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

Adam Little Elk, age 74 of St. Francis, passed away at his home on November 12th Wakes: Thursday at the Adam Little Elk Residence, St. Francis (caravan at 2pm from the Kilgore stateline) 7pm Friday at the St Francis Elementary Gym (caravan from the residence to the school at 3pm) Funeral: 11am Saturday November 22, 2025 at the St. Francis Elementary Gym Burial at St. Charles Cemetery, St. Francis Survivors: Children: Wopila, Trisha, Aloysius Jr & Albert Siblings: Georgelen

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

Tisha Moore, age 57 of Mission, passed away at her home on October 30, 2025. Celebration of life service: 11am Friday November 21, 2025 at the Christian Life Fellowship in Mission Potluck meal will follow. All are asked to wear tie-dye or bright colors to celebrate Tisha and if you have something she made, please wear or bring that also to honor her. There will be a private family inurnment at a later date at the Lakota Cemetery north of Mission. Survivors include: 2 daugh

he crew for Hammond Helicopter LLC loads the Rejuvra herbicide before treating acres in the Wildcat Hills for cheatgrass. Photo by Bob Smith By Chabella Guzman, PREEC Communications The Wildcat Hills have had several wildfires in the past few years, and while dry conditions have contributed to the wildfires. An annual invasive brome grass, commonly known as Cheatgrass (Bromus inermis), has played a significant role. Cheatgrass grows quickly in the spring, competes with native

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

Alice Riege, age 101 of Valentine, passed away in Oshkosh, NE on November 11th Visitation will be from 3-6pm Thursday November 20th at Holmes Funeral Home Private family funeral services will be held with burial at Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Crookston, NE Survivors include two daughters: Carol Kyser of Oshkosh Kristine Colburn of Valentine Memorials have been established to our Savior Lutheran Church in Valentine and the Garden County Health Services Nursing Ho

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

Press release from Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA CEO.       President Donald Trump issued an   executive order   modifying his   Executive Order 14257   of April 2, 2025, that imposed a trade-rebalancing 10% reciprocal tariff on imported products, including beef and lamb, from all trading partners. Exceptions to the reciprocal tariff requirement included beef, cattle, sheep and lamb from Canada and Mexico, as those products continued receiving preferential treatment provided they

Mass of Christian Burial for Bobbie Lesher age 97 of Valentine will be held on Friday, November 21st at 10:30 AM at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Valentine. The graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Thedford. A Rosary will be recited on Thursday, November 20th at 7:00 PM at the Church. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the rosary at the church. Bobbie passed away on Nov. 12th at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth. Survivors So