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GI City Council Meeting Tuesday
Jul 21, 2025 / Meeting Agenda
Meeting Agenda of City Council Regular MeetingCouncil Chambers100 E First StreetJuly 22, 2025 7:00 PM1. CALL TO ORDERThis is an open meeting o...Parents, kids reflect as Imagination Bacon celebrates 10 years
Jul 21, 2025 / Sara Kirkley Communications Director
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA (July 21, 2025) Parents and kids are looking back at the impact of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of the Heartland... NSF Just a Month Away
Jul 21, 2025 / KRGI News
Jamie Parr, Executive Director of the Nebraska State Fair, joined Brian Gallagher. Hall County Attorney Featured on Community Connection
Jul 21, 2025 / KRGI News
Marty Klein joined Brian Gallagher as new attorneys are set to join his office.Sarah Focke Named Director of Kearney Visitors Bureau
Jul 21, 2025 / Press Release
Kearney, NE — July 21, 2025 — The Kearney Visitors Bureau Board of Directors has named Sarah Focke as the new Director of the Kear...Hastings Police Report
Jul 21, 2025 / HPD
July 21st 2025Reported Offenses: On July 20, 2025, a 15-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 300 block of North Burlington Avenue. ...GIPD to Visit National Night Out Block Parties on August 5
Jul 21, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Police Department is proud to once again take part in National Night Out, which is a nationwide event d...Celebrates GENIUS Act Being Signed into Law
Jul 21, 2025 / Sen. Ricketts Office
Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law. “The GENIUS ...Ricketts Fights to Protect America
Jul 21, 2025 / Sen. Ricketts Office
This week, during his weekly press call with Nebraska media, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) discussed the One Big Beautiful Bill and his work to...Gov. Pillen Issues Disaster Declaration for Dawson County Following June Storms
Jul 21, 2025 / Barry Stevens
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen issued a disaster declaration for Dawson County as a result of last month’s storms that hit the area....GI Police Report
Jul 21, 2025 / GIPD
MEDIA REPORTNews media report for: 07/21/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more informat...Heat Advisory in Effect
Jul 21, 2025 / NWS
There's a heat advisory Monday and Tuesday. See details below.Nebraska Governor Commemorates Social Security’s 90th Anniversary
Jul 18, 2025 / Jess Kinser, Associate State Director of Communications
LINCOLN, NEB. — Governor Jim Pillen has officially proclaimed August 2025 as the ‘90th Anniversary of Social Security’ in Nebrask...June Traffic Fatality Toll
Jul 18, 2025 / NDOT
July 18, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of June 2025, eighteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, acco...Hastings Police Report
Jul 18, 2025 / HPD
July 18th 2025Reported Offenses: On July 17, 2025, a 27-year-old Hastings resident reported theft of a motor vehicle in the 500 block of South Den...Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Protecting the Good Life: Securing the Border and Strengthening Defense
Jul 18, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Lasting prosperity depends on lasting security. No nation can thrive without secure borders and a strong military. The One Big Beautifu...Nebraska’s June 2025 Unemployment Rate is 3.0 Percent
Jul 18, 2025 / NDOL
LINCOLN - Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for June 2025 is 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted. The rate is unchanged from the prior mo...Conference aims to boost entrepreneurship in Nebraska
Jul 18, 2025 / Russell Shaffer, Rural Prosperity Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 18, 2025 — The fourth annual Nebraska Small Business Conference is coming to Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha in Augus...GI Police Report
Jul 18, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 07/18/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on the r...Gov. Pillen, Sen. DeKay and NDA Director Vinton Celebrate Passage of Nebraska Law Addressing Fake Meat
Jul 18, 2025 / Barry Stevens
O’NEILL, NE – Governor Jim Pillen was joined by Senator Barry DeKay and Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Sherry Vinton at Sh...St. Francis Foundation awards more than $127,632 to local fire/rescue and life-saving skills training
Jul 17, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
GRAND ISLAND – This morning, CHI Health St. Francis Foundation awarded more than $127,632 to 16 local fire and rescue departments and funded ...Hastings Police Report
Jul 17, 2025 / HPD
July 17th 2025Reported Offenses: On July 16, 2025, a 42-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 800 block of North Hewett Avenue. On J... Northwest Preps for Fall
Jul 17, 2025 / KRGI News
Northwest Superintendent Jeff Edwards joined Brian Gallagher on the Community Connection. GIPS Featured in Education Focus
Jul 17, 2025 / KRGI News
Summer Stephens of GIPS joined Brian Gallagher on Thursday.Rural Mainstreet Economy Expands Again in July
Jul 17, 2025 / Creighton University
July 2025 Survey Results at-a-Glance:*For the first time since July and August of 2023, the survey registered two consecutive months of above growt...