Guide magazine offers Reader’s Digest look at Hamilton County

“Discover Hamilton County.”That’s the front page greeting on one of the county’s most comprehensive marketing pieces, which is hot off the press this week in the form of an 88-page full-color magazine.

Please support Can-Care-A-Van

Dear Editor:We would like to encourage everyone to support the 19th annual Channel 10/11 Can-Care-A-Van in Hamilton County on Tuesday, June 6. It is held at the Hamilton County Food Pantry located at 12th and N in Aurora from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Mother Nature has a cruel sense of humor

Rain, or lack of it, is the hottest topic in town.Weather is always an easy ice-breaker here in the Midwest, but when it’s desperately dry outside some folks find it hard to think of anything else. And with reason. You can see the stress in area farmers’ faces.

Scorched-earth political strategy reflects inability to disagree

It’s been hard to watch the Nebraska Legislature in action this session, regardless of your political perspective, a sad scenario punctuated by Friday’s emotional vote regarding proposals involving abortion rights and trans rights.

Charles in charge across the pond

As the newly self-appointed Official Royal Correspondent for Hamilton County, and possessing all the hubris of one who has no qualifications to take on this mantle, I’d like to talk to you about King Charles III, his coronation and his family.

‘Sunshine can be deadly’ a hard sell to youngsters

It looked like just another mole to me. The small brown spot on my lower right cheek would have gone unnoticed by most people, but in fact it was an example of the most common form of all human cancers.

The golden Staehr

Carsen Staehr stood around the 30-yard line on the northwest side of the Omaha Burke turf, looking around as the final race was running on the track, wanting to remember everything. The smell, the heat, the sound, the joy, some heartbreak, too.

State housing grant a tribute to this community’s generosity

“If you build it, they will come.” I highlighted Kevin Costner’s classic line from the 1989 “Field of Dreams” movie in 2021 when Aurora and Hamilton County received a $1 million Rural Workforce Housing grant to help address the community’s housing needs.

Connection with grads, Husky Nation priceless

Twelve and 15 years after our daughters turned their tassels as Husky graduates, there is still something special for me about graduation weekend.

Thank you for Go Big Give support

Dear Editor: Thank you to our amazing community for your generosity during Go Big GIVE. Over $250,000 was raised to support programs and services in Hamilton County.