

Preliminary work is underway at site East of Valentine.

September 7th will be 7th annual Chaduza Cookoff.

They have a rodeo, carnival on the grounds plus the annual softball tournament and more.

The Sandhills Area Foundation has a long-standing commitment to supporting students in the region.

More work will be tackled in the regular session in January.