This week's top stories

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • In a photo taken in 1989 during his days of serving in the U.S. Air Force, David Feddern, right, is presented with a certificate recognizing his participation in the launch of a Minuteman III ballistic missile on July 11.
    In a photo taken in 1989 during his days of serving in the U.S. Air Force, David Feddern, right, is presented with a certificate recognizing his participation in the launch of a Minuteman III ballistic missile on July 11.
  • 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.
  • 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.

    Mission Critical permit 2nd largest in city’s history

    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.

     

    Downtown building home to two dressmakers 100 years apart

    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. So last spring when she learned something new about the building that has been her business location for the past 23 years, she had the feeling she was meant to be there. 

     

    What it takes to become a ‘Top Gun’

    District 34 Sen. Loren Lippincott recounts his journey to becoming F16 fighter pilot during his service in the U.S. Air Force and details the process one must go through to achieve that status. 

     

    Cold War Air Force veteran David Feddern talks about Veterans Day

    For Rev. David Feddern, Nov. 11 is a day that brings out deep emotion rooted in a profound respect and admiration for his fellow veterans. That attitude was forged in his early years of growing up on a farm near Pierce and grew as he served his country as a U.S. Air Force nuclear missileer. 
     

    Williams vision endures 50 years later

    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. 
     

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