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Nebraska's teacher shortage is real and growing

Nebraska's teacher shortage is real and growing

4R board hears report on teacher shortage

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Aurora Supt. Jody Phillips advised the 4R School Board Monday that the statewide teacher shortage is real, though to date Aurora Public Schools has been able to hire qualified candidates and remain fully staffed.
Pictured from left are Aurora Police Sgt. Nate Friesen, Rose and Bruce Larson, and Carlin Engert. Friesen and Engert received Life Saver Award certificates from the city after administering CPR to help save Bruce Larson’s life on May 28, 2023.

Pictured from left are Aurora Police Sgt. Nate Friesen, Rose and Bruce Larson, and Carlin Engert. Friesen and Engert received Life Saver Award certificates from the city after administering CPR to help save Bruce Larson’s life on May 28, 2023.

Neighbor, police officer credited for lifesaving actions

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Rose Larson and her husband Bruce were watching TV last Memorial Day weekend when all of a sudden something went terribly wrong.
Dr. Sean Flor began his new role Monday as a family physician at Memorial Community Health in Aurora.

Dr. Sean Flor began his new role Monday as a family physician at Memorial Community Health in Aurora.

MCHI welcomes new family physician

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Sean Flor grew up in north Omaha dreaming of one day being a military aviator and a doctor, perhaps not realizing he would eventually do both.
Peyton Ott takes the oath of office last week, beginning his tenure as a member of the Aurora Police Department. Administering the oath is Aurora City Attorney Ross Luzum.

Peyton Ott takes the oath of office last week, beginning his tenure as a member of the Aurora Police Department. Administering the oath is Aurora City Attorney Ross Luzum.

Ott sworn in as new Aurora police officer

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Peyton Ott was sworn in as a new member of the Aurora Police Department at last week’s city council meeting, the first of the new year.
Jeffrey Adams

Jeffrey Adams

Judge rules on Adams murder case motions

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
District Judge Christina Marroquin ruled in December on several defense motions arising from an October motions hearing in the Jeffery Adams murder case. Adams is set to stand trial this summer for the death of his wife Angela in their Marquette home on Feb. 26 of last year.
A snowplow equipped with a snow blower throws the white stuff far out into the ditch as it works to clear Highway 4 west of Bruning. (Nebraska DOT photo)

A snowplow equipped with a snow blower throws the white stuff far out into the ditch as it works to clear Highway 4 west of Bruning. (Nebraska DOT photo)

This week's top story

News Staff
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A double-barreled blast of winter weather hit Hamilton County last week shuttering schools and businesses, canceling events, snarling travel and causing an eight-day workweek for state and county highway crews and this week's ANR has all the coverage.
Two motor graders equipped with v-plows continue to work Monday afternoon to open up a two-mile stretch of 12 Road just west of Aurora. The process had started at 7 a.m. and by 1:30 p.m. only a one lane track had been cleared.

Two motor graders equipped with v-plows continue to work Monday afternoon to open up a two-mile stretch of 12 Road just west of Aurora. The process had started at 7 a.m. and by 1:30 p.m. only a one lane track had been cleared.

County Highway Department helps rescue stranded motorists

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
With two major snowstorms within a week and more than 900 miles of county roads to keep open, Hamilton County Highway Department Supt. Jeremy Brandt was on his eighth day of work without a break Monday and with no clear end in sight.
This car seen abandoned along Highway 14 Monday morning about a mile north of the Marquette turnoff was one of more than a dozen vehicles abandoned in the county over the weekend, according to County Highway Superintendent Jeremy Brandt. Their drivers had to be rescued by highway department workers and deputies after they got stuck in the snow.

This car seen abandoned along Highway 14 Monday morning about a mile north of the Marquette turnoff was one of more than a dozen vehicles abandoned in the county over the weekend, according to County Highway Superintendent Jeremy Brandt. Their drivers had to be rescued by highway department workers and deputies after they got stuck in the snow.

McCoy, Smith share insight on week’s frigid weather

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Hamilton County Sheriff’s officers spent countless hours out and about in frigid conditions last week and over the weekend, updating residents on road conditions while providing rescue to many others.