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Three River Communications has been awarded State Broadband Grant to expand fiber to rural Ainsworth, NE. The Nebraska Public Service Commission is paying out over $20 million in federal funds to help expand broadband in Nebraska.

Saturday evening, January 14th, the Ainsworth Area Chamber of Commerce held its Denim & Diamonds Gala. The event included a social hour, steak dinner, silent auction and presentation of outstanding business awards.

The Ainsworth City Council voted during their regular meeting on January 11th to send a letter to the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) to express their preference of using Pine Street to Road 877 for the detour route during the 2024 Main Street project.

Brown County District Court was in session on January 10,2023. The Honorable Mark D.

Last Saturday evening, January 14th, the Ainsworth Area Chamber of Commerce presented their Inaugural Gala “Denim to Diamonds.” The evening consisted of supper, outstanding award presentations, silent auction baskets and live music by the “High Heel Band”.

The 2023 legislative session is steaming ahead rapidly. As of this writing, 464 bills have been introduced, along with more than a dozen proposed constitutional amendments. With two more days of bill introduction remaining, I expect that a couple hundred more are inbound.

My observation from the opening days of the 108th Nebraska Legislature: “The fix is in!” Google it, information worth having as this highly partisan influenced session stumbles on. In the 20’s, when the term first surfaced, it meant the deal was done – probably in advance.

Central Community College has announced the names of full-time students who earned spots on the President’s and Dean’s honor lists for the 2022 fall semester. The students were enrolled at one or more CCC locations, which include the Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings campuses; Holdrege, Kearney and Lexington centers; and Ord Learning Center.

The Ainsworth High School Speech Team kicked off the season at the Valentine Icebreaker Tournament on Saturday, January 14th. Head Coach Heather Lutter stated, “This is a great meet to get the speakers into the swing of speech season. Everyone did a great job and improved their speeches along the way.” The team is looking forward to the Broken Bow Speech Invitational on Saturday, January 21st.