North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) has been made aware of 13 new COVID-19 cases in the district since last reporting period on July 6th, 2021: Boyd-1, Antelope-2, Brown-2, Holt-2, Rock-3, Knox-3. Recoveries will be updated in next week’s posting.

After four plus months of waiting for our printing plates to come in, finally, on Friday, July 9th, we received 50 of them with the rest to come in this week. Without these printing plates we use on our web press Mabel, we had to make alternative plans to get the newspapers printed at Rocket Printing in Armour, SD.

The President of the United States has ordered the US military out of Afghanistan by August 31st of this year. This withdrawal of troops is called a “retrograde” operation. It is the most difficult and risky of all tasks you can ask soldiers to do in combat. Retrograde operations are never pretty. They are prone to turning into another form of operational maneuver called a “pursuit” (the enemy chasing you as you try to leave). No President wants that on the evening news, which is why the press isn’t being allowed anywhere near this one.

Here’s a Look at What the Legislature Accomplished It’s easy to keep track of the high-profile things the Unicameral wrestles with each year, but on days when things are going smoothly and there’s more action than talk, some important work is accomplished. Let’s look at a brief summary from seven of the Legislature’s committees.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, school districts across Nebraska and the U.S. have received or are likely to receive stimulus funds. The following is a summary of the stimulus funds Ainsworth Community Schools has received or will receive in the future in order to positively impact student learning and help reduce the future necessary property tax requests for the district. The total of all four funds adds up to $861,468.00.

Long Pine City Council met in regular session on Thursday evening, July 8th at the Long Pine Community Center. Council members present were Linda Alberts, Dave Cheatum, Andrea Collatos and Kathy Papstein.