For the past few months, the Ainsworth City Council has been discussing amending the Vacant Building ordinance and voted unanimously to amend the ordinance at the regular council meeting on August 11th.

Thought for the week: Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. Congratulations to Conner Jackman who will receive his American Farmer Degree at the National FFA Convention later this fall.

August 8 - 14, 2021 Sunday, August 8th Received reports of a dog-at-large on North Maple Street. Deputies were unable to locate the dog at that time.

Brown County District Court was in session on August 10, 2021 with Hon. Mark D.

“Fall Is In The Air” With school starting, we find league golf coming to an end and it’s getting darker earlier, meaning fall will soon be here. With the fall weather, one can look forward to fall high school sports - volleyball, football and cross country.

The US Afghanistan policy is collapsing with frightening speed. In recent days I have watched in stunned amazement as the Biden administration pleads with the Taliban to not attack our embassy in Afghanistan. I am reminded of my many friends I left in that tortured little country. The Tajik tribe in Afghanistan is of Panjishir Province. No invader has ever captured it in over a thousand years. The Tajiks are fierce warriors. There are countless unmarked graves in Panjishir containing a Russian or Taliban foolish enough to come there over the years. Of all the tribes of the Afghans they were our most loyal and strongest ally. They even warned us of 9/11 before it happened. We have betrayed our best and most capable ally at a moment in history when we need them the most. I am very worried this amateur-hour retrograde operation our military is doing is going to get a lot of people killed, and I’m just sick about it.