Over the New Year holiday weekend, Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine and mask mandate on the Head Start programs in the following states: Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, and West Virginia.

December 26, 2021 - January 1, 2022 Sunday, December 26th Received a report of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. A report was made and transferred to the Brown County Attorney.

North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of 159 new COVID-19 cases in the district since last reporting period on December 27th, 2021. Case count update as of January 3, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.: 7,491 Total Cases (TC), 6,830 Recoveries (R) and 93 Deaths (D).

December 2021 Weather Report Temperature Information: The high for December 2021 was 69° on 12-2-2021. The low was -6° on 12-31-2021.

TV viewers were saddened to hear of the death of Betty White on December 31, 2021, 99 years old, seventeen days short of her 100th birthday. Her talent as an actress throughout her long career made it very easy to watch the shows she was in.

Governor Pete Ricketts has cautioned state senators to just say “no” to special interest groups who want to tell them how to spend American Rescue Plan Act funds. He has also asked former President Donald Trump not to endorse anyone running for Nebraska Governor in the primary election.