Mock Trial is a chance for students to experience what it is like to prepare for and present a case before a jury. According to the Nebraska State Bar Foundation, “...they learn to evaluate information, respond quickly, and sharpen public speaking skills...By studying and understanding courtroom procedure, students...become more comfortable with federal and state laws as a part of the legal system.” Students receive a case in September and then are responsible for developing arguments for both sides.

Temperatures climbed above the average, while moisture declined compared to the average. Temperature Information The high for this month was 82° on 11-14-2025 The low for this month was -1° on 11-29-2025 Average high is 49°, this year’s average high was 53° Average low is 26°, this year’s average low was 29° Record high was 85° set on 11-06-2020 Record low was -15° set on 11-14-1940 Snowfall Information Total snowfall was 0.75” Average snowfall is 4.7” Record snowfall was 32.5” in 1985 Record least amount of snowfall was 0.00 in 2024 Moisture Information Total moisture was 0.14” Average moisture for month is 0.69” Record moisture for this month was 3.81” in 1972 Record least amount of moisture for this month was 0.00” in 2009 May we continue to give thanks for family and friends during the Christmas Season.

The girls wrestling season will begin on December 5 at the West Holt Quadrangular in Atkinson. This season, the team will not coop with the North Central lady wrestlers.

Tribute Quartet is returning to the Prairie View Gospel Barn for a matinee Christmas concert on Sunday, December 7. Since 2006, multi-award winning and multi-Dove Award nominated recording group Tribute Quartet has become one of the country’s most dynamic, beloved, and sought-after male quartets in all of gospel music.

The Ainsworth boys wrestling program kicks off its 2025-26 season on Thursday, December 5, at the West Holt Quadrangular. Head coach Jake Graff is joined by assistant coach Nate Fredenburg this season.

We Deserve Transparency, Not ‘No Comment’ There’s an old saying about government – “it’s not that ‘what is said isn’t so,’ it’s what is so isn’t said.” So that means that someone – maybe a state auditor, maybe a whistleblower, but often a news reporter – needs to dig in and find out what is really happening with our tax dollars and state policies. That’s why it was so disgusting to read recently about our “Secretary of War’s” crackdown on access by reporters to the Pentagon.