Wind Chill Temperatures Dip Into the -30s and -40s in Brown County

Ainsworth Community Schools, along with most schools in North Central Nebraska, had a 10:00 a.m. late start on Monday, February 15th due to the extreme cold temperatures. The temperature shown above was taken around 8:00 a.m. Wind chill temperatures were around -42˚. The cold, brutal temperatures were in the forecast until mid-week.

According to the Polar Bear Dip organizer and owner of Meadville, Kasey Soles, said this was the 24th year for the event. This year it was held on Saturday, January 30th with 37 dippers. Very little ice, approximately 2 inches, was present and the dippers had to go out about 12 feet to be able to go completely under the 19˚ water.

Ainsworth Speech Team members medaling in the C1-6 District Speech competition were: (Front Row - Left to Right): Eden Raymond, Maren Arens, Josie Ganser and Dakota Stutzman; (Middle Row - Left to Right): Brandt Murphy, Libby Wilkins, Alyssa Erthum, Taylor Allen and Katherine Kerrigan; (Back Row - Left to Right): Ben Flynn, Cody Kronhofman and Logan Hafer.