City Attorney Ross Luzum (right) administers the oath of office to newly appointed Ward 3 Councilman Carl Smith on Tuesday.
Art Walk Aurora featured over 30 artists at the Hamilton County Courthouse lawn on Sunday with patrons of all ages getting a chance to see and buy the various art pieces on display. Casey Hollingsworth, the inventor of The Music Kitchen, showcases an instrument he made inspired by the Kora, a stringed instrument traditionally made in West Africa.
Brenda Groelz of Aurora has been appointed by The Leadership Center as its new executive director
YouTube creator Laura “Laura Farms” Wilson displays her children’s book, “Roger’s Hay Day” that will be released next month. The book was created in collaboration with FFA to introduce young children to different fields in agriculture.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Turning the page to a new adventure, Laura Wilson of Aurora, known to her hundreds of thousands of YouTube viewers as “Laura Farms,” is publishing her first children’s book. “Roger’s Hay Day,” a story about a little girl and an old tractor named Roger, will be released Oct.
For Nebraska farm families, safety isn’t just a policy. It’s a daily habit that protects the people who feed our state and nation.
Pictured from left are Seismi Animal Health’s James Hundt, Arable’s Martha Zwonitzer and Josh Jeske of Terraform Tillage.
Visitors have the opportunity to see UNL research in action at Husker Harvest Days this week, with new precision ag and crop monitoring demonstrations, expert resources, the Crop Skills Challenge and more.
Republican incumbent Gov. Jim Pillen invited local supporters to consider becoming “a blackshirt” during his campaign stop in Aurora last week, which would involve encouraging 11 people to get out and vote in the Nov. 3 General Election.
Vehicles line North Lincoln Avenue in downtown York in mid-August. Rural Nebraskans living in or near larger communities, over 5,000 residents, are more likely to say their community has changed for the better during the past year, according to the 2026 Nebraska Rural Poll. (Photo credit Liz McCue | University Communication and Marketing)
Elizabeth Mollard (right) assists with a water birth at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln on March 10, 2022. (Photo by Leslie Moon/Novita Birth Stories)
Aurora won in the trenches and defeated GINW for the sixth year in a row, 35-27.
Chloe Consbruck splits two Axtell defenders during Giltner's win over the Wildcats Tuesday.
Aurora senior Kash Kleinschmidt hauled in two touchdown catches as the Huskies downed Norris 30-21 Saturday afternoon. The game was postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon after rain and lightning continued throughout the night hours Friday.
