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Veterans Day programs have been scheduled at local schools.

Veterans Day programs have been scheduled at local schools.

Veterans Day programs planned at area schools

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Hamilton County Schools are preparing their annual Veterans Day programs. Each school will recognize the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting and serving their country with special assemblies of students and the public.
Cast members react during an emotional scene while Bartley, a lead character in “Riders to the Sea” played by Sam Elge, lies dead on the table.

Cast members react during an emotional scene while Bartley, a lead character in “Riders to the Sea” played by Sam Elge, lies dead on the table.

Aurora’s One-Act hoping to raise the bar

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The curtain can’t rise soon enough on the 2023 season for Aurora’s One-Act team, a larger than usual ensemble of nearly 50 students hoping to raise the bar on the Huskies theater program.
APS Foundation creates new Student/Family Success Fund

APS Foundation creates new Student/Family Success Fund

APS Foundation creates new Student/Family Success Fund

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The Aurora Public Schools Foundation announced this week the creation of a new Student/Family Success Fund, which as the name implies is designed to help local families meet basic financial needs in hopes of removing barriers that might impede student education.
The annual ANR Salute to Veterans

The annual ANR Salute to Veterans

Saluting our veterans

News Staff
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The C section of this week's ANR print and e-editions is dedicated to local veterans for their sacrifice and service. Leading off the section is an article featuring Rev. David Feddern who served as a nuclear missile launch control officer in the missile fields of the west during the Cold War.
A vacant lot south of East Park Villa, which can be seen on the left, will soon be renovated to have permanent pickleball and bocce ball courts for use throughout the year.

A vacant lot south of East Park Villa, which can be seen on the left, will soon be renovated to have permanent pickleball and bocce ball courts for use throughout the year.

New community park planned by Bremer Center

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The Bremer Community Center in Aurora is working to start the construction on its southeast lot to build a private park for people within the community.
These are the charred remains of a Case tractor that was destroyed by fire Thursday on a field northeast of Aurora.

These are the charred remains of a Case tractor that was destroyed by fire Thursday on a field northeast of Aurora.

Tractor destroyed by fire during harvest

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Debris caught fire underneath the cab of a Case-IH tractor harvesting corn Thursday evening northeast of Aurora, starting a blaze that destroyed the tractor and burned a small area of the field.
Dream Designs Bridal Shop owner Deanna Powell stands next to one of the nearly 800 dresses in her shop. She recently learned that the building her shop has occupied for over 20 years was built by a seamstress at the turn of the 20th Century.

Dream Designs Bridal Shop owner Deanna Powell stands next to one of the nearly 800 dresses in her shop. She recently learned that the building her shop has occupied for over 20 years was built by a seamstress at the turn of the 20th Century.

Downtown building home to two dressmakers 100 years apart

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
When she talks about her life-long passion and career as a seamstress, Deanna Powell, owner of Dream Designs Bridal Shop on the north side of the square in Aurora, speaks with a sense of destiny and even divine purpose.
Sen. Loren Lippincott stands in front of a T38 fighter pilot training jet on display. During his days as a U.S. Air Force Top Gun he flew T38s in pilot training and fighter lead in training.

Sen. Loren Lippincott stands in front of a T38 fighter pilot training jet on display. During his days as a U.S. Air Force Top Gun he flew T38s in pilot training and fighter lead in training.

What it takes to become a ‘Top Gun’

News Staff
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Editor’s note: The following article was written by Dist. 34 Sen. Loren Lippincott, who became a Top Gun F-16 fighter pilot during his service in the U.S. Air Force.
A front page photo in the April 15, 1973 News-Register shows Cliff Williams, president of International Sensor Systems, breaking ground for the ISSI plant in the Aurora Industrial Park.

A front page photo in the April 15, 1973 News-Register shows Cliff Williams, president of International Sensor Systems, breaking ground for the ISSI plant in the Aurora Industrial Park.

Williams vision endures 50 years later

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Fifty years after Giltner native Cliff Williams founded a tech-based company in Aurora, his vision lives on.Though the founder died in 2010, the company he created is celebrating its golden anniversary in a year highlighted by tremendous change.
Dirt work on the Specialty Ag Formulations facility began several weeks ago at the Mission Critical site, though the project started to go vertical this week as crews laid the foundation and began working on the walls.

Dirt work on the Specialty Ag Formulations facility began several weeks ago at the Mission Critical site, though the project started to go vertical this week as crews laid the foundation and began working on the walls.

Mission Critical permit 2nd largest in city’s history

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The largest single building permit issued in 16 years at Aurora City Hall, and the second largest on record in the city’s history, boosted October’s construction total by more than $12 million.A project which drew Gov.