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Sandhills Area Foundation Awards 4 Grants
The Sandhills Area Foundation is pleased to announce the following four grant awards for the remaining 2023 grant cycle: a $500 grant to the Valentine Community Schools Mental Health team to be used to highlight overall wellness in the schools during May, Mental Health Month, and to help sponsor their annual Wellness Night; $1900 to the Cherry County 4-H Foundation Sandhills Leadership Program, whose purpose is to create youth awareness of rural revitalization issues and develop leadership skills while examining and engaging in real-world community issues; and $2800 each to the Thedford Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Mullen Rural Fire Protection/Mullen Ambulance Squad to go toward purchasing new ambulances for their respective squads. Grants were previously awarded in 2023 to the Valentine Rotary toward their scholarship fund, and to the Citizen Washington Focus group.
Sutherland graduate receives scholarship from Nebraska Broadcaster’s Association
The Nebraska Broadcasters Association (NBA) has awarded a $2,000.00 scholarship to two students with aspirations to work in broadcasting upon their graduation. Sutherland graduate Harmon Johnsen was among the two recipients.
Sandhills Valley Boys Golf Invite Highlights/Results
STAPLETON, Neb. (KNOP) - Local golfers were in Stapleton for the Sandhills Valley Boys Golf Invite. South Loup took top honors scoring a 372 two shots better than the host Sandhills Valley who scored a 374. Anselmo-Merna’s Colin Cooksley was the top individual golfer finishing with an 82 on the day.
EPA Approved Plan to Fix Snake River Damage
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a work plan submitted to the Agency by Richard Minor of Gordon, Nebraska, and Cherry County, Nebraska, to mitigate damage to the Snake River resulting from an unauthorized drainage ditch excavated from Minor’s property to the river in 2020. According to...
Nebraska game officials investigate illegal killing of two deer in Cherry County
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is investigating the killing of two mule deer in Cherry County. The deer were shot Saturday or Sunday near Cody, which is just south of the Nebraska-South Dakota border. Game officials said the deer were illegally shot and maliciously...
A closer look at a Nebraska cattle company
HERSHEY, Neb. (KOLN) - Star Cattle Company has been around since 1912, and the company has now developed their own retail business called Birdwood Beef to connect even further with consumers. We caught up with Rob Star to talk about Star Cattle Company, and he shared more on how the...
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