“Jelly Beans and Easter” This coming Easter weekend, the young ones (and adults) will be able to participate in several Easter Egg Hunts. More information can be found on the front page and in ads in this weeks paper.

Brown County Report March 26th through April 1st, 2023 Sunday, March 26th Responded to a report of a disturbance on Main Street in Long Pine. Received reports of various road signs abandoned along Highway 7, near 875th Road.

Fourteen Ainsworth Middle School students attended the State contest for National History Day. The contest was held on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln on Saturday, April 1st. One of those students, Addilyn Doke, has qualified for the national contest. Addi earned first place for her junior individual performance titled “Arbor Day: Greener Frontier in Nebraska’s Environment.” She also won first prize for the NEBRASKAland Foundation Award. This special prize is given for the best use of primary sources to research a Nebraska topic.

Work on the new Community Fishing Pond began this past week. The Brown County Road Department started moving dirt for the Community Fishing Pond which will be located east of the Brown County Hospital on county property.

The Stec and Kamas families recently gifted a $3,000.00 matching donation to the Ainsworth Women’s Club. Over the spring and summer of 2022, the Women’s Club was able to fundraise the matching $3,000.00.

A&R Construction of Plainview, NE started work again on the Highway 20 Project this past week and will continue as weather permits. Resurfacing of Highway 20 through Ainsworth was started in the spring of 2022 and with expected completion in August of 2023.