The Southern Valley TeamMates were about 75 strong at their End of Year Breakfast! They met to celebrate the end of a great year and recognize their 8 seniors who recently graduated.

By Erin Laborie, Livestock Systems Extension Educator The horn fly is a major pest of pasture and rangeland cattle in Nebraska and throughout the U. S. Once horn fly numbers get above 200 flies per animal, cattle alter grazing patterns and behavior, reducing milk production and weight gain.

These Arapahoe elementary students earned 100 AR points in Reading and were rewarded with a pizza party during the last week of school. Front (l-r) Easton Strand, Cody Einspahr, Molly Leising, Abby Helms, and Nevaeh Wendland.

These students at Southern Valley are the winners of the Oxford American Legion Coloring contest that was done by the womens auxiliary. .

During the Medicine Valley School Board on Monday, May 13, there was discussion regarding the use of cell phones in school. According to Superintendent Scott Trimble, several schools have opted to ban students from having access to them in the classroom.

The Southwest Public Schools Board of Education met on May 13th at 7:30 p.m. To begin the meeting board members approved the absences of Jason Kloepping and Jennifer McConville, the agenda, prior minutes as written, and various claims.

The Southern Valley Jr. Shooters 2024 Spring Trap season looks quite different than it ever has. This year the SV Jr. Shooters board voted to join the USA Clay Target League. This league has teams in all the lower 48 states which puts us into the Nebraska State High School Clay Target League.

Longtime employee, Kevin Wendland congratulates Lorris and Ruth Haarberg on their retirement from Wagner’s Supermarket at the open house held on Saturday.

jumped 4-8. Cambridge’s Jalen Kent jumped 32-1.25 in the triple jump and 16-1.5 in long jump.

INDIANOLA - Ask any parent of multiple children and they’ll all agree - every baseball diamond needs a playground nearby. Tanner and Miranda Teel have spent a great deal of time - along with others resurrecting little league in Indianola over the past four springs and summers.