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Ron Elge stands and salutes the presentation of colors during the Memorial Day service at the Aurora Cemetery on Monday.

Ron Elge stands and salutes the presentation of colors during the Memorial Day service at the Aurora Cemetery on Monday.

True heroes remembered

Samuel Wishman
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
After a weekend of much-needed rain, the showers stopped briefly for the Memorial Day service at the Aurora cemetery, hosted by the American Legion Post 42 of Aurora.While the overcast day may have turned away some from the event, many showed up to honor the veterans of Hamilton County.
Tammy Morris presents the Eloe Award to Scott Phillips.

Tammy Morris presents the Eloe Award to Scott Phillips.

Phillips adds to teaching honors

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Just a few months after completing a one-year stint as Nebraska’s Teacher of the Year, Aurora Middle School math teacher Scott Phillips was announced Thursday as the 2025 winner of the William C. and Delight M. Eloe Award for Inspirational Academic Leadership.
Students in Hampton and Heartland Community Schools were given the opportunity to see what each of the two logo choices for the new H&H sports coop would look like on equipment and apparel prior to voting for their favorite on May 14.

Students in Hampton and Heartland Community Schools were given the opportunity to see what each of the two logo choices for the new H&H sports coop would look like on equipment and apparel prior to voting for their favorite on May 14.

Students select H&H Bearcat logo

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
The students of the new H&H Sports Cooperative formed between Hampton and Heartland Schools of Henderson have spoken again and we now know what the coop’s mascot will look like.
Celebrate the Class of '25

Celebrate the Class of '25

Celebrating area graduates

News Staff
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
A full page of photos on A11 of this week's ANR takes a look back at a full month of graduations at Aurora, Giltner, Hampton and High Plains high schools.
From left: Clinton Griess, Damaris Olsen, Dane Schafer, Todd Roehrs, Danielle Bamesberger and Gene Winters, members of the Hampton Veterans Memorial Committee, stand beside the memorial project display board.

From left: Clinton Griess, Damaris Olsen, Dane Schafer, Todd Roehrs, Danielle Bamesberger and Gene Winters, members of the Hampton Veterans Memorial Committee, stand beside the memorial project display board.

Hampton’s veterans memorial project moving forward

Samuel Wishman
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
A growing effort to honor Hampton veterans is gaining momentum, with the committee hosting a fundraising event.Plans for the Hampton Veterans Memorial started with Rodger Bamesberger, the late owner of Bamesberger Welding, who passed away in 2022.
Lori Thiele and Michaela Perry

Lori Thiele and Michaela Perry

HCF staff change brings new leadership to WIP, YEP

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
The Hamilton Community Foundation’s (HCF) outreach programs, Women in Philanthropy (WIP) and Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) will be under new leadership when they start up again in the fall.
Stolen car recovered in Hampton

Stolen car recovered in Hampton

Stolen car recovered in Hampton

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
A concerned Hampton resident’s call to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office last week led to the recovery of a car stolen in Aurora almost a week earlier.
Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV

‘A figure of hope’

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
With the recent election of American-born Robert Prevost to succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, there has been much speculation – even in non-Catholic circles – as to what changes Pope Leo XIV will bring to the church and the world. However, Fr.
The Giltner Area Development Corporation is proposing a grocery store in Giltner with the property at 218 Tonya Drive to be considered as a potential location. During its meeting May 13, the GADC went over results of a community survey conducted by the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to begin the first steps of planning a grocery store.

The Giltner Area Development Corporation is proposing a grocery store in Giltner with the property at 218 Tonya Drive to be considered as a potential location. During its meeting May 13, the GADC went over results of a community survey conducted by the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to begin the first steps of planning a grocery store.

GADC eyes grocery store in Giltner

Elizabeth Hunter
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
The Giltner Area Development Corporation reviewed a community survey conducted recently by the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center to get feedback on the GADC’s proposal for a grocery store in Giltner.The survey, conducted March 21 through April 20, was completed by 102 community members.
The new logo chosen by students for the H&H sports coop between Hampton and Heartland Community Schools

The new logo chosen by students for the H&H sports coop between Hampton and Heartland Community Schools

This week's top stories

News Staff
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
The students of the new H&H Sports Cooperative formed between Hampton and Heartland Schools of Henderson have spoken again and we now know what the coop’s mascot will look like.