Somebody was going to win its first state championship in program history on Friday night in Kearney. When the dust settled on an exciting Six-Man season, Garden County outlasted Southwest to claim its first state championship in program history with a 41-22 victory over Southwest at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium on the UNK campus.  Garden County finishes a perfect season at 12 and 0.  Southwest finishes at 11 and 1. Class D-2 finals will be Monday at 2:45 with Wynot playing St.

The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team clinched the outright Big Ten title with a 25-19, 25-16, 25-22 win at No. 17 Indiana in front of a crowd of 2,832 at Wilkinson Hall on Saturday night.  Nebraska has won 37 conference titles all-time, including six in the Big Ten (2011, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025). It's the first time since 2004-08 that Nebraska has won three straight conference titles. Nebraska's six Big Ten titles since joining the conference in 2011 are the most by any t

Valentine Volunteer Firemen Training With Propane Fire Simulator. Photo Courtesy Billie Brockley About 20 members of the Valentine Volunteer Fire Department took part in the fire training trailer that was brought to Valentine by the Nebraska Fire Marshall’s Office on Wednesday.  The simulator puts firemen in a very realistic fire simulation putting firemen in a propane tank fire situation and trains personnel in fire suppression techniques and more importantly safety for fir

City Manager Shane Seiwart states that the chlorination continues out of an abundance of caution. KVSH News reported earlier that the City of Valentine began adding chlorine to the municipal water supply on November 14. According to a release from the city, recent routine testing had identified a limited number of positive results for coliform bacteria in the distribution system. City Manager Shane Seiwart stated Friday that the chlorination process will continue indefinite

The outage should begin around 2pm Thursday. According to officials with CPPD, there will be a planned power outage beginning at about 2pm Thursday, November 20. Custer Public Power states that this planned outage would affect customers in the Thedford, Seneca and Mullen areas for a couple hours as they do some pre-winter preparations and do some fixes while the weather is still mild. If you have any questions, you can contact Custer Public Power District.

KVSH radio confirmed with local Nebraska Game and Parks Conservation Officers that they are looking for information about the illegal killing of a white-tailed buck in Cherry County at McKelvie National Forest.  The incident reportedly occurred around November 14th or 15th  in Cherry County.  The 15th was the opening of the firearm deer season in Nebraska.  A reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest.  Contact Conservation Officer frank Miller at 402 389 04

The number of athletes out for winter sports look strong in basketball and girls wrestling but are a little slimmer in boys wrestling. According to the respective coaches there are 18 girls out for basketball including 3 seniors, 5 juniors, 4 sophomores and 6 freshmen. That information from head coach Ian Bish. Randy Kluender reports 23 boys out for basketball including 7 freshmen, 4 sophomores, 9 juniors and 3 seniors. Marcus Nelson reports the largest number of girls out fo

Valentine did fairly well in retail sales in the months of July and August when compared to some other peer communities. In July Valentine had a slight bump in sales when compared to 2024 with a 5.7% increase.  In August it took another slight increase of 6.3% compared to a year earlier. Ainsworth was up only 1.7% in July and down 1.4% in August when compared to 2024 retail sales. Chadron had less than 1% increase in July and experienced a 3.3% decrease in August. O’Neill was

This Saturday will be the annual Holiday Preview event in Valentine, sponsored by the Valentine Chamber of Commerce. Some businesses will be open as early as 7AM and some will be open until 8PM. Each business will feature Christmas merchandise, with several offering early discounts and specials. Santa and his reindeer will be at Youngs Western Wear from 1 to 3PM for children to provide their wish list to him. The parade entry forms are available now at KVSH Radio, and they sh

December 13th will be National Wreaths Across America Day. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90 has organized the local program to honor heroes. Listeners can purchase a wreath for $17 and it will be placed on a veteran’s grave at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine on the 13th.  You can purchase a wreath for a specific grave site or donate to make sure all veterans’ graves have a wreath.  Currently the auxiliary has only sold 454 wreathes.  The goal has been 900 to make sure a

Interviewers with a program called "Project Share Your Story", by the Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation are in Valentine today to collect veterans’ stories.  They plan to collect 8 stories from area Vietnam Era Veterans and share those stories via their website.  KVSH Radio spoke with JR Richardson from Bellevue University, who said this 20-year-old program was authorized by The Library of Congress under Rural History Projects.  The video interviews will be archiv

The process began on November 14 as a precautionary measure. From City of Valentine Facebook page: To ensure the safety and quality of our drinking water, we will be temporarily adding chlorine to the water supply starting on November 14, 2025 as a precautionary measure to disinfect the water system. Recent routine testing identified a limited number of positive results for coliform bacteria in the distribution system. While these hits are isolated and often naturally occurri

Officers from Valentine Police Department responded to a total of 41 calls for service this week. During the week of November 9th to November 15th, the following arrests were made: On November 12th, at 8:30 PM, a disturbance in Little's Trailer court lead to the arrest of a 45 year old South Dakota man for the offense of Terroristic Threats On the 13th, at 8:20 PM, a reported assault in the 600 block of US Highway 20 lead to the arrest of a 51 year old Nebraska man on the cha

VHS Drama Team After Winning Ainsworth Competition. Valentine High School One Act team performed their play, "The Visitors" by Del Martin on Thursday, November 13th at the Cozad One Act Festival and again Saturday, November 15th in Ainsworth. At Cozad the team performed amid 13 other teams and was rated Superior with six actors receiving Outstanding Actor awards: Camilla Brown, Sari Ladeaux, Praise Maunu, Josie Shaul, and Hope Woodraska. The Ainsworth One Act Festival was a d

According to Cherry County sheriff Rusty Osburn, authorities were called for three incidents over the weekend.  A complaint of shots fired in Kilgore turned out to be a person doing some target practice in the wrong location. The person was arrested due to circumstances.  A hunter was reported missing at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday.  His partner apparently reported him missing, then went to look for him.  While the one hunter was searching, the one reported m

Hunters and landowners are encouraged to offer their feedback on big game information during the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s public meetings in December and January. These 2½-hour meetings are scheduled in each Game and Parks district. All in-person meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. local time. The first 30 minutes will be an open house with time to talk with wildlife biologists, conservation officers and staff. Biologists will provide a presentation at 7 p.m. and discuss

A couple of college football games this past weekend fooled some of the participants in the KVSH football prediction contest. Oklahoma beating Alabama was the most prevalent, and Jacksonville State beating Kennesaw State was the other.  The top two games on the card were thrown out as they had been played earlier last week. If you selected all teams on the right side of the card, you would have only missed one game. There were 16 cards that missed only one game, so Colorado S

The fire was reported at about 2:40pm Saturday afternoon. UPDATE: Reports as of around 3:50 indicate that additional responding units, as well as aerial support, are turning around but units on scene stay as the fire appears under control. Stay tuned to KVSH Radio for any additional updates on this story. At about 2:40pm CT, Conservation officer Frank Miller advised Cherry County Dispatch of smoke on McKelvie. Initial reports indicated smoke in the northwest corner of the fo

The fire was reported off of Hwy 97 on Mule Deer Road. Photo courtesy Mullen Fire Department Facebook Page. With temperatures about 20 degrees above average and dry conditions, multiple fire departments were battling a grass fire off of Highway 97 near Mullen Thursday. According to Mullen Fire Chief Tyler Cash, the fire likely started with a hot catalytic converter on a pickup and burned anywhere from 12-1800 acres, based on estimates coming from aircraft that were searchin

The Nebraska Class C-2 District 6 has officially announced its All-District football team, recognizing the exceptional talent and outstanding performances of student-athletes during the 2025 season. This year, Dominic Beebout of Valentine was selected as the District Offensive Player of the Year for his achievements in both rushing and receiving, while Linebacker Parker Chavez of Valentine was chosen as the District Defensive Player of the Year after leading the State in tack