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Pictured from left are Xavier Wicks, Banjamin Santeliz-Diaz and Ayden Larson.
AHS graduates four students at mid-term
Kurt Johnson
Mid-term graduates were honored Friday during a brief ceremony at Aurora High School. Pictured from left are Xavier Wicks, Banjamin Santeliz-Diaz and Ayden Larson. Not pictured is Faith Hagelstein.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Newly sworn-in NSP trooper Dan Christenson receives his badge during a ceremony at the state capitol on Friday.
Christenson sworn-in as NSP Trooper
News Staff
Daniel Christenson of Aurora was sworn-in Friday along with 17 other new Nebraska state troopers ready to begin serving across the state. Members of the Nebraska State Patrol’s (NSP) 72nd Basic Recruit Class were sworn-in during a ceremony at the State Capitol in Lincoln, which was attended by Gov.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Aurora Supt. Jody Phillips, center, leads a tour of the middle school as part of last week’s three-hour meeting with the community advisory committee.
Aurora schools share strategic plan, weigh facility needs
Kurt Johnson
More than three years after launching a strategic planning process designed to evaluate the Aurora school district’s facility status and future needs, Supt.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Newlyweds Kimmy and Eric Oberle stand next to the Christmas tree in their Aurora home. Since it was put up by Kimmy the first of September and won’t come down until near the end of January, it will have been up nearly half the year.
From Jerusalem to Manila, Christmas shines
Ron Burtz
Although the two nations are separated by more than 5,400 miles with vastly different cultures and lifestyles, Christmas still finds its way into the national consciousness of both the Philippines and Israel every December and each nation has its own special ways of celebrating the birth of Christ.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Search warrant executed Tuesday in Aurora
Search warrant executed in Aurora
News Staff
UPDATE: The Aurora Police Department, along with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) SWAT Team, executed a search warrant at a home at 914 14th Street in Aurora Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Area schools receive ratings from the state Department of Education
School administrators generally pleased with NDE report cards
Staff Reports
All Nebraska schools have received what amounts to an annual report card from the state Department of Education.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
2025: Reviewing the year in business
2025: A year of constant change in business
Kurt Johnson
Flipping through the News-Register’s weekly business page, we found numerous stories of business start-ups and expansion, as well as a few challenges. As always, the one constant is change, and we recorded plenty of that in 2025. What follows is a summary review of the year’s business news.* Jan.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
These images of brain scans were provided by Dr. Daniel Amen with the Amen Clinics organization and show the deterioration from years of drug and alcohol abuse
COPE revives drug-prevention efforts as vaping, alcohol use raise alarms
Kurt Johnson
A community-based drug and alcohol prevention group is working to re-establish itself in Hamilton County, having recognized some alarming trends in area substance abuse.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Salt will not be used to de-ice 1st Street during it's first winter of use
Winter treatment on 1st Street will not include salt
Kurt Johnson
Now that the 1st Street renovation project has been deemed substantially completed, city officials advise that treatment protocol during the winter months ahead will be limited in terms of handling snow and ice.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
The angel's message to shepherds on that first Christmas rings down through the ages
The Angel’s Message
News Staff
Editor’s note: This Christmas meditation was discovered by News Editor Ron Burtz in a book of Christmas stories, poems and other writings borrowed from the Rapid City Public Library over 40 years ago.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
