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Blaire Speck, the new 4-H Youth Development Extension Educator, will be serving Brown, Keya Paha and Rock Counties as well as Holt and Boyd Counties. Based in the Ainsworth office, she will travel to O’Neill.

Should We Even Consider a Two-House Legislature? Every session of the Nebraska Legislature features what promises to be a real clunker of a bill. This year’s prizewinner – so far – is a proposal to change from a unicameral to a two-house Legislature.

Thursday, the 26th of January at 1:30 p.m. I will introduce my constitutional-carry bill (LB 77) in room 1113 in front of the Judiciary Committee. This is my priority bill for the session. I have introduced bills on this subject every year of the six years I have been in the legislature.

“Month of January” The first month of 2023 is quickly slipping by. I’m not sure where it has gone, but I guess it provided a few snow days for everyone - school students and staff and several businesses closed or shortened hours because of the snow and wind.

Students from 92 high schools in Nebraska will participate in the annual Honor Band and Choral Clinic hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance. The January 30th event includes 558 high school music students who will work with UNK faculty and guest instructors before performing two public concerts at UNK’s Health and Sports Center.

Brown County Report January 16 - 21, 2023 Monday, January 16th Received two complaints of excessive dog barking on North Pine Street. Received a report of furniture falling out of a moving vehicle, east of Ainsworth, on Highway 20.

Summarized - All Cases Include $ 50.00 Court Cost Jericho D. Neal: Speeding 11-15 MPH, $75.00 Fine; Nebraska State Patrol - Trooper Schuyler J.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A bowhunting couple from Iowa has been sentenced to probation for conducting hunts at a central Nebraska guiding and hunting business where numerous people have been convicted for violating federal laws that prohibit the trafficking of wildlife.

The Ainsworth Lady Bulldogs lost 32-58 to North Bend Central Tigers for the C1-3 District Final on Friday, February 25th. The Ainsworth Bulldog Girls Basketball Team finished the 2021-22 season with a record of 179.

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