News
Cyber security
Grant sought for cyber security
Kurt Johnson
County commissioners approved a plan Monday to pursue grant funding to help cover costs and potential improvements to the county’s cyber security system.
The unanimous vote to proceed came after a brief presentation by Ryan Wineteer, business development manager at Hamilton Telecommunications.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Lester Williamsen in his apartment at East Park Villa. Williamsen turned 100-years old on April 4, and has experienced the Great Depression, World War II and lived to see his great-great-grandchild.
County resident Williamsen celebrates 100 years of life
Jacob Courtney
East Park Villa resident Lester Williamsen turned 100 on April 4, having been born in a hospital in York, but ever since remaining a lifelong Hamilton County resident with few exceptions.
Williamsen grew up on a farm between Hampton and Hordville in what he called the “Dirty 30’s.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Announcing the debut of The Leadership Center at Espressions are, from left: shop manager Lisa Montoya, barista Wyatt Griess and Maile Ilac Boeder, executive director of The Leadership Center.
Leadership Center reopens Espressions
Kurt Johnson
The Leadership Center expanded its reach and mission this week by reopening a downtown coffee shop as a venue which now offers far more than beverages and entrees.
As of Monday morning, the well-known eatery at 1117 M St.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Aurora senior Carsen Staehr crashes into the sand pit during his final run through the long jump event, winning by half an inch over second place at Friday’s home invite.
This week's top stories
Jacob Courtney
Staehr, Huskies
Carsen Staehr nearly picked up right where he left off from last season.
In Aurora’s first outdoor meet of the spring season, a home invite, Staehr swept the long and triple jumps, doing so not far off from his best marks.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Aurora High School prom candidates were announced this week, with coronation of king and queen scheduled for Saturday evening at The Leadership Center. Candidates, pictured front from left: Eva Fahrnbruch, Aleah Vinkenberg, Kylie Svoboda, Kasey Schuster. Back from left: Wyatt James, Carsen Staehr, Carlos Collazo, Gabe Peterson.
AHS prom moving to Leadership Center
Kurt Johnson
Prom 2023 will have a different look and location for Aurora High School students as the venue will be moved for the first time to The Leadership Center.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Banana Rams owner Justin Blase is excited about this weekend's event in Hordville.
Concert coming to Hordville April 1
Jacob Courtney
Banana Rams owner Justin Blase is holding a concert at the Hordville Event Center featuring opening act Tim Buck Too and main act country singer Logan Mize on April 1 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Eli and Amy Lewis show off their basket full of eggs ready for laying this upcoming Easter season. Eli is raising money for Aurora Adopt-A-Pet animal shelter to buy items on their Amazon wish list.
Mother, son duo ask ‘Let Us Egg Your Yard’
Jacob Courtney
The Easter Bunny is getting some help this year. Nurse Amy Lewis and her 10-year old son Eli are offering a friendly “egging” of county residents’ yard for a fee to help raise funds for the Aurora Adopt-A-Pet animal shelter.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Aurora students participating in the Grand Island Area Economic Development Corporation’s Future Builders Challenge March 17 and 20 included, from left: Israel Dominguez, Mackenzie Kluck, Lucas Talkington, Kaden Johnson, Owen Lubbe and Cara Thomas
Aurora students compete in GI Builders Challenge
Kurt Johnson
Brain-storming ideas for starting a new business was the name of the game last week in the first-ever Grand Island Area Economic Development Corporation’s Future Builders Challenge, which included several students from Aurora.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Fourteen law enforcement officers from throughout Nebraska and three other states spent 10 days at The Leadership Center recently, completing an intensive DARE training program.
Aurora hosts intensive DARE training
Kurt Johnson
Fourteen law enforcement officers from throughout Nebraska and three Midwestern states completed an intensive 10-day training course in Aurora Friday, training them to help give today’s youth tools to make good life decisions.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Dan Haden preps equipment for an experiment on the Linac Cohearant Light Source (LCLS) system at Standford University in Menlo Park, Calif., in May 2022. The Aurora native has been working with lasers to develop energy generation and other practical uses for the technology in his postdoctoral research at the University of Nevada in Reno.
Haden blasts into the future with laser-focused career
Jacob Courtney
Some people find fulfilling lives in tried-and-true careers, but others want to be the first shimmer of light in the darkness of the unknown.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
