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The Aurora City Council approved a $16.03 million budget last week, outlining a fiscal plan which decreases spending by a projected $230,000 though the overall budget is up 6 percent, due in large part to an influx of COVID relief funding.

The Aurora City Council approved a $16.03 million budget last week, outlining a fiscal plan which decreases spending by a projected $230,000 though the overall budget is up 6 percent, due in large part to an influx of COVID relief funding.

Projects boost city’s budget

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The Aurora City Council approved a $16.03 million budget last week, outlining a fiscal plan which decreases spending by a projected $230,000 though the overall budget is up 6 percent, due in large part to an influx of COVID relief funding.
Haley VanDeWalle (left) stands with a rescuer from Zeus’ Place and Capital Humane Society employees Hillary Brandt, Emily Offner and Lindsay Thompson as the prepare for the journey back to Nebraska.

Haley VanDeWalle (left) stands with a rescuer from Zeus’ Place and Capital Humane Society employees Hillary Brandt, Emily Offner and Lindsay Thompson as the prepare for the journey back to Nebraska.

Love of pets takes VanDeWalle to New Orleans

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Haley VanDeWalle has always known that she was going to work with animals. From attaining her veterinary technician degree, working at a pet store and finally becoming the behavioral coordinator for Capital Humane Society in Lincoln she has strived to help animals throughout her young life.
Rollie Carter

Rollie Carter

Former AHS principal, coach left a lasting impact

News Staff
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Rollie Carter was tough but fair, according to so many who worked with him and attended Aurora Public Schools during his tenure. He raised the bar of expectations for everyone around him and is credited for helping create a winning culture. Carter died Thursday at the age of 84.
Participants on the ethanol plant tour pass around a sample of corn oil, one of several by-products produced at the Aurora facility.

Participants on the ethanol plant tour pass around a sample of corn oil, one of several by-products produced at the Aurora facility.

This week's top stories

News Staff
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Corn Growers tour ethanol plant Members of the Hamilton County Corn Growers Association took the first of several planned agritourism visits last week, spending two hours getting an up-close and detailed look at the ethanol plant on the west edge of Aurora.
Courtesy photo // This aerial view shows the Messiah Lutheran Church during its original construction in 1999.

Courtesy photo // This aerial view shows the Messiah Lutheran Church during its original construction in 1999.

A 50-year journey of faith in Aurora

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Faith to start a new church, grace to continue the plan and hope for the future will be the focus of a 50th anniversary celebration this weekend at Aurora’s Messiah Lutheran Church.
Aurora Huskies

Aurora Huskies

4R reviews, OKs budget increase

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Aurora 4R School Board discussed and approved its 2021-22 fiscal year budget Monday, and did so with an overall budget of $27,024,329, an increase of approximately $7.7 million over the estimated disbursements and transfers from last school year.
Fans on both sides of the field Friday in Hampton paused in silent tribute as senior Hawk football players carried an American flag across the field to be raised in honor of the 9/11 anniversary. Carrying the flag are from left: Michael McFarlane, Tyson Wolinski, Justin Gyhra and Austen Adams.

Fans on both sides of the field Friday in Hampton paused in silent tribute as senior Hawk football players carried an American flag across the field to be raised in honor of the 9/11 anniversary. Carrying the flag are from left: Michael McFarlane, Tyson Wolinski, Justin Gyhra and Austen Adams.

Remembering 9/11

Staff Reports
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Every American of age remembers precisely where they were and how they reacted when planes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty years later, the nation reflected on those painful memories and pondered how the world has changed since that fateful day.
Aurora Huskies

Aurora Huskies

4R board hears girls wrestling proposal

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Aurora wrestling coach and middle school physical education teacher Derek Keasling brought a crowd of supporters and a proposal to incorporate girls wrestling as an NSAA sanctioned sport at Aurora High School to Monday evening’s 4R school board meeting.
Hampton Hawks

Hampton Hawks

Hampton school budget approved

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Hampton School Board approved its 2021-22 budget Monday, a $5.48 million fiscal plan which includes a $95,596 increase in tax asking and a 1.7 percent increase in the tax levy. Supt.