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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages producers and landowners to enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) starting next week through May 13, 2022. Grassland CRP provides a unique opportunity for farmers, ranchers, and agricultural landowners to keep land in agricultural production and supplement their income while improving their soils and permanent grass cover.

The Ainsworth and Long Pine Fire Departments responded to a fire at the hay processing area at Rolling Stone Feed Yard just before noon on Friday, April 8th. Hay was being ground into a hay pile and it appeared the hay caught fire during the grinding process, but no bearings on the hay grinder were bad, so the actual cause of the fire is unknown.

Spring turkey hunters are eager to get back in the woods again this year, but they should not be so eager they overlook safety. The archery season opened March 25th.

Ainsworth Area Chamber of Commerce met in regular session on Monday, April 4, 2022. President Ashlie Wright called the meeting to order at 5:53 p.m. Members in attendance: Sheena Farris, Brittany Martinsen, Ashlie Wright, Brenna Duester, Hunter Martin, Mallory Sansom, Katie Owen and secretary Jami Haskell.

I enjoy visiting with my colleagues who are medical specialists. We dive in and explore the depths of a particular condition. However, there is something to say about the breadth of knowledge that a family medicine physician is expected to have. Your family doctor can run through the alphabet of conditions from acne to the zika virus.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys.

April 3 - 9, 2022 Sunday, April 3rd Responded to a request for a welfare check for an Ainsworth resident. The individual was contacted and reported safe.

I would like to take this space to apologize to all of our readers. Even though it was tough to see in the picture of the AHS Senior Class on the Post Prom page of last week’s Ainsworth Star-Journal, there were at least three individuals making obscene gestures to the photographer and the picture got printed.

“Easter’s On Its Way” Youngsters in the area will be able to participate in two Easter Egg Hunts this weekend. Long Pine will be hosting one on Saturday, April 16th at 10:00 a.m.

LB 873 passed and was sent to the Governor this week. As far as tax relief in Nebraska goes, this is the biggest tax cut I have seen since I first came to the legislature in 2017. LB 873 passed because the senators in the revenue committee reached a compromise. There are a lot of different pieces to this bill from Senators Linehan, Friesen, Briese and Lindstrom.