Since 2019, almost $30M has been spent on grants and other business incentives to improve broadband internet access in rural Nebraska. Over sixty different projects brought broadband internet to over 17,000 rural Nebraska households in 2019. LB 388 was passed in 2021. It added another $20M to the broadband grant program in 2021 and 2022. In 2022 we passed LB 1024. $40M of the money in this bill will be split between congressional district one and three to help expand broadband internet in rural Nebraska.

DATE HI LOW PRECIP. 7-31-2022 96 63 0” 8-1-2022 98 64 0” 8-2-2022 107 74 Trace 8-3-2022 No Report 8-4-2022 93 73 0” 8-5-2022 100 73 0” 8-6-2022 84 61 0” 76 Day Avg.

Summarized - All Cases Include $ 50.00 Court Cost Jonah J. Krause: Guilty in Court -Attempt of a Class 4 Felony, $1,000.00 Fine; Possess Marijuana Over One Ounce, $500.00 Fine; Possess or Use Drug Paraphernalia, $100.00 Fine; Possess/Consume Open Alcohol Container, $50.00 Fine; Brown County Sheriff’s Office - Deputy Kyle Stang.

Brown County Report Sunday, July 31 - August 6, 2022 Sunday, July 31st Responded to a disturbance near 4th Street and Ash Street in Ainsworth. One male subject was released to family custody and transferred to an addiction treatment center.

A&R Construction has completed the south lane of Highway 20 through Ainsworth and it was opened to east bound traffic on Tuesday, August 2nd, approximately two weeks ahead of schedule. Carl Hart, NDOT Highway Project Manager, said, 'Phase 2 for the project will reconstruct what will be the common turn lane, or the center 14 feet of the roadway.” 'With construction occurring in the middle of the roadway, traffic will be divided and only one-way with limited left turn movements.' 'East bound traffic will be driving on the new Phase 1 concrete and west bound traffic will remain on the north side.

Ainsworth Community Schools Board of Education - Frank Beel, Jim Arens, Mark Johnson, Jessica Pozehl and Brad Wilkins met in regular session on Monday evening, August 8th. The Board approved the consent agenda consisting of previous minutes, payment of claims, cash flow report totals ending July 31, 2022 $$1,525,000.00, NSDLAF $1,361,000.00, Receipts $446,014.36, Payments - $592,112.80 and Ending Balance - $436,520.34.