I've been to Ken's motel many times and had many friends stay there as well. Ken was a community pillar in this small town of Aurora and his daughter Jane continues their tradition of providing full sized fridges in most rooms! This isn't a sexy hotel, but it is a great midwest value" (ps, I think the people with the really negative review must have had an outlier experience- I've never had any such issues, and neither have my friends)

After reading the other reviews we were expecting a nice motel, but were very disappointed!! When we 1st walked into the room we were impressed, but after we got to looking around we found that the floors had not been vacuumed. There was paper, sunflower seeds, cat food, & a pile of cat litter on the floor. There was blood on the underside of the bedspread. The bathroom stool seat was not completely clean. An artificial plant on the entertainment cabinet was heavily covered with dust. Etc., etc. We reported to the office about the floor not being swept & he did come while we were gone & swept up the cat litter. The rest of the stuff we discovered later. This motel gives Budget Host a bad name!

After reading other reviews on TripAdvisor, I booked a night at Ken's Motel. It by far exceeded my expectations. As the reviewer said, Ken's is a nice clean, comfortable place. For the lowest price I've paid in years, I had a clean, quiet room, a very comfortable queen-sized bed, nice TV, in-room wireless Internet, full-sized refrigerator, a recliner, table & chairs, a desk, and lots of drawers for storage.

I'll be sure to stay here the next time I'm within an hour's drive of Aurora. I was lucky to walk in and snag the last room at 8pm after a cancellation. I don't think it's any secret that the rooms are spacious, clean and extraordinarily quiet. Outside I heard the neighbors talking loudly but inside I could hear nothing, and never did from either side. The room charge was Very reasonable. There's a Pizza Hut on one side, a Runza across the street and a breakfast/lunch cafe on the other side. I had easily decided by morning to stay a second night and drive a bit the next morning to my next job. In my work travels I've not had a more satisfying stay.