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GI City Council Meeting Tuesday

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...
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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 AwayAudio Icon, this article contains audio

Jul 21, 2025 / KRGI News

Jamie Parr, Executive Director of the Nebraska State Fair, joined Brian Gallagher. 

Hall County Attorney Featured on Community ConnectionAudio Icon, this article contains audio

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

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

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...
Attendees pose for a photo during the 2024 Nebraska Small Business Conference in Lincoln. The 2025 events are Aug. 2 in Grand Island, Aug. 9 in Lincoln and Aug. 16 in Omaha.

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

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...
 This morning, sixteen local first responder organizations were awarded $66,565.80 in grant funding at CHI Health St. Francis. These funds were made possible through the hospital's annual fundraiser, Ticket to Win.

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 FallAudio Icon, this article contains audio

Jul 17, 2025 / KRGI News

Northwest Superintendent Jeff Edwards joined Brian Gallagher on the Community Connection.

GIPS Featured in Education FocusAudio Icon, this article contains audio

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...