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387-0777 Chef Salad Available Daily Thursday, February 2nd: Philly steak sandwich, tater tots, applesauce and milk. Friday, February 3rd: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, peaches, bread and milk.

Question: Can I use vegetable seeds from last year? Most gardeners have leftover seeds, sometimes the minimum number of seeds in a packet is too many. I can’t make myself throw them away.

Ainsworth Does Drove 54 held its installation of officers on Sunday, January 15th at the Elks Lodge in Ainsworth. Becky O’Hare was installed as the new President of the Does.

Wayne State College included 1,275 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the Fall 2022 semester. Students listed on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for the semester.

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) has received significant interest and feedback in the Private Well Reverse Osmosis Rebate Program, which is available to private well owners with drinking water test levels above 10 parts per million of nitrate. The department would like to offer the following clarifications regarding the program’s requirements:

Reinke Manufacturing has recognized Beck’s Well & Irrigation in Ainsworth with a Reinke’s Diamond Pride award for their performance in the last year. “Reinke is honored to work with Beck’s Well & Irrigation to help them serve the growers in their area,” said Chris Roth, Reinke president.

The Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association has announced its Hall of Fame inductees for the Class of 2023! The NSWCA was created in 1975 by a group of wrestling coaches headed by Jim Holechek of Lincoln East. Holechek and others envisioned an organization of wrestling coaches dealing specifically with wrestling and not under the umbrella of the Nebraska Coaches Association.

For the third time this winter, north central Nebraska has been hit with a big snow storm. The storm that swept through the area on Wednesday, January 18th dropped over 15 inches of snow in parts of Brown County.

On January 18th, Governor Jim Pillen, accompanied by several state senators including members of the Revenue Committee, announced six priority bills for the Legislative session aimed at transforming Nebraska’s tax code, making our state’s tax system more competitive with other states, improving workforce development, and providing parents and their children additional choices for education.

Brown County Commissioner Buddy Small reported the Sand Draw Creek Bridge project is slated to start the week of January 30, 2023. Small said the installation of the bridge abutments will be the first phase.