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Polk United Methodist Church members brought new games and cornhole sets for mentors and their mentees to play with. From left, Audrey Samuelson, Sharon Johnson, Pastor Duncan Ibuuri and Karen Stevens.
HPC TeamMates program receives ‘gifts from heart’
Elizabeth Hunter
The High Plains Community Schools’ TeamMates chapter hosted a lunch for mentees, their mentors and members of the Polk United Methodist Church as a thanks for the church’s $2,000 donation to the program Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Caleb Arnett arrives for his first court appearance in Dec. 2023
Arnett preliminary hearing delayed
Ron Burtz
March 19 has been set as the next time for Caleb Arnett of Aurora to be back in Hamilton County Court to face charges of first degree murder related to the stabbing death of his stepfather.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
ANR presents annual College Bound edition
This week's featured stories
News Staff
Exactly four years ago the world was about to enter a period of unprecedented chaos with the onset of a global pandemic.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Aurora native Trevor Dvorak, left, works with Dr. Haishi Cao and fellow student Madeline Riesberg in a UNK chemistry lab. Dvorak is one of several area students sharing how the COVID pandemic impacted his educational experience.
Dvorak says COVID was surreal for students, but didn’t impact his plan to become a physician
Kurt Johnson
Trevor Dvorak has always wanted to be a physician. A global pandemic that rocked the healthcare world didn’t deter the Aurora graduate, though looking back he said the COVID-19 era did cause disruption in what he remembers as a surreal time in his young life.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Hannah Preissler, a three-time state pole vault champion for Giltner, went on to compete for the Big Red over the last four years.
Preissler discovers career opportunity through lens
Richard Rhoden
Hannah Preissler remembers her senior year spring break from high school quite well. The 2020 Giltner graduate only wished it was under better circumstances.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Dylan Soule, a member of the High Plains Community Class of 2020, is set to graduate from Chadron State College this spring.
Soule shares unique Chadron State College experience
Richard Rhoden
March of 2020 wasn’t the best time for Dylan Soule. The former Storm standout athlete had just gotten his wisdom teeth removed. His first day back at school also just happened to be his last day of high school.“The spring semester of 2020 is a time no one will forget,” Soule shared.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Esperanza "Espie" Lesiak
College bound seniors reflect on COVID memories, impact
This year’s crop of high school seniors planning to graduate in May was just preparing to make the leap into high school when the COVID pandemic hit here in March of 2020.
Lydia Dose at her second high school graduation held in July of 2020.
Pandemic prompted change of major for Lydia Dose
Kurt Johnson
Hampton native Lydia Dose is excited about her future after graduating from Concordia University in May, though business administration is not the career path she had in mind four years ago.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
The boil order for Hampton water users has been lifted.
Hampton lifts water boil order
Ron Burtz
The boil order that had been placed on Hampton Village water users a week ago has been lifted according to village Utility Supt. Chris Friesen. He reported Tuesday afternoon that water samples taken on Monday had come back showing no traces of E. coli bacteria.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners news
County to join UBB NRD large use water study
Ron Burtz
In the wake of an announcement by Synergen Green Energy Inc. that it plans to build an ammonia plant in Hamilton County, county commissioners voted Monday to participate in a groundwater sustainability study sponsored by the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
