Cherry County News

The largest poaching fine in Nebraska since electronic court records began being kept in 1996 has been levied in Cherry County.

During the month of October, the Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the North Central Community Care Partnership Underage Drinking Coalition conducted alcohol compliance checks in Cherry and Boyd Counties.

The Nebraska State Patrol reminds everyone to buckle up in the wake of three deaths in crashes in which seat belts were not in use.

After three people died over the weekend of injuries suffered in vehicle crashes, the Nebraska State Patrol issued a reminder to wear seat belts.

Cherry County Attorney Eric Scott says one person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in north-central Nebraska.

One person was killed in a crash discovered early Saturday on U.S. Highway 20 in Cherry County.

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Linda Connot described her estranged husband as controlling, vindictive and prone to get even with anyone he believed wronged him.

An armed 56-year-old Valentine man has been shot and killed by police. Cherry County Attorney Eric Scott confirmed reports that Gary Connot was killed early Tuesday morning in Valentine after officers responded to a call from the home of Connot's ex-wife. It was unclear whether Connot pointed a gun at officers or fired at them.

State authorities have issued health alerts for toxic blue-green algae at a lake in northwest Nebraska, one in southeast Nebraska and continued an alert at another lake in southeast Nebraska.

Dr. Karla Jenkins, the new range management and cow/calf specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center, hopes her research will be useful to all the diverse cattle producers of western Nebraska.

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The Valentine Junior Rodeo will be held on Sunday July 26th at the Cherry County Fairgrounds in Valentine, NE at 9AM CST.

A peculiar type of tornado was reported in western Nebraska this week: a landspout.

The Sandhills Cattle Association will hold its 70th Annual Convention on Thursday, May 21 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds in Valentine, Neb.

"New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music," a traveling exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service and presented in the state by the Nebraska Humanities Council , opens May 1 in Cambridge.