Cherry County Dispatch reported multiple occupants in the Sunday afternoon accident. A two vehicle accident Sunday afternoon prompted emergency response from local first responders.  The accident was reported at 5 th  and Green street near the Cherry County Hospital and Valentine High School, with multiple occupants.  Valentine Volunteer Fire Department and Cherry County Hospital Ambulance Service were requested by Cherry County dispatch as well as local and county law enforc

No arrests were reported in the past week. During the week of November 30th to December 6th, no arrests were reported by the Valentine Police Department.   Some of the calls fielded by the Valentine Police Department include:   4 animal complaints 4 traffic stops 1 alarm 1 non-injury accident 1 welfare check 1 disturbance

Photo courtesy Gordon Warrick The Sandhills Prairie Refuge Association invites birders to participate in the longest-running community science survey, the annual National Audubon Society-sponsored Christmas Bird Count, on Tuesday December 16. This marks the 126th year that this annual event has been held, although the Valentine component is only several decades old.     Birders and nature enthusiasts interested in participating must arrange with the count compiler in advance 

O`Neill Invite Results for Valentine High School Boys 113 Deklin Titus (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 23.5 team points. 126 Rownan Eggert (3-1) placed 3rd and scored 16.0 team points. 132 Jehki Williams (4-0) placed 1st and scored 23.5 team points. 138 Gage Sandoz (2-2) placed 8th and scored 7.0 team points. 165 Parker Chavez (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 23.5 team points. O`Neill Invite Results for Valentine Girls G100 Reegan Eggert (5-4) placed 4th and scored 15.0 team points. G

Valentine's One Act Team did well at Districts in Bridgeport The Valentine High School One Act team finished their season with district competition in Bridgeport. The team earned 4th place, with the technical crew receiving third place. Praise Maunu and Camilla Brown were recognized as the outstanding actors from Valentine, and Camilla Brown was awarded one of two NSAA Outstanding Actor medals for the entire competition. Coaches Shelly Parks and Bev Brown are extremely proud

The planned water service interruption will be Monday afternoon. According to information from City Manager Shane Seiwart, The City of Valentine will have a temporary water service interruption on Monday, December 8th from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to replace valves at 2nd and Wood. The affected areas are: From Edna to Wood on 2nd and 3rd From 2nd and 3rd on Edna From 3rd to 4th on Voctoria and From 2nd to 4th on Wood. The Valentine Middle School will be affected by this plann

St. Francis Indian School at St. Francis, is one of 48 high schools across the country to receive a $5,000 Rachael Ray Foundation ProStart Grow Grant for its ProStart culinary career and technical education program. The school will use the funds to equip their ProStart classroom with necessary cooking and prep equipment. ProStart’s emphasis on hands-on learning and mentorship means ProStart students emerge from the high school program ready to work in a professional kitchen o

After tabulating all the cards for the 2025 Pigskin Prediction contest, KVSH has determined the overall winners for the year. With 14 weeks of the contest dating back to the end of August, there should have been a total of 140 games to choose from. There were a couple of misprints on the cards or some game scheduling changes that forced us to throw out a few games along the way.  KVSH would like to thank our sponsors; Tooth and Whisker Outdoors, Nelsen Furniture, Security Fir

For the third time in the past five months, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, moved slightly below growth neutral.  The Business Conditions Index, dropped slightly to 49.5 from 50.5 in October.   The November employment index increased to 47.6 from 46.9 in October, marking the eighth consecutive month below the growth-neutral threshold of 50.0. The Novem

A 76-year-old man from Ashby found guilty of shooting a friend following a night of drinking will be spending at least five years behind bars. A firearms charge carries a mandatory 5 year minimum. Following a three-day trial last week, a Grant County District Court jury took about two hours to find Duane Meester guilty on several charges. District Judge Travis O’Gorman continued the Ashby man’s bond of $500,000 ten percent and ordered a pre-sentence investigation, with senten

After completing the Big Ten’s first 20-0 campaign since 2009, the Nebraska volleyball program was well represented in the Big Ten Volleyball Postseason Honors announced on Tuesday.  Junior setter  Bergen Reilly  was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Setter of the Year. Head Coach  Dani Busboom Kelly  was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the coaches and media.  Reilly was joined on the All-Big Ten First Team by  Rebekah Allick ,  Andi Jackson  and  Harpe

The Valentine Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the receipt raffle and window decorating contest from this past week.  The events took place from Holiday Preview on the 22nd to Shop Small Town Saturday on the 29th.  In the business window decorating contest, first place went to Broken Spoke Boutique with 51 votes.  Second place was Craig Beman Fine Art gallery with 23 votes. 3rd place was Heart City Rock & Blue Persuasion Nails.  Honorable mention went to Flowerlan

LB 650 allows disabled veterans to apply for tax exemption on their primary transportation. LB 650 recently passed the Nebraska Unicameral allowing disabled veterans an opportunity to receive a tax exemption for their primary transportation vehicle.  According to Veterans' Service Officer Ashley Blume-Vackiner, veterans with any disability rating of 0%-100% can stop by or call the Veterans’ Service Office in Valentine to be updated in the DMV system.  The system updates every

The topic of quality childcare in the Valentine community has been discussed for a number of years. Some exciting news from The Valentine Children and Families Coalition, the Heart City Childcare facility will open soon.  According to coalition director Jill Austin, Andrea Egger has been hired to run the facility which will be located at the Episcopal Church on Main Street.  Egger is former teacher in the Cody Kilgore school system. To begin the facility will be able to accep

College football conference championship schedule, matchups All times ET Friday, Dec. 5 Kennesaw State at Jacksonville State (Conference USA Championship Game), 7 p.m. \ Troy at James Madison (Sun Belt Championship Game), 7 p.m. North Texas vs. Tulane (American Athletic Championship Game), 8 p.m. Boise State vs. UNLV (Mountain West Championship Game), 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 BYU vs. Texas Tech (Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, Texas), 12 p.m. Western Michigan vs. Miami

The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team capped an unbeaten regular season with a 25-16, 25-13, 25-20 sweep in front of 8,461 at  John Cook  Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday night.  Nebraska (30-0, 20-0 Big Ten) finished the regular season unbeaten for the third time in school history (1994 and 2000), dropping only seven sets overall and one in Big Ten play.   The Huskers became the first Big Ten team to go 20-0 in conference play since Penn State in 2009. Wiscons

There were a couple of twists in the final week of the KVSH Pigskin Prediction Contest.  The first hurdle that tripped a lot of participants was the Texas win over Texas A&M.  Another hurdle was Vanderbilt beating Tennessee and the final step was Nebraska losing to Iowa. Still there were 7 people who missed only one game. Nebraska had 300 yards of total offense during the game against Iowa.  Wade Daugherty of Valentine had predicted 300 yards for the Huskers, so he wins the $

The Cherry County Visitors Promotion Board continues to raise funds for a new events center which would be connected to the South side of Mid Plains Community college campus in Valentine. The total cost of the project is about 4.5 million dollars.  At this time, they have 1.5 million dollars from the county promotion fund and have raised over $600,000.  They will need to raise another 1 million dollars before some foundation grants will kick in additional funding.  Mid Plains

Matt and Ashley Sandoz opened the new Huskerland Hardware on Wednesday Matt and Ashley Sandoz have re-opened the recently shuttered True Value Hardware store in Valentine on Wednesday. The new store, Huskerland Hardware was purchased from John and Lila Miller several months ago, starting the long process of refreshing and restocking. Matt Sandoz told KVSH News that when it was announced that the Miller's would be retiring from the business after several decades of serving t

Chlorination Began November 14 According to Valentine City Manager Shane Seiwart, the chlorination of the city’s municipal water system has come to an end.  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.  However with the testing coming in at