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The 2024 Nebraska General Election is Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The 2024 Nebraska General Election is Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Election reporting to be delayed

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Because of an unprecedented number of write-in candidates and the new voter ID law, county officials are saying even unofficial results from next week’s General Election will not be available for those races on election night as has usually been the case in past elections.
Two of the 12th Street Cinema’s three paid staff members are shown here in the theater lobby. Brooke Johnson and Jonathan Dyer are responsible for selling tickets, opening and closing the theater each weekend, managing concessions and clean up. Not pictured is the theater’s manager Sheryl Hall.

Two of the 12th Street Cinema’s three paid staff members are shown here in the theater lobby. Brooke Johnson and Jonathan Dyer are responsible for selling tickets, opening and closing the theater each weekend, managing concessions and clean up. Not pictured is the theater’s manager Sheryl Hall.

12th Street Cinema celebrates silver anniversary

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
This month Aurora’s 12th Street Cinema is celebrating a quarter century of bringing first run movies to town and doing it not to make money, but as a public service.
HPC’s Ayden Hans (81) and Hudson Urkoski signal Storm football after a Lawrence-Nelson fumble early in the game. Urkoski would come up with two turnovers on his own merit -- an interception and fumble recovery.

HPC’s Ayden Hans (81) and Hudson Urkoski signal Storm football after a Lawrence-Nelson fumble early in the game. Urkoski would come up with two turnovers on his own merit -- an interception and fumble recovery.

HPC survives playoff thriller

Richard Rhoden
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
For three quarters, High Plains and Lawrence-Nelson played a defensive slobberknocker with 12 combined points. An offensive explosion broke out in the fourth quarter before one final defensive stand won the game for the Storm.
Josh Roehrs, a 2013 Hampton graduate, is a mechanic at Grosshans International while still getting his hands dirty on the farm.

Josh Roehrs, a 2013 Hampton graduate, is a mechanic at Grosshans International while still getting his hands dirty on the farm.

Ag-related jobs foundational to local economy

Staff Reports
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
With more than 20 percent of total employment in Nebraska being tied to the agricultural economy in some way, the ag workforce accounts for a huge part of the state’s 1.14 million-strong employment base.
The east side of the KAAPA ethanol plant at Aurora West as it appeared the morning after an explosion rocked the grain elevator side of the facility last Tuesday night. The corn dust explosion is believed to have been caused by the failure of a bearing in the elevator’s grain leg.

The east side of the KAAPA ethanol plant at Aurora West as it appeared the morning after an explosion rocked the grain elevator side of the facility last Tuesday night. The corn dust explosion is believed to have been caused by the failure of a bearing in the elevator’s grain leg.

Explosion rocks ethanol plant

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Grain dust touched off by heat from a bearing failure is believed to have been the cause of an explosion that rocked the KAAPA ethanol plant at Aurora West last Tuesday evening.
This commemorative booklet was published following the Pioneer Days celebration. It contains numerous photos of the parade floats and other entries as well as poems and readings that were delivered during the celebration. It concludes with a list of 362 people who registered at the 1924 event as original Hamilton County pioneers. To qualify for the list, individuals had to have been 21 years of age or older in 1884.

This commemorative booklet was published following the Pioneer Days celebration. It contains numerous photos of the parade floats and other entries as well as poems and readings that were delivered during the celebration. It concludes with a list of 362 people who registered at the 1924 event as original Hamilton County pioneers. To qualify for the list, individuals had to have been 21 years of age or older in 1884.

Remembering ‘Pioneer Days’ celebration from October, 1924

News Staff
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
One hundred years ago, on October 8-9, 1924, Hamilton County hosted the biggest celebration in its history up to that point.
Edgerton educator Deb Miller shows students a Cooper’s hawk that has been rehabilitated after being found next to the Edgerton. The hawk was released back into the wild last Wednesday afternoon.

Edgerton educator Deb Miller shows students a Cooper’s hawk that has been rehabilitated after being found next to the Edgerton. The hawk was released back into the wild last Wednesday afternoon.

Edgerton students standby for hawk release

Elizabeth Hunter
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Students at the Edgerton Explorit Center’s Afterschool Club were treated to a special send off as they witnessed the successful release of a Cooper’s hawk back into the wild.The launch was done with care by Edgerton educator and Raptor Recovery volunteer Deb Miller.
Aurora native Jessica (Vincik) Piskorski sits at her desk in Ord.

Aurora native Jessica (Vincik) Piskorski sits at her desk in Ord.

Jessica (Vincik) Piskorski has a passion for helping clients

Elizabeth Hunter
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
As a small town attorney working in Ord, Aurora native Jessica (Vincik) Piskorski says what she enjoys most about her career is helping clients manage their estates and assets.“Helping people is what I like the most,” Piskorski said.
This sign has been posted on the doors of the Hamilton County Courthouse since the closure of the Aurora DMV drivers license office early last month.

This sign has been posted on the doors of the Hamilton County Courthouse since the closure of the Aurora DMV drivers license office early last month.

County hears ‘crickets’ from state DMV regarding license office closure

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
“Crickets!” That’s how Hamilton County officials described on Monday the level of communication from the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) since the abrupt closure of the Aurora drivers license office at the courthouse a month and a half ago.