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Lois Hixson, a 20-year Aurora educator, will leave the classroom for the last time at the end of the school year after a total of 34 years in education.

Lois Hixson, a 20-year Aurora educator, will leave the classroom for the last time at the end of the school year after a total of 34 years in education.

Hixson: ‘If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well’

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Lois Hixson has found success in everything she’s served up. The 20-year Auroran has gone by many different titles in her professional career, not limited to coach, friend, sponsor, adviser, mentor, mother and educator.
Author Jeff Barnes gives a presentation of early Nebraska history from a podium in the Alice M. Farr Library on April 18.

Author Jeff Barnes gives a presentation of early Nebraska history from a podium in the Alice M. Farr Library on April 18.

Author gives talk on the early, ‘mad’ years of Nebraska

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Author Jeff Barnes posited in his talk “Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory” that the first five years of the Nebraska territory were anything but mild. The history presentation by Friends of the Alice M.
Messiah Lutheran Church volunteers, also with a supervising dog, help put together playground equipment. After more than five years and $65,000, the playground will be open to members and the wider community.

Messiah Lutheran Church volunteers, also with a supervising dog, help put together playground equipment. After more than five years and $65,000, the playground will be open to members and the wider community.

Messiah Lutheran constructs new playground

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Messiah Lutheran Church is bringing playtime to church members and the wider community on the east side of Highway 14. Maintenance chair Troy McCain explained the journey to setting up a playground by the church to keep youth interested in the project.
Hamilton County Sheriff Jeromy McCoy escorts murder suspect Jeffrey Adams into county court during a preliminary hearing, Feb. 28. Adams appeared in court Thursday via Zoom, pleading not guilty to the charge of second degree murder.

Hamilton County Sheriff Jeromy McCoy escorts murder suspect Jeffrey Adams into county court during a preliminary hearing, Feb. 28. Adams appeared in court Thursday via Zoom, pleading not guilty to the charge of second degree murder.

Jeffrey Adams pleads not guilty

Kurt Johnson
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Jeffrey Adams pleaded not guilty Thursday to the charge of second degree murder, regarding the Feb. 26 death of his wife, Angela.
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ANR earns World-Herald, newspaper contest honors

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
The Aurora News-Register received the Omaha World-Herald’s Service to Community and Service to Agriculture awards Saturday and later earned distinction as a top newspaper in its circulation class at the Nebraska Press Association convention in Lincoln.
Karson, left, and Caden Meyer stand next to some of their 18 porta potties that can be rented out from their business, C and K Potties. The two high schoolers started the venture this year and have already found success with construction companies and providing for events.

Karson, left, and Caden Meyer stand next to some of their 18 porta potties that can be rented out from their business, C and K Potties. The two high schoolers started the venture this year and have already found success with construction companies and providing for events.

Meyer brothers invest in porta potty business

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Few teenagers are thrilled to take manual, dirty jobs, though brothers Karson and Caden Meyer have started C and K Potties as of last month and have already learned a lot from getting down and dirty.
Bands on the Bricks.

Bands on the Bricks.

Bands on Bricks request stirs ire over fair conflict

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
A county board vote to approve a liquor license request for a sixth season of Bands on the Bricks stirred debate Monday, not with the event itself but rather with scheduling a downtown concert on the same night live music is on the agenda at the Hamilton County Fair.
Two Aurora firefighters pour out water from hoses on burned ground after a ditch fire on S Road April 12. Fire Chief Tom Cox said the fire was started by lingering embers from before the burn ban and urged area residents to be vigilant even after fires are put out.

Two Aurora firefighters pour out water from hoses on burned ground after a ditch fire on S Road April 12. Fire Chief Tom Cox said the fire was started by lingering embers from before the burn ban and urged area residents to be vigilant even after fires are put out.

Fire chief warns of dangerous fire conditions

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Aurora volunteers firefighters fought a ditch fire on April 12 on S Road between 6 and 7 Roads, also responding to a mutual aid call on Highway 14 and 24 Road Friday night near Marquette.
Aurora native Lauren (Paschke) Weasel is shown with her family, including sons Judah and Leighton, daughter Isabelle and husband Dr. Jacob Weasel.

Aurora native Lauren (Paschke) Weasel is shown with her family, including sons Judah and Leighton, daughter Isabelle and husband Dr. Jacob Weasel.

Aurora native on board with husband’s life mission

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Aurora native Lauren (Paschke) Weasel will take steps on a life-time mission to set lofty goals and be part of a greater cause in the coming weeks, tracking her husband Jacob as he climbs to the top of Mount Everest on the other side of the globe.