Grant Stec, 2020 AHS graduate, expanded his business Stec Lawn Care to include underground sprinkler services last spring. He declined a second basketball scholarship at Northeast Community College to ...

Taylor Allen, a senior at Ainsworth High School, will be working at the this school year as a COE student. “As I am a senior at AHS, I have the opportunity to COE at the Ainsworth Star-Journal with a ...

The 2023 National High School Rodeo was held in Gillette, WY on July 16th - 22nd. Kieley Walz of Ainsworth, representing Nebraska and the KBR Rodeo Club, won the Breakaway Roping with a total run of 6 ...

The Ainsworth Ministerial Association hosted a Community Picnic Music Event at East City Park in Ainsworth on Friday, July 28th. The event was free for everyone with attendees asked to bring a salad ...

Following hearings to allow the public to speak about the proposed budget for 2024-25, the Brown County Commissioners approved a $25.52 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year at their regular ...

During the Ainsworth High School Academic Awards Tuesday, seniors Hannah Beel and Preselyn Goochey received the annual Principal’s Leadership Awards. Emma Kennedy was selected to be the senior class ...

The 2024 Brown County Fair Open Horse Show was held on Saturday, August 31st. Following are the results for the Performance Classes: 2 and 3 Year Old Snaffle Bit: 1.

As students were ushered into the open doors of Ainsworth Community Schools on August 15th, they were met with bright new faces eager to be a part of their educational journey. There are seven new ...

I believe in the future of Agriculture… but, I have not always believed that agriculture is the future of our generation. From the seeds that FFA has planted in me my freshman year to the flourished ...

During Brown County District Court proceedings Tuesday, Mitchell Philben, age 27, of Valentine, entered pleas of guilty to two felony charges, including attempted use of a deadly weapon to commit a ...

A regular meeting of the Brown County Hospital (BCH) Board of Trustees was held Monday, October 28, 2024. The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Kirk Peterson with board members John Gross, ...

The Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB), Board of Directors and staff, recognized Scott Erthum, Ainsworth, with a 2024 Achievement Level VII award. The award was presented to Scott Erthum ...