U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced her intentions to seek re-election to the United States Senate on Wednesday, June 28th. Surrounded by long-time supporters and several high-ranking community leaders and elected officials at the Nebraska State Capitol, Senator Fischer made it official. “Today I am humbly asking for your support – and your vote – so that I might continue to serve the people I know and the state I love. Together, we have made a difference for this country. We will build Nebraska. We will protect this nation. And we will secure that brighter future for our children and grandchildren.”

Graduating sixty years ago with the AHS Class of 1963 were (Front Row - Left to Right): Pat (Jones) Preble, Sheila (Fernau) Bejot, Judy Anderson and John Bejot; (Back Row Left to Right): Larry Morrison, Mary Lou (Koch) Hughes, Gary Denny and Bob Miles.

Over 75+ attended the Ainsworth Public Library’s Meet & Greet Vehicles Event on June 29th. This was an event where children of all ages could interact with and learn about the vehicles and equipment that help the community thrive and the people that operate them.

French astronomer Charles Messier cataloged over 100 fuzzy spots in the night sky in the 18th century while searching for comets – smudges that didn’t move past the background stars so couldn’t be comets. Too faint to be clearly seen using telescopes of the era, these objects were later identified as nebulas, distant galaxies, and star clusters as optics improved. Messier traveled the world to make his observations, assembling the descriptions and locations of all the objects he found in his Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters. Messier’s work was critical to astronomers who came after him who relied on his catalog to study these little mysteries in the night sky, and not mistake them for comets.

The story has been waiting to be told since his death, December 2, 1950. PFC Dale Thompson was announced missing in action since December of 1950.

Hunters may begin purchasing unlimited quota Nebraska deer and antelope permits July 10th. Residents, nonresidents and eligible landowners may purchase permits through the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission starting at 1 p.m.