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I-80 work to begin near Aurora
News Staff
Weather permitting, work will begin this week according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation on Interstate 80 just east and west of Aurora.
Werner Construction Inc., of Hastings, has the $13,161,049 contract.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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Corrections
News Staff
An article on Hampton’s graduation ceremony which appeared in last week’s edition incorrectly quoted Madisen Brown as the class salutatorian. Rachel Rust earn that honor and therefore gave the class’s salutatorian address.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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APS announces registration for 2020/2021 school year
News Staff
The Aurora Public School has released registration information for the 2020/2021 school year. Registration is for the new students that have not already registered for the upcoming school year.
Exempt school students who would like to register for classes need to attend new student registration.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Senator Curt Friesen
Lawmakers go back to drawing board
News Staff
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do, I learned in kindergarten. Serving in the Legislature, I am getting an advance education.
The Legislature is back in the Capitol and the session is raring to go.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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RECORD
News Staff
Marriage Licenses
Clinton J. Griess, Henderson and Autumn D. Jerred, Henderson.
Christopher M. Widener, Giltner and Melissa M. Reitz, Giltner.
Hamilton County Traffic Docket
Jacob G. Ericksen, Aurora, failure to stop, fined $75.
Jeffrey S. Wedeking, Lincoln, passing on left side, fined $25.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Joe Sandmeier collects a swab sample as part of a Test Nebraska COVID test last week in Aurora. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
Test Nebraska begins Aurora visits
Kurt Johnson
The East Park Villa parking lot became a local test site for COVID-19 last week, the first of several weekly opportunities for local residents to get tested here in Aurora.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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Spray plane goes down, pilot dies near Grant
Russ Pankonin Grant Tribune-sentinel
A 31-year-old Tennessee man perished Saturday when the aerial spray plane he was piloting went down in a cornfield south of Grant.
Perkins County Sheriff Jim Brueggeman identified the victim as Alex Tuttle of College Grove, Tenn.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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16th Can Care-A-Van planned for Aug. 4
Cheyenne Rowe
Another hallmark of summer in Hamilton County -- the Can Care-A-Van -- is ready and set to take off on Aug. 4.
The 16th annual showing of community support for the local food pantry will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Jennifer Ediger of Hampton spent extra time in a field near Burwell capturing the best possible image of a dragonfly hovering over a barbedwire fence. Those efforts earned her first place in this year’s Aurora News-Register amateur photo contest. Photo by Jennifer Ediger
An eye for photography
Kurt Johnson
Jennifer Ediger knew in her mind’s eye the image she was hoping to capture.
She and her husband Lowell had been to the pasture in Burwell many times, where she noticed hundreds of dragonflies hovering around a barbedwire fence.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Giltner senior Sydney Janzen (left) and her mother, Debbie, grin the cameras during Giltner’s information on th graduation ceremony Sunday. News-Register/Richard Rhoden
Hornet seniors share ‘milestone moment’
Richard Rhoden
With everything that was different about Giltner’s Class of 2020 graduation Sunday, what stayed the same were the smiles, memories and celebration of the moment that many thought may never come.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
