Brown County Court Docket
News Staff
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Joshua E. Brotherton: Speeding 11-15 MPH, $75.00 Fine; Agency and Officer Not Found.
(402) 387-2844
Sheriff’s Report
News Staff
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
May 16th – May 22nd, 2021 Sunday, May 16th Deputies responded to a report of a driver south of Ainsworth on Hwy. 7 with possible injuries.
Ask a Master Gardener
Brenda Goeken
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Question: Will you explain determinate and indeterminate tomatoes? Determinate and indeterminate describe the growing habits of tomatoes, which are either one or the other. Determinate varieties include Rutgers, Celebrity and Roma.
Kat’s Korner
Kathy S. Worrell
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
“State Track Meet” Now that the State Track Meet is over, school is officially done until next fall. Congratulations to all the athletes from North Central Nebraska who represented the Sandhills well.
Legislative Notes
Senator Tom Brewer - 43rd District
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The first session of the one-hundred seventh Nebraska Legislature is drawing to a close. The Speaker has announced that we will adjourn “sine die” on Thursday the 27th of May. Sine die is a Latin phrase that means “without day.” To adjourn sine die indicates the final adjournment of a regular legislative session for the year. We are adjourning six legislative days early.
Capitol News
J.l. Schmidt, Statehouse Correspondent, Ne Press
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Lots of “What Ifs” in Nebraska’s Tax Future Back in 1966, the last time Nebraska voters took the state’s tax system in their own hands, I was an eager college sophomore journalism major. I was astonished at how voters went to the polls and repealed the state property tax system, essentially leaving state government with no real means of support while reserving property taxes for local government.
