The week in pictures

  • Work continues on the north end of 1st Street
    Work continues on the north end of 1st Street
  • Pictured above with the awards are (from left) drum majors Tajel Lents and Savanna James and Micole Yockey, color guard captain.
    Pictured above with the awards are (from left) drum majors Tajel Lents and Savanna James and Micole Yockey, color guard captain.
  • Triniti Uhrmacher gets flowers and a hug from teammate Hailey Hoff.
    Triniti Uhrmacher gets flowers and a hug from teammate Hailey Hoff.
  • Savannah James takes her place as a drum major shortly after being crowned Aurora Homecoming Queen
    Savannah James takes her place as a drum major shortly after being crowned Aurora Homecoming Queen
  • On Monday evening a combine harvests the parts of a corn field southeast of Marquette not charred by a field fire Sunday afternoon.
    On Monday evening a combine harvests the parts of a corn field southeast of Marquette not charred by a field fire Sunday afternoon.

    Progress continues on 1st Street, where the east lane of the street has been poured from the Highway 34 intersection south to Park Lane. The concrete was allowed time to cure, with the plans now to complete the west portion of the street this week, weather permitting.

    The Aurora Marching Huskies competed for the first time at the Bennington Marching Festival on Saturday with the band, drum line and color guard all receiving superior ratings. In addition, the color guard was named Best Overall Color Guard.

    Thursday was Senior Night for Aurora Lady Huskies, where senior members of the cheerleading squad, volleyball and golf teams were introduced. Look for more photos of the recognition event on page A10 of this week's print or e-editions.

    Aurora senior Savanna James had quite the 20-minute halftime during Aurora’s Homecoming festivities Friday night. James was crowned Homecoming queen alongside king Brett Mellies and just seconds later took her place as one of the drum majors for the Husky band’s performance. Look for more Aurora Homecoming photos on Pages A6 and A6 of this week's paper.

    Fire crews from Marquette, Aurora and Hampton all responded to a fire in a mostly unharvested corn field near the intersection of County Roads R and 20 Sunday afternoon. Marquette Fire Chief Dylan Christenson says the call came in at 2 p.m. He said while harvesters had started cutting in the field, the cause of the blaze is unknown at this time. Fire crews were on the scene for a little over an hour and three area farmers also showed up with tractors and disks to help in the fire suppression effort. Christenson estimates that about 40 acres of corn burned up.

    Lots more photos and all the latest local news and sports information can be found in the print or e-editions of this week's Aurora News-Register.