New look Big Ten

I have to admit, there were some mixed feelings on my end when the new Big Ten football schedule was released for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. With USC and UCLA set to join the conference and make it a 16-team mega-group, there will no longer be an east and west division.

Deer incident needs analysis

Dear Editor:Page A2 of the June 7 issue of the News-Register has an article about a deer jumping through the windows of a business/residence. I believe the situation needs an analysis. According to the article, a call came in about deer running loose is town.

Phillips on a roll with new housing, restaurant

In case you hadn’t noticed, things are happening these days in Phillips.The small village on the western edge of Hamilton County is on a bit of a roll now, riding a wave of momentum sparked by a new housing subdivision launched smack dab in the middle of a pandemic.

‘It was no surprise to us’

Saturday night had enough local flair to make it feel like an early fall evening on the Aurora turf. Carlos Collazo was running through people. Jack Allen had quarterbacks running for their lives. Coach Kyle Peterson was calling run plays. Coach Cole Ashby called for stout defensive pressure.

Guide magazine offers Reader’s Digest look at Hamilton County

“Discover Hamilton County.”That’s the front page greeting on one of the county’s most comprehensive marketing pieces, which is hot off the press this week in the form of an 88-page full-color magazine.

Please support Can-Care-A-Van

Dear Editor:We would like to encourage everyone to support the 19th annual Channel 10/11 Can-Care-A-Van in Hamilton County on Tuesday, June 6. It is held at the Hamilton County Food Pantry located at 12th and N in Aurora from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Mother Nature has a cruel sense of humor

Rain, or lack of it, is the hottest topic in town.Weather is always an easy ice-breaker here in the Midwest, but when it’s desperately dry outside some folks find it hard to think of anything else. And with reason. You can see the stress in area farmers’ faces.

Scorched-earth political strategy reflects inability to disagree

It’s been hard to watch the Nebraska Legislature in action this session, regardless of your political perspective, a sad scenario punctuated by Friday’s emotional vote regarding proposals involving abortion rights and trans rights.

Charles in charge across the pond

As the newly self-appointed Official Royal Correspondent for Hamilton County, and possessing all the hubris of one who has no qualifications to take on this mantle, I’d like to talk to you about King Charles III, his coronation and his family.

‘Sunshine can be deadly’ a hard sell to youngsters

It looked like just another mole to me. The small brown spot on my lower right cheek would have gone unnoticed by most people, but in fact it was an example of the most common form of all human cancers.