Brown County Commissioners to Meet The Brown County Commissioners will meet as a Board of Equalization on Tuesday, September 7th at 5:00 p.m., and as the Board of Commissioners at 5:15 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Room in the Courthouse.

Brown County 4-H’ers participated in the BKR Youth Fair throughout the month of August in Bassett, NE. Following are their results: Addilyn Doke: Cat: Largest Cat, Purple; Cat: Most Colorful,Purple; Cat: Best Groomed,Purple; Cat: Best Long Haired, Purple - State Fair; 4-H Cooking 201: Banana Oatmeal Cookies, Purple - State Fair; 4-H Floriculture: Zinnia, Purple - State Fair; 4-H Portfolio Pathways: Farm Landscape Watercolor, Purple - State Fair; 4-H Citizenship - i2i: Name Art “Addi”, Purple - State Fair; 4-H Steam Clothing 2 - Simply Sewing: Palm Leaf Shorts, Purple; Steam Clothing 1 - County Only: Zebra Pajama Bottoms, Purple; Steam Clothing 1 - County Only: Zebra Print Sleeping Mask, Purple; 4-H Beyond The Needle: Pineapple T-Shirt, Purple - State Fair; 4-H Porfolio Pathways: Cat on Windowsill Canvas Acrylic, Blue; 4-H Wildlife Tracks: Wildlife Tracks Mountain Lion, Purple - State Fair; Steam Clothing 1 - County Only: Pineapple T-Shirt Modeled, Purple - State Fair; Steam Clothing 1 - County Only: Zebra Print T-Shirt Modeled, Purple; Steam Clothing 1 - County Only: Zebra Pajama Bottoms Modeled, Purple;Cat Showmanship: Jr.

The Ainsworth Booster Club held its 4th Annual Bulldog Pride Fundraiser at the Elk’s Lodge on Friday evening, August 20th. A steak supper was provided before the live auction.

Many Americans look to the Labor Day holiday weekend as the unofficial end of summertime. No matter how you plan to celebrate the end of the season this year, make sure you plan it safely.

East City Park in Ainsworth was the site of the Back-to-School Bash sponsored by the Ainsworth Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, August 21st. Several businesses donated the items for the meal, consisting of pulled pork or a hamburger, chips and a drink.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, August 23rd. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals.