COVID

Kurt Johnson

Kurt Johnson

There is no place like Nebraska

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Nearly two full years into this dreaded pandemic COVID-19 hit the Aurora News-Register hard in recent weeks. In the 22 years Paula and I have owned this newspaper our staff has never, ever been quite as short of manpower and challenged to get the weekly edition out as we were the last two weeks.
High Plains Community School cancelled all classes and activities Monday and Tuesday in an effort to let staff and students get healthy.

High Plains Community School cancelled all classes and activities Monday and Tuesday in an effort to let staff and students get healthy.

Illness prompts HPC health hiatus

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
High Plains Community School cancelled all classes and activities Monday and Tuesday in an effort to let staff and students get healthy. Supt.
Courtesy photo // Aria Heiden sits bravely on her mother Jennifer’s lap as she receives her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine for children from nurse Ashley at Memorial Health Clinic in Aurora.

Courtesy photo // Aria Heiden sits bravely on her mother Jennifer’s lap as she receives her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine for children from nurse Ashley at Memorial Health Clinic in Aurora.

Surge in COVID straining MCHI

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
A surge in reported COVID cases combined with a number of other respiratory illnesses are threatening the local healthcare system, according to reports from Memorial Community Health in Aurora.
Aurora Huskies

Aurora Huskies

4R still in COVID ‘clear phase’

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The 4R Board took time during Monday’s meeting to reaffirm the district’s Safe Return to School (COVID) plan -- a topic at the forefront of many minds in the county as the case count spikes again to start 2022.
The most recent COVID-19 update from Kirt Smith came in the form of a brief discussion with Hamilton County Commissioners during Monday’s meeting.

The most recent COVID-19 update from Kirt Smith came in the form of a brief discussion with Hamilton County Commissioners during Monday’s meeting.

Smith reports on local spread of COVID-19

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
The most recent COVID-19 update from Kirt Smith came in the form of a brief discussion with Hamilton County Commissioners during Monday’s meeting.
Local health care officials reported a disturbing rise in COVID cases this week as well as a warning that ICUs in referral hospitals that would normally accept transferred patients are full.

Local health care officials reported a disturbing rise in COVID cases this week as well as a warning that ICUs in referral hospitals that would normally accept transferred patients are full.

Surge in COVID cases causing concern

News Staff
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Local health care officials reported a disturbing rise in COVID cases this week as well as a warning that ICUs in referral hospitals that would normally accept transferred patients are full.
The United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction Monday halting the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine mandate on healthcare workers. 

The United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction Monday halting the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine mandate on healthcare workers. 

CMS court ruling draws cautious local response

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
The United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction Monday halting the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine mandate on healthcare workers.  On Nov.
Garrett and Vicki Hill, shown here with their son Wenston, are helping organize a second annual Christmas Free Shop event, scheduled for Dec. 11 in Aurora.

Garrett and Vicki Hill, shown here with their son Wenston, are helping organize a second annual Christmas Free Shop event, scheduled for Dec. 11 in Aurora.

This week's top stories

News Staff
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Christmas Free Shop event back for a 2nd year Based on the response to last year’s debut Free Shop event in Aurora, co-organizer Vicki Hill said the decision to proceed with a second annual event in 2021 was an easy one. “We pretty much made the decision that day that we’ll do it again,” Hill said.
Enjoying an activity at the Aurora Child Care center are, from left, Emily Burson, Finn Dirkschneider, Charlie Mitchell, Cannon Dunn and Harrison Hunnicutt.

Enjoying an activity at the Aurora Child Care center are, from left, Emily Burson, Finn Dirkschneider, Charlie Mitchell, Cannon Dunn and Harrison Hunnicutt.

Demand for daycare rising

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
More than a year after closing its doors when the pandemic hit in March of 2020, Aurora Child Care is reporting growing enrollment and continued support for community-based daycare services.
Giltner Hornets

Giltner Hornets

Giltner school to pay any staff quarantined with COVID-19 virus

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The Giltner School Board voted unanimously Monday to create a policy whereby all employees will receive full pay if they are required to quarantine by school directive because they have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus and are showing symptoms. Supt.