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Gov. Pillen Testifies on Legislation to Ban Cell Phones in Schools

Feb 5, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen testified before the Nebraska State Legislature’s Education Committee on LB140 which proposes ...

Alda Fire: Private Mechanic Shop Total Loss

Feb 4, 2025 / KRGI News

(Alda, NE) - On Tuesday morning the Alda Volunteer Fire Department along with mutual aid from Grand Island Rural, Wood River, and Cairo responded t...

Central City Wrestling Spotlight

Feb 4, 2025 / KRGI Sports

Dylan Lovejoy will be one of the Central City wrestlers taking part in the state dual tournament this weekend.  The Bison will be the number s...

Student Organizations Celebrate Legislative Day

Feb 4, 2025 / NDEA

Students from across the state representing seven of Nebraska’s Career and Technical Student Organizations visited the Capitol February 4th i...

NDCS announces leadership changes

Feb 4, 2025 / NDCS

February 4, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) –  Today, Director Rob Jeffreys announced multiple leadership changes at the Nebraska Department of Cor...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 4, 2025 / HPD

February 4th 2025Reported Offenses: On February 3, 2025, a 58-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 2200 block of West 5t...

Ravenna Public Schools Announces March Bond Election to Address Urgent Facility Needs

Feb 4, 2025 / Press Release

Listen to an interview with Superintendent Ken Schroeder below. Ravenna, Nebraska – Ravenna Public Schools will ask the community to vote on...

GI Police Report

Feb 4, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 02/04/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

CCC Dental Hygiene Clinic Opens for 2025 Spring Semester

Feb 3, 2025 / Joni Ransom Chief of Staff

The dental hygiene clinic at Central Community College-Hastings has opened for the 2025 spring semester.            ...

Minatare Woman Sentenced to Probation and Restitution for Medicaid Fraud

Feb 3, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that a Minatare woman who owns Campbell Pharmacy in Oshkosh, Nebraska, was sentenced to two years of ...

Nebraska Crop Production Report

Feb 3, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. February 3, 2025 - For the week ending February 2, 2025, topsoil moisture supplies rated 27% very short, 51% short, 22% adequate...

Kearney Welcome Center Opens

Feb 3, 2025 / Madalyn Gotschall COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

(KEARNEY, NEBRASKA) Visitors and residents of Kearney are invited to enjoy a brand-new visitors center opening today, February 3rd.The Welcome...

Hall County Treasurer Touches on Variety of Subjects

Feb 3, 2025 / KRGI News

Hall County Treasurer Alaina Verplank gave an update with Brian Gallagher on the Community Connection. 

Former sociology chair Pigott Janssen leaves $2.25M gift to University of Nebraska at Kearney

Feb 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson UNK News editor

KEARNEY – The late Ruth Ann Pigott Janssen, a beloved former professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of Nebraska at...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 3, 2025 / HPD

Reported Offenses: On February 2, 2025, a 48-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 1300 block of Sheridan Drive. On Febr...

Good Samaritan Accepting Applications for Health Career Scholarships until April 1

Feb 3, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager

KEARNEY - Applications are being accepted until April 1 for Good Samaritan Foundation’s annual Health Career Scholarship program. Recipients ...

Big Brother Big Sisters of America Launches Groundbreaking Research on the Long-Term Impacts of Mentorship

Feb 3, 2025 / BBBS

Grand Island, NE – (February 3, 2025) – On January 28, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) – the preeminent one-to-one yo...

Mid-America Manufacturing Economy Begins Year on Positive Note

Feb 3, 2025 / Creighton University

January 2025 Survey Highlights:-For only the third time since July 2024, the overall, or Business Conditions Index, climbed above growth neutral.-F...

GI Police Report

Feb 3, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 02/03/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 2, 2025 / HPD

February 2nd 2025Reported Offenses: On February 1, 2025, a 30-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 700 block of North Mi...

Legislative round-up: Week of Jan. 26

Feb 2, 2025 / by Owen Reimer

Nebraska News ServiceLINCOLN--In its third week of the 2025 session, the Nebraska Legislature began its first full week of hearings, with committee...

Standoff in Hitchcock County

Feb 2, 2025 / NSP-North Platte

FEBRUARY 2, 2025 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team have arrested one person following a standoff in Hi...

Nebraska January 1 Cattle Inventory

Feb 2, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. January 31, 2025 - All cattle and calves in Nebraska as of January 1, 2025 totaled 6.05 million head, down 3% from January 1, 20...

Senators hear arguments on death penalty

Feb 2, 2025 / by Josie Golka Nebraska News Service

Lincoln--Senators heard arguments to abolish the death penalty at the state level and to allow for execution via nitrogen hypoxia at the Nebraska C...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 1, 2025 / HPD

February 1st 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On January 31, 2025, a 20-year-old Hastings resident was cited for minor in possession of ...