The Ainsworth Boys Basketball Team brought home the Class D1 Runner-Up trophy from the 2024 NSAA Boys State Basketball Tournament held in Lincoln on March 7th, 8th and 9th. The Bulldogs defeated Dundy County Stratton Tigers, 62-55, on Thursday, March 7th in first round action of Class D1 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Grant Kobes was present at the regular meeting of the Brown County Commissioners on March 5th to discuss the Long Lake Access Road to his isolated property. Kobes purchased the land from the Nebraska Game and Parks.

The Long Pine City Council Dave Cheatum, Linda Alberts and Bryan Sanford, met in regular session on March 7, 2024 at the Long Pine Community Center. Action Items The Council approved for Topkote to Rout-N-Seal Elm, Ash, North Main, Cedar and Pine Streets at .84 cents per linear foot.

César Guichard Mingo a 7th grade student at Ainsworth Community Schools wrote an article for the Ainsworth American Legion Auxiliary’s Americanism Essay Contest and was chosen as the winner. This is what is speech said: For me, freedom is that all people in a society, city or country can decide, think and act freely without fear of being discriminated against or even executed. This was established in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1791. Many things in the USA symbolize freedom like the American Flag, bald eagle, military, government, and much more.

Seventy-four were inducted into an honor society that recognizes academic success and leadership at Northeast Community College. Levi Goshorn of Ainsworth qualified for PTK for the Spring 2024 semester.

The Brown County Republican Party will hold the Brown County Republican Convention at the Palmer Law Office, 121 East 2nd Street, Ainsworth, NE 69210, on March 11, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. At the County Convention there will be an election of party officers and delegates to represent Brown County at the Republican State Convention to be held on May 18, 2024, at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, NE.