A group of children prepares to cut the ribbon to officially open the Hamilton County Inclusive Playground on Saturday morning.
Retired Aurora High School teacher Rod Havens recently joined the staff of the Aurora Library as the coordinator for the library’s new makerspace.
Mark Dunn
Tom and Patti Kell stand next to the imposing Pine Mountain Ski Jump in Michigan, which at 176 feet is one of the highest artificial ski jumps in the world. “Scary to even be on the ground imagining the jump,” Patti observed. The jump is located across the river from the small town of Aurora, Wisc.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles chronicling a nearly seven-week camping trip in the fall of 2025 by Tom and Patti Kell of Aurora in which they visited towns named Aurora across the eastern United States.
As the demand for organically produced food increases, both landlords and tenants are looking to make the transition to organic, however, there are often additional considerations involved in creating an organic lease agreement.
Mike Bergen
Private well owners will need collect well water samples from hydrants or faucets that are connected to the waterline closest to their well before sending the samples to the Big Upper Blue NRD for testing.
The Nebraska State Fair runs through Labor Day in Grand Island.
Aurora city leaders ponder budget cuts.
The Opportune Acres event at the Nebraska State Fair Event is set for Friday at Thompson Indoor Arena
Grayson Oswald picked up a top 10 finish for Aurora at Thursday's Seward Invite, running 16:49.
Vivi Fahrnbruch, right, and her teammates prepare to celebrate after a run-rule victory over Fillmore Central. In Aurora’s four games last week, the Huskies plated 49 runs, all victories.
Richard Rhoden
