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Courtesy photo // This aerial view shows the Messiah Lutheran Church during its original construction in 1999.

Courtesy photo // This aerial view shows the Messiah Lutheran Church during its original construction in 1999.

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A 50-year journey of faith in Aurora

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Faith to start a new church, grace to continue the plan and hope for the future will be the focus of a 50th anniversary celebration this weekend at Aurora’s Messiah Lutheran Church.
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4R reviews, OKs budget increase

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Aurora 4R School Board discussed and approved its 2021-22 fiscal year budget Monday, and did so with an overall budget of $27,024,329, an increase of approximately $7.7 million over the estimated disbursements and transfers from last school year.
Fans on both sides of the field Friday in Hampton paused in silent tribute as senior Hawk football players carried an American flag across the field to be raised in honor of the 9/11 anniversary. Carrying the flag are from left: Michael McFarlane, Tyson Wolinski, Justin Gyhra and Austen Adams.

Fans on both sides of the field Friday in Hampton paused in silent tribute as senior Hawk football players carried an American flag across the field to be raised in honor of the 9/11 anniversary. Carrying the flag are from left: Michael McFarlane, Tyson Wolinski, Justin Gyhra and Austen Adams.

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Remembering 9/11

Staff Reports
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Every American of age remembers precisely where they were and how they reacted when planes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty years later, the nation reflected on those painful memories and pondered how the world has changed since that fateful day.
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4R board hears girls wrestling proposal

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Aurora wrestling coach and middle school physical education teacher Derek Keasling brought a crowd of supporters and a proposal to incorporate girls wrestling as an NSAA sanctioned sport at Aurora High School to Monday evening’s 4R school board meeting.
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Hampton school budget approved

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Hampton School Board approved its 2021-22 budget Monday, a $5.48 million fiscal plan which includes a $95,596 increase in tax asking and a 1.7 percent increase in the tax levy. Supt.
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Giltner board approves ’21-22 budget

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Giltner School Board approved its budget for the 2021-22 school year during Monday’s regular monthly meeting, while also hearing concerns with statements made by local citizens at last month’s meeting regarding a lack of board transparency.  The tax levy went up 5 percent from last year’s rate.
Aurora's band plays the National Anthem during Friday's 9/11 tribute.

Aurora's band plays the National Anthem during Friday's 9/11 tribute.

Remembering 9/11

Kurt Johnson
Friday, September 10, 2021
Aurora High School students began the day Friday with a solemn tribute, citing the pledge and listening to the band play the National Anthem in honor of the 9/11 20th anniversary.
This archive photo, which hangs in the Hamilton Telecommunications corporate office, was taken while D.E. McGregor, one of the founding fathers of NCTC, was visiting the Hamilton office in Aurora on Sept. 22, 1921.

This archive photo, which hangs in the Hamilton Telecommunications corporate office, was taken while D.E. McGregor, one of the founding fathers of NCTC, was visiting the Hamilton office in Aurora on Sept. 22, 1921.

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News Staff
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Hamilton Telecommunications announces purchase of NCTC Hamilton Telecommunications announced Friday that it has finalized a purchase agreement with Nebraska Central Telephone Company and Nebraska Central Telecom, Inc.
Christine Bellis sits in the area of Estheva Skin & Body, her new spa located in downtown Aurora, dedicated to nails.

Christine Bellis sits in the area of Estheva Skin & Body, her new spa located in downtown Aurora, dedicated to nails.

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Estheva Skin & Body a new way to relax

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
During the hustle and bustle of everyday life, Christine Bellis discovered that many people have been neglecting a major part of themselves -- their skin. That is what led her to create Estheva Skin & Body, a new spa located at 1102 13th Street in Aurora.
Dist. 34 Sen. Curt Friesen doesn’t expect his district boundaries to change during a special legislative session which begins Monday.

Dist. 34 Sen. Curt Friesen doesn’t expect his district boundaries to change during a special legislative session which begins Monday.

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Sen. Friesen previews special session agenda

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Dist. 34 Sen. Curt Friesen doesn’t expect his district boundaries to change during a special legislative session which begins Monday, though he and others do expect some adjustments based on population trends reflected in the 2020 Census.