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Open House of New Ambulance Barn and Celebrating 50 Years of Service in the Brown County Area
Reminiscent of 2019, County Checking Roads for Washouts
Two Tornadoes Touch Down in Rural Brown County

Ainsworth Women’s Golf League
Ainsworth Women’s Golf League
Nebraska High School Rodeo Athletes Qualify for National High School Rodeo Finals

Open House of New Ambulance Barn and Celebrating 50 Years of Service in the Brown County Area

Celebrating Our Past and Forging Our Future! Brown County Ambulance Association is celebrating their 50th Anniversary with an Open House Celebration at their new ambulance barn at the corner of 3rd and Walnut Streets on Saturday, June 29th from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served while members of Brown County Ambulance Association proudly share their history and inform the pubic of the service they provide and excel in as well as information about how to join and become an emergency service provider for your community.
Reminiscent of 2019, County Checking Roads for Washouts

An isolated supercell developed along a warm front and remained nearly stationary for nearly two hours during the early evening hours on Thursday, June 20, 2024 from Ainsworth to Long Pine. The supercell produced at least two brief tornadoes along with heavy rains that washed out at least one road and flooded many others south of Ainsworth and Long Pine.
Sandhill Precision Rifle Club Holds 2nd Annual Sandhills Shootout

The Sandhills Precision Rifle Club held its 2nd Annual Sandhills Shootout on June 15th west of Johnstown, NE. The 2nd Annual Sandhills Shootout was sponsored by Zeiss, a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846.
Two Ainsworth Middle School Student Projects Compete at National History Day

On Monday, June 10th, four students from Ainsworth Middle School participated at the national level of the National History Day (NHD) competition in College Park, Maryland. One of those projects, a performance by sixth grade students, Keith Munnu, Max Hasenohr, and Paul Denny, was named the outstanding junior entry from the state of Nebraska.
American Legion Performs Unserviceable Flags Ceremony

Each year, Ainsworth’s American Legion Post #79 conducts an Unserviceable Flag Ceremony on Flag Day. The Legion welcomes everyone with an unserviceable flag to drop it off at the Legion Post or get it to one of the Legion members and they will dispose of it properly. The ceremony was held at the Legion Post in Ainsworth on Friday, June 14th.