This week's top stories

  • Pickleball player Heidi Rose participated in the game demonstration on Saturday morning during A’ROR’N days.
    Pickleball player Heidi Rose participated in the game demonstration on Saturday morning during A’ROR’N days.
  • Working towards completing her residency, Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves is now working in Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Working towards completing her residency, Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves is now working in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • The red team’s Jett Hanna (left) and Liam Loveland (middle) help one another corral a grounder up the middle with some help from their teammate, Hoyt Anderson, in the background.
    The red team’s Jett Hanna (left) and Liam Loveland (middle) help one another corral a grounder up the middle with some help from their teammate, Hoyt Anderson, in the background.
  • The City of Aurora annexed 20 acres of the Mission Critical property, which is located on the Hwy 14 corridor by the 'Welcome to Aurora' sign.
    The City of Aurora annexed 20 acres of the Mission Critical property, which is located on the Hwy 14 corridor by the 'Welcome to Aurora' sign.

    Pickleball catching on fast in Aurora

    As people are looking for more ways to become active, pickleball has become increasingly popular as a go-to form of movement. Being a cross between tennis, ping pong and badminton, pickleball is an activity that keeps the player engaged while still having fun. Aurora’s Mike Allen shares why he thinks the sport is booming.

     

    Hometown girl follows path from farmlife to neurosurgery

    From a small farm to Harvard Medical School, Aurora native Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves has seen it all. 
    After graduating from Aurora in 2012, she has spent the last 11 years pursuing her schooling and an incredibly successful career as a neurosurgeon. Now preparing to begin her neurosurgery residency in Salt Lake City, she paused to reflect on her time post-Aurora.

     

    Aces of the summertime diamond

    Youth baseball teams wrapped up the 2023 summer season last week, but not before ANR sports editor Richard Rhoden captured some of the fun and pure emotion of youngsters playing America's pastime. Check out a full picture page of action in this week's ANR.
     
     

    City OKs annexation of Mission Critical First Addition site

    The Aurora City Council approved the third and final reading last week of a proposal to annex 20 acres in the Mission Critical property on Highway 14 into the city limits. As explained during the ordinance’s first reading in May, Mission Critical is a project initiated by the Aurora Development Corporation to attract ag-based businesses to a 136-acre site near the “Welcome to Aurora” sign on the east side of the I-80 corridor.