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It is official, Carter Nelson has signed a National Letter of Intent to play football for the University of Nebraska on Wednesday, December 20th. Sided by his parents, Jake and Sandi Nelson and sister, Kaitlyn and surrounded by coaches and members of the 2023 Bulldog Football Team, Nelson signed his Letter of Intent.

Nebraska’s minimum wage will increase to $12.00 per hour effective January 1, 2024. In accordance with an initiative passed by voters in November of 2022, the minimum wage will increase $1.50 each year through 2026, followed by an annual cost of living increase beginning in 2027. The minimum hourly wage for tipped employees is $2.13 per hour. Employers are responsible for ensuring that wages and tips combined equal at least the minimum wage.

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Ainsworth Irrigation Dist. Board Mtg.

As my final session in the legislature is about to begin, I am busy making sure I leave the legislature better than I found it. There is one thing I know for certain: Nebraska’s future energy policy should not be based on “renewable” energy. In every case, it makes our electric grid more fragile and makes electricity in Nebraska cost more, to say nothing of what it does to the good people of Nebraska.

Legislative Leaders Want to Change the Way They Do Business A change is gonna come. Leaders of the Nebraska Legislature want to streamline the process and perhaps change a few rules during the upcoming short session to avoid the mess of last year’s 90day struggle.

Did difficult weather this year cause your hay to be baled too wet or silage chopped too dry? Now that hay and silage has heated and turned brown, how should you feed these forages? Hay baled too wet or silage chopped to dry can get excessively hot and cause certain chemical reactions to occur. These chemical reactions and the heat that produces them will darken your forage and make it smell sweet like caramel.

An informational meeting was held recently with members of the Nebraska Antique Farming Association (NAFA), local media and the Ainsworth Chamber of Commerce to discuss the Tractor Relay Across Nebraska (TRAN) coming to the area during the summer of 2024.

Secretary of State Bob Evnen issued the following statement regarding the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court in Anderson v. Griswold.

Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for November 2023 is 2.3 percent, seasonally adjusted. The rate is up 0.1 percentage points from the October 2023 rate of 2.2 percent and is down 0.4 percentage points from the November 2022 rate of 2.7 percent.