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Todd Jensen, left, is sworn in as a new member of the Aurora City Council May 26 by Deputy Clerk Di Ana Leininger. Jensen will fill out the remaining 2-1/2 years of Wayne Roblee’s Ward 1 term.

Todd Jensen, left, is sworn in as a new member of the Aurora City Council May 26 by Deputy Clerk Di Ana Leininger. Jensen will fill out the remaining 2-1/2 years of Wayne Roblee’s Ward 1 term.

Jensen appointed to fill council seat

The newest member of the Aurora City Council was approved and sworn into office May 26 and wasted no time getting involved in the proceedings.
The bridge just north of the intersection at Kronborg will be replaced later this summer

The bridge just north of the intersection at Kronborg will be replaced later this summer

Bid for Kronborg bridge goes to Norfolk company

As expected after bids from five construction contractors were opened at the May 18 meeting of the Hamilton County Commission, the bid for replacing the Kronborg Bridge on North T Road was awarded to Norfolk Contracting on Monday.
Edgerton's Power Up Day Camp

Edgerton's Power Up Day Camp

Power Up Camp

Linemen from Southern Public Power District demonstrated what happens when a powerline falls on a car at the Edgerton Explorit Center’s Power Up Electrical and Circuits Day Camp on Thursday.
The Students 4 Sustainability Club from CCC drilled holes in the ground and then placed nearly 30 different types of annuals and perennials for the garden, to provide food sources and a breeding grounds for butterflies, bees and other types of insects.

The Students 4 Sustainability Club from CCC drilled holes in the ground and then placed nearly 30 different types of annuals and perennials for the garden, to provide food sources and a breeding grounds for butterflies, bees and other types of insects.

CCC students plant pollinator garden in Phillips

The consistent rain last Friday kept many people indoors, but not the members of Students 4 Sustainability, who eagerly spent their morning planting a new pollinator garden in Phillips.
Little Stingers Childcare had its two modulars relocated to the lot south of Giltner Elementary School last week to expand its facilities in order to meet the growing needs for children and staff. Little Stingers will be hosting a womens nine-hole golf scramble on June 12 to raise money for the ongoing construction and facility needs.

Little Stingers Childcare had its two modulars relocated to the lot south of Giltner Elementary School last week to expand its facilities in order to meet the growing needs for children and staff. Little Stingers will be hosting a womens nine-hole golf scramble on June 12 to raise money for the ongoing construction and facility needs.

Little Stingers buzz over to new location

It was a sight to behold for the children at Little Stingers Childcare as they watched the tan modular be moved from Giltner Public Schools to the lot across from the elementary school playground where they were playing last Wednesday afternoon.
Siblings Grace and Noah Ziegler both graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Nebraska Omaha this spring. They are the children of Dan and Dixie Ziegler of Aurora.

Siblings Grace and Noah Ziegler both graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Nebraska Omaha this spring. They are the children of Dan and Dixie Ziegler of Aurora.

Local students graduate from area institutions

   Several students from or with connections to Hamilton County recently graduated from institutions of higher learning located around the area and region.    Among them was Tate Pfeifer, grandson of Aurora residents Jim and Laurie Pfeifer.
Vietnam War veteran Marlin Seeman and his wife, Nancy, represented Nebraska on Memorial Day as they placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C.

Vietnam War veteran Marlin Seeman and his wife, Nancy, represented Nebraska on Memorial Day as they placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C.

Seeman lays wreath at D.C. cemetery

A Memorial Day weekend trip to Washington, D.C., became a “memory of a lifetime” for Mayor Marlin Seeman when he was invited to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
As she retires from her career as Hampton’s 2nd grade teacher, Barb Parsley says she is grateful for the support she has received in her 20 years at Hampton and the opportunity to truly know her students.

As she retires from her career as Hampton’s 2nd grade teacher, Barb Parsley says she is grateful for the support she has received in her 20 years at Hampton and the opportunity to truly know her students.

For Parsley, retirement from teaching career is bittersweet

As retiring Hampton 2nd grade teacher Barb Parsley reflects on her 30-year teaching career, the last 20 of which she has dedicated to Hampton Public School, she finds her self a bit melancholy about the change, but is also grateful for the atmosphere of support she has found in Hampton.
Aurora grad Christina Powell has recently become the behavioral health supervisor at Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, supervising Children’s newly-added Behavioral Health and Wellness Center of outpatient and integrated care. Along with providing care for patients, she provides clinical supervision for therapists and psychologists working toward their independent license. Sitting with Powell are her two children, Evan and Marisa.

Aurora grad Christina Powell has recently become the behavioral health supervisor at Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, supervising Children’s newly-added Behavioral Health and Wellness Center of outpatient and integrated care. Along with providing care for patients, she provides clinical supervision for therapists and psychologists working toward their independent license. Sitting with Powell are her two children, Evan and Marisa.

Powell steps up as supervisor at Children’s Nebraska

In the 24 years since Aurora native Christina Powell first stepped through the doors as an employee of Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, she has upheld the hospital’s mission to give every child “a better chance to live.
More than 400 people responded to Aurora Public Schools’ facility needs input survey recently

More than 400 people responded to Aurora Public Schools’ facility needs input survey recently

Survey signals support for APS facility improvements

More than 400 people responded to Aurora Public Schools’ facility needs input survey recently, providing feedback that will be used to create a more specific proposal expected to be shared with the public in August.