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Nance County Sheriff Deputies Discover Underage Party At Local Airbnb

Jun 2, 2024 / Nance County Sheriff's Office

At approximately 10:45 pm on Friday, May 31st Nance County Dispatch received a report of a large party taking place at an Airbnb rental property in...
National-Weather-Service

Severe Weather Possible

Jun 2, 2024 / NWS

A line of storms will move through the area this evening. Initial storms will be supercells with a threat for all hazards, but over time the storms...
Grand Island Public Library

Youth Art Show Display Opens on June 1

Jun 1, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. – The Grand Island Public Library is proud to present the new combined annual Youth Art Show with art from area children a...
City Of Grand Island

New Grant Dollars to Impact Grand Island

Jun 1, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The Central Nebraska Growth Foundation (Growth Foundation), Grand Island Area Economic Development Corporation's 501(c)3...
Jamie Karl GI Chamber

Nebraska’s Tax Burden Threatens Future Growth

Jun 1, 2024 / By Jamie Karl President Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce

Think about the positive news emerging from the Cornhusker State. Nebraska has been ranked the third-best state by U.S. News and World Report,...
Adrian Smith 3rd Dist

President Biden Should not Transfer Student Debt to Taxpayers

Jun 1, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Biden did not have the constitutional authority to mass transfer up to $400 billion in student...
Tabitha

Tabitha Tip: Cultivating the Environment Starts With Your Own

May 31, 2024 / Hannah Polacek Marketing & Social Media Specialist

When most folks think of the environment, their mind may wander to the kinds of birds that flutter to their birdfeeder, what types of plants and tr...
Adrian Smith 3rd Dist

Smith Announces Upcoming Staff Outreach Events

May 31, 2024 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) are invited to meet with a member of his staff during the m...
American Red Cross Give Something

American Red Cross Asking For Blood and Platelet Donors

May 31, 2024 / ARC

MAY 29, 2024 — The American Red Cross critically needs blood and platelet donors now following a concerning decrease in donations as the coun...
Drug Enforcement Administration

More Than 18,000 Pounds of Unused Medication Removed from Communities in Five State DEA Omaha Division

May 31, 2024 / DEA

OMAHA, Neb. – Community members across the five state Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division safely disposed of 18,614 pounds o...
Rod Foley, Walnut Principal, Hands Certificate to Inductee

Walnut Inducts School’s First-Ever Cohort of National Junior Honor Society Students

May 31, 2024 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing Grand Island Public Schools

GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) — Students are making academic history, as Walnut Middle School introduced their first school chapter of National Junior ...
Passenger side of a Nebraska State Patrol Cruiser with a sun set in the background.

Two Arrested After Officer-Involved Shooting, Standoff

May 31, 2024 / NSP

MAY 31, 2024 (OMAHA, NEB.)  — Troopers have arrested two suspects following an overnight incident that led to two officer-involved shoot...
Nebraska Department of Transportation

NDOT Announces Winners of the 2024 Annual Snowplow 'Roadeo'

May 31, 2024 / NDOT

May 31, 2024 (Kearney, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Annual Sn...
Tabitha

Tabitha Offers a Variety of Support Groups in June

May 31, 2024 / Tabitha

Tabitha, Nebraska’s industry-leading Senior Care provider, offers a variety of support groups throughout Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Clay, Buffa...
Supreme Court Building

Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Howard County Case

May 31, 2024 / KRGI News

A ruling involving a feedlot in Howard County was upheld by the Nebraska Supreme Court was upheld. The opinion is attached.  
Supreme Court Building

Nebraska Supreme Court Rules in Hall County Case

May 31, 2024 / KRGI News

A decision in Hall County District Court was reversed in the Nebraska Supreme Court. Jillyn Woodward, individually and as Special Administrator of ...
Pete Ricketts Weekly Column

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: President Biden’s FAFSA Fiasco

May 31, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

Each year, millions of students and their families make the very important decision of whether or where to attend college. For many, it’s the...
Grand Island Area Farmers Market

GI Area Farmers Market Opens TomorrowAudio Icon, this article contains audio

May 31, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — An exciting new chapter kicks off this weekend in Grand Island as the first-ever Grand Island Area Farmer’s Market...
Hastings City Logo

Hasting Woman Dies in Traffic Accident

May 31, 2024 / City of Hastings

A 71 year old Hastings woman lost her life Wednesday after a collision with a pickup. She was crossing the street on a mobility scooter. The names ...
GI Police Report

GI Police Report

May 31, 2024 / GIPD

News media report for: 05/31/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
From left: Class of 2024 Valedictorian Taylor Wilson, Hastings, and Salutatorian Allison Lofton, Lodgepole, led the honored students.

NCTA Spring 2024 Dean’s Honors Grow

May 30, 2024 / By Dean Larry Gossen, PhD

At the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA), we take immense pride in our exceptional students who take seriously the value of their ed...
Megan Schriner was last year's Ticket to Win $10,000 grand prize drawing winner.

St. Francis Foundation Hosts Ticket to Win

May 30, 2024 / Anissa Paitz Public Relations Strategist

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The winning ticket for CHI Health St. Francis Foundation’s seventh annual Ticket to Win fundraising raffle will be...
(Courtesy Grand Island Tourism) Eight volunteers and frontline workers were honored at a Grand Island Tourism open house. Honored were: (clockwise from the left), Doug Drudik, Nebraska State Fair; Ben Murphy, Fonner Park; Zack Mayhew, Heartland Public Shooting Park; Jeremy Millard, Heartland Public Shooting Park; Wayne Anson, Stuhr Museum; Doug Ostrander, Nebraska State Fair; Dianne Willey-Harms, Fonner Park/Heartland Events Center; and Jodi Fegley, Crane Trust Nature and Visitors Center

Tourism Volunteers Honored

May 30, 2024 / Dana Jelinek Grand Island Tourism

[GRAND ISLAND, NE May 30, 2024]  Volunteers are the unsung heroes in communities. Recently, Grand Island Tourism honored some of these vital p...
Nebraska Department of Transportation

NDOT 'Roadeo' Showcase Was Held in KearneyAudio Icon, this article contains audio

May 30, 2024 / KRGI News

No snow on the roads, but the top Snow Plow operators in the state get together in Kearney today for the NDOT Roadeo Showcase, according to Operati...
City of Kearney

Heritage Day at Yanney Park

May 30, 2024 / City of Kearney

The Kearney Park and Recreation Department is coordinating Heritage Day at Yanney Park on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Following is the Heritage Day&nbs...