Summer Orientation About Rivers (SOAR) kicked off the 2026 season with the first of two week-long camps last week.
Hampton Village Board.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners.
Aurora choir teacher Jason Frew, shown on the large scoreboard, performed the National Anthem during the Savannah Bananas baseball game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City July 4.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Walking out on the field at the height of excitement for the Fourth of July and the Savannah Bananas in Iowa City, Aurora choir teacher Jason Frew was just as eager to perform the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the next level.
Regenerative agriculture is about working with nature – enhancing soil health, boosting biodiversity and building resilience – to create ecological wins and put money in the bank.
David Vetter (right), CEO of Grain Place Foods, leads a tour of the organic farm near Marquette during a Field Day in 2023. Tours of both the farm and the processing facility will be part of the morning session of the 2026 Field Day on July 18.
Emma Bullerman admits that there was a period where she thought she wanted to get out of Nebraska. Through her work at Prairie Plains, she’s come to fall back in love with her home state and is committed to following in her father’s footsteps to keep its ecosystems healthy.
For several decades, East Park Villa resident Bonnie Jones worked in nursing at Bryan Hospital in Lincoln, Memorial Community Health and Hamilton Manor in Aurora.
Weekday lunch meals are one of the most important programs of the senior center. In the last fiscal year more than 16,000 meals were served either on-site or through the Meals on Wheels program.
One of the holes golfers can expect at Saturday’s Hunter “HD” Hogan Foundation event is No. 6, where they will need to mount a saddle before taking their first swing.
Phil Fendt, left, and Lucas Wood won top honors as championship bracket winners at this year’s Member/Guest Tournament at Poco Creek Golf Course.
Sawyer Kiner (middle) celebrates with his teammates after launching a three-run homer to lift the Aurora Cooperative Post 42 Juniors team to a 5-1 win over Central City at the B-4 district tournament in York Monday.
Peyton Graham tossed a complete game winner for the Pinnacle Bank Seniors in a 5-3 win over Doniphan-Trumbull. Graham was also honored pregame as a Senior player, joined by his mother, Becky Graham, as well as aunt and uncle Shelly and Paul Graham.
