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

Judges Jayden Bacon, Jordan Bailey, Zach Dean and Birk Burge The 3rd annual KVSH Salsa Showdown, hosted by The Bull Market, was held Wednesday evening at The Bull Market in Valentine.  There were 16 homemade salsa’s that were entered in this year’s contest.  Judges were Jordan Bailey and Jayden Bacon from Valentine High School and Birk Burge and Zach Dean from KVSH Radio.  The salsa’s ranged from sweet and mild to inferno and from chunky to creamy.   The judges forced their w

The benefit Spaghetti Feed and silent auction for Brooklyn Coyle was held on November 9th at Niobrara Valley Vineyards South of Nenzel.  This free will offering feed and auction raised over $38,000 going to Brooklyn and her family to help with medical expenses.  There were over 100 silent and live auction items donated ranging from bull semen to collectible rifles. A recent minor car accident sent Brooklyn to the hospital for a checkup, where they found a brain tumor that had

The fundraising goal for 2025 is $8,000 As Thanksgiving celebrations come to an end, most of the area’s residents are gearing up for their holiday and Christmas activities.  It is a good time to reflect on our fortunes and those of the people around us. The holidays are a time for giving thanks and showing kindness to others.  The Salvation Army is dedicated to helping those in need and is asking for community volunteers to ring the red kettle bell this holiday season. Last y

On the KVSH Comment program Wednesday morning, Valentine Economic Director Mark Hagge was our guest. Hagge has been working with a group of students from UNO called Scott Scholars, which is an offshoot from the Walter Scott Foundation.  A total of 11 students has been discussing ideas to what could make Valentine “the most family friendly community in Nebraska’. One of the ideas was a clean-up of the city park and nature trails around the park area. The group of students was

The 3rd annual KVSH Salsa Showdown, hosted by The Bull Market, will be held this evening at The Bull Market in Valentine.  There is still time today for Contestants to drop off their homemade salsa at the studios of KVSH Radio.  All salsas are welcome to compete for $50 in first place money and $25 for second place, along with other prizes from KVSH and The Bull Market. You can submit more than one entry if you like.  Judges will be returning favorites Birk Burge and Zach Dea

The Northern lights could be seen from Valentine last night to wrap up a salute to Veterans. Thank you, Photographers!!! Photo by Karsyn Krause Photo by Rhondelle Emery Photo by Tyanna Gracey Photo by Katie Froning

It was 25 years ago today (Nov 11) when a herd of longhorn cattle were driven down Valentine’s Main Street moving them from Fort Niobrara refuge to Fort Robinson State Park.  Cowboys on horseback led the cattle drive when 160 longhorns were moved to their new home near Crawford. Volunteers joined wranglers from the state Game and Parks Commission when the longhorns were moved in the 8 day cattle drive. One of those volunteers, Bob Stetter told KVSH news he remembers it was 17

Dave Rehbein, one of the soldiers introducing themselves. Several Veterans Day events for today. Lunch 11 to 1 at Saint Nicholas Catholic Parish Hall for everyone. Valentine Middle School and Cherry Hills programs at 2pm and Cody Kilgore Schools program at 1PM MT. Thanks to all of those who have served.

Outback Screen Printing and Embroidery announced their new partnership with Sandhills Area Foundation to launch a round-up fundraising program dedicated to supporting community grants and scholarships.   Starting this month, customers at The Outback Screenprinting and Embroidery can choose to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar, with the additional funds going directly toward the Sandhills Area Foundation grant and scholarships programs. This will be similar to the