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The four participants in the inaugural Educators Rising program at Aurora High School are backed by their teachers. Seated, from left, are juniors Cara Thomas, Briana Onnen, Jorja Pohlmeier and Lilli Champion. Standing are AHS teachers Rebecca Huls, Grace Samuelson and Lindsey Pohlmeier.

The four participants in the inaugural Educators Rising program at Aurora High School are backed by their teachers. Seated, from left, are juniors Cara Thomas, Briana Onnen, Jorja Pohlmeier and Lilli Champion. Standing are AHS teachers Rebecca Huls, Grace Samuelson and Lindsey Pohlmeier.

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Raising up home-grown teachers

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Two groups of high school students in Aurora and Hampton are getting an opportunity to see whether they might be cut out for a career in education and are receiving free college credits at the same time.
A pinnacle scene in the play featured train passengers scared and confused as movie starlet Isabella Madison (played by Jessica Rodrigeuz) falls over dead from being poisoned.

A pinnacle scene in the play featured train passengers scared and confused as movie starlet Isabella Madison (played by Jessica Rodrigeuz) falls over dead from being poisoned.

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Aurora High School learns whodunnit

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Noham Borie has become more confident learning English with the help of friends at Aurora High School.

Noham Borie has become more confident learning English with the help of friends at Aurora High School.

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Exchange student enthralled by Aurora’s hometown spirit

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Arriving all the way from France, Aurora High School senior Noham Borie described the preparations to make it into the United States as if he was going into outer space.“It’s like when you choose to be an astronaut,” Borie said.
The Easter Bunny poses for a photo with Olivia Bangs, center, and Tatum Stevens Saturday morning as Tempo Performing Arts Studio hosted a fundraising event to provide scholarships enabling more kids and families to participate.

The Easter Bunny poses for a photo with Olivia Bangs, center, and Tatum Stevens Saturday morning as Tempo Performing Arts Studio hosted a fundraising event to provide scholarships enabling more kids and families to participate.

Tempo Dance hosts family fundraiser

News Staff
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The Easter Bunny showed up early in Aurora to participate in a Tempo Performing Arts Studio fundraiser to provide scholarships so more kids and families can participate in the studio's programs. The event was held Saturday at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds. 
Jacque (Hattan) Carden cherishes her work at Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, in the Crisis Heart Center. After several years working for the University of Alabama, Birmingham, she now lives in Gretna with her husband, Trevor and her sons, James and Andrew.

Jacque (Hattan) Carden cherishes her work at Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, in the Crisis Heart Center. After several years working for the University of Alabama, Birmingham, she now lives in Gretna with her husband, Trevor and her sons, James and Andrew.

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A heart for home, healthcare

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
For Aurora native Jacque (Hattan) Carden, improving patient care has been a career-long mission, and now she has the added joy of living and working near both her sister and her parents.
Featured on the front cover of the ANR spring sports preview edition are from left, Keegan Chaney, Jace Dorsey, Jack Spiehs and Keelan Phillips.

Featured on the front cover of the ANR spring sports preview edition are from left, Keegan Chaney, Jace Dorsey, Jack Spiehs and Keelan Phillips.

ANR's 2024 Spring Sports Preview is here!

News Staff
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The fourth time was the charm for the Aurora baseball team, which is set to take Mitchell Field for the first time in 2024 after the 4R school board added baseball as a spring sport for boys last July.
Todd Vettel with International Workforce Service, right, is pictured with Deen Albert of Grand Island Express on a recent trade mission trip to Kenya.

Todd Vettel with International Workforce Service, right, is pictured with Deen Albert of Grand Island Express on a recent trade mission trip to Kenya.

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Locals see opportunity on trade mission to Kenya

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
After returning from a trade and investment mission to Kenya last month two business owners from Aurora say relationships are forming which could create generational change on one end and a much-needed employee pipeline on the other of what they envision as a win-win global partnership.
Jacque (Hattan) Carden cherishes her work at Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, in the Crisis Heart Center. After several years working for the University of Alabama, Birmingham, she now lives in Gretna with her husband, Trevor and her sons, James and Andrew.

Jacque (Hattan) Carden cherishes her work at Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, in the Crisis Heart Center. After several years working for the University of Alabama, Birmingham, she now lives in Gretna with her husband, Trevor and her sons, James and Andrew.

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News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
In a follow up to a recent “Where Are They Now?” featuring Aurora native Lindsay (Hattan) Gould, Elizabeth Hunter brings an article about her sister, Jacque Carden who works at the same Nebraska Children's hospital in Omaha.
The well head for the Village of Hampton’s newly dug test well sits in a grassy area between the parking lots at the ball park on the west side of town. Water from the well tested at over 15 for nitrates so it cannot be used for drinking water.

The well head for the Village of Hampton’s newly dug test well sits in a grassy area between the parking lots at the ball park on the west side of town. Water from the well tested at over 15 for nitrates so it cannot be used for drinking water.

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News Staff
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
High hopes for a timely and relatively cost-effective solution to Hampton’s ongoing water problems were dashed Monday night when it was announced that water test results from the recently-drilled test well came back showing high levels of nitrates.