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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is seeking public input on potential changes to elk management unit boundaries. The purpose is to help distribute hunters appropriately and increase elk harvest in areas where increased harvest is desired.

When people talk about skin cancer the type that most people think about is melanoma. This skin cancer follows the ABCDE rules for diagnosis. A – Asymmetry, B – irregular Border, C – more than 1 Color, D – Diameter more than 6 mm, and E – expanding in size. However, these rules will not help find the most common type of skin cancer called a basal cell carcinoma.

Another year has come and gone. The Ainsworth Star-Journal will be providing stories that made the news during 2022 in the next few weeks.

For the third year, the Ainsworth United Methodist Church offered a Christmas dinner on December 25th for area residents. What started in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic has now turned into a tradition.

Ainsworth Area Chamber of Commerce held its final drawing for the Chamber Bucks Giveaway on Friday, December 23rd. Each winner will receive $50.00 each for shopping at an Ainsworth Chamber of Commerce participating store.

This year’s class for KBR Leadership Academy met last Wednesday for their session that took a deeper dive into government. Despite the cold and snow outside the Internal Design building where they met in Springview, participants warmly greeted speakers to fill the day with breakout groups and discussions.

It’s a New Year and There’s a Whole Lotta New Going On Welcome to 2023, a new year with a whole lotta new going on at the State Capitol. There’s a new governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor and 14 new state senators assuming leadership roles in the Republican dominated Nebraska government.

This is my last weekly update of 2022. The first session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature will be in session next Wednesday. First sessions are long (ninety legislative days). We have a new governor, and attorney general to be sworn in, along with sixteen new senators. Quite a few senior legislative staff positions will also see new people assigned to those roles. The learning curve for a lot of senior people will be quite steep.

Sounds like the new year is going to greet us with cold temperatures and more snow. Typing this on Sunday, New Year’s Day, according to Weatherbug, it looks like we have some cold temperatures and snow (estimated anywhere from 6” - 18”) headed our way the first part of the week.

Brown County Report December 25 - 31, 2022 Sunday,December 25th Responded to a report of vandalism that occurred to an apartment window on Hall Street in Ainsworth. This is an ongoing investigation.