This week's top stories

  • Pictured at a Friday ceremony honoring local truck drivers are, front from left: David Zelnio, Nebraska Trucking Association; truck driver Carl Mohler; Nancy Larson with the Aurora Cooperative. Back from left: Chamber board member Alan Anderson; Chamber director Justise Rhoden; Aurora Mayor Marlin Seeman.
    Pictured at a Friday ceremony honoring local truck drivers are, front from left: David Zelnio, Nebraska Trucking Association; truck driver Carl Mohler; Nancy Larson with the Aurora Cooperative. Back from left: Chamber board member Alan Anderson; Chamber director Justise Rhoden; Aurora Mayor Marlin Seeman.
  • Kris Newquist and Jeff Schneider stand in the recently completed kitchen in the home they are currently renovating. The couple wanted to bring in a pop of color through yellow accents.
    Kris Newquist and Jeff Schneider stand in the recently completed kitchen in the home they are currently renovating. The couple wanted to bring in a pop of color through yellow accents.
  • Sawyer Decker debates different pieces of stained glass as she looks over her many choices at D & M Stained Glass Designs display.
    Sawyer Decker debates different pieces of stained glass as she looks over her many choices at D & M Stained Glass Designs display.
  • Aurora senior Kassidy Hudson saves a ball from hitting the floor during the Lady Huskies’ 3-1 match victory over Adams Central. Hudson was the leading attacker in the match, totaling 19 kills.
    Aurora senior Kassidy Hudson saves a ball from hitting the floor during the Lady Huskies’ 3-1 match victory over Adams Central. Hudson was the leading attacker in the match, totaling 19 kills.
  • Aurora 7th graders, and some of their parents, participated in Saturday’s Math Walk.
    Aurora 7th graders, and some of their parents, participated in Saturday’s Math Walk.

Local truck driver honored, thanked for vital role.
Nearly every aspect of daily life is made possible in part because a truck driver delivered the goods and resources people need.

Couple brings new life to well-known home.
Some people plan for years to find and purchase their ideal home, but for Jeff Schneider and Kris Newquist one conversation led them down that life-changing path.

Artists featured in Aurora.
A cool and breezy Saturday morning rustled the tents that surrounded the courthouse as the sound of conversation, music and laughter filled the square.

Hudson’s hustle carries Aurora to victory.
You have to feed the hand that’s hot, and that was certainly Kassidy Hudson last week.

Math Walk engages kids, families.
Seventh grade math teacher Scott Phillips had a lofty goal at the start of this school year -- create outdoor opportunities for his class to spread out and do some math; engage families in the process; and, perhaps long term, erase some of the “right brain, left brain” stigma that convinces some people they aren’t good at math.