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Acknowledging with Grateful Hearts

Nov 27, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

Poised at the threshold of the holiday season, the Thanksgiving holiday has a powerful capacity to bring us together as Americans. Despite unrest i...

Hastings Police Report

Nov 27, 2024 / HPD

November 27th 2024Reported Offenses: On November 26, 2024, a 35-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 2500 block of West 2nd Street. ...

UNK students Abbygail Marshall and Noah Reimer lead a UNK String Project class in the Fine Arts Building on campus. The program provides high-quality, low-cost music instruction for Kearney-area youths. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)

‘Music is for everyone’: UNK String Project inspires young performers, future teachers

Nov 27, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications

KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney senior Abbygail Marshall sat down at a piano inside the Fine Arts Building on campus. “I&r...

Attorney General Hilgers Joins Antitrust Lawsuit Against Institutional Investors for ESG Commitments

Nov 27, 2024 / AG

Lincoln—Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 11 states to sue BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Vanguard Group, three o...

Slick Conditions Could Affect Region

Nov 27, 2024 / NWS

Rain and freezing rain impacts southwest parts of the area this morning. Slick spots are possible on roads in this area. Transition t...

GI Police Report

Nov 27, 2024 / GIPD

News media report for: 11/27/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For moreinformation on reports, pl...

BCV Collecting for Christmas at the VA

Nov 26, 2024 / KRGI News

The Business Coalition for Veterans is changing it's eighth annual Christmas at the VA. Listen to an interview with Chef Anthony Brando. &nb...

Mexican Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking

Nov 26, 2024 / Lecia E. Wright – Supervisor Assistant United States Attorney

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Gabriel Beltran-Lopez, age 38, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced on November 25, 2024, in federal ...

Monthly Hoopla Limit Changing on December 1

Nov 26, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Growing popularity of the digital service hoopla® through the Grand Island Public Library is leading to anothe...

GIPD Chief Named Honorary Admiral of Nebraska Navy

Nov 26, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — From being “Chef Denney” for his televised segment “The Business Beat” to being Chief Denney for...

Nebraska Aeronautics Commission, NDOT Aeronautics Announces Grant Allocations

Nov 26, 2024 / NDOT

Nov. 26, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – The Nebraska Aeronautics Commission, working alongside the Nebraska Department of Transportation-Divisio...

Hastings Police Report

Nov 26, 2024 / HPD

November 26th 2024Reported Offenses: On November 25, 2024, a 27-year-old Hastings resident reported an assault and a criminal mischief in the 200 ...

GI Police Report

Nov 26, 2024 / GIPD

News media report for: 11/26/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Passenger side of a Nebraska State Patrol Cruiser with a sun set in the background.

Troopers Find Over 60 LBs of Cocaine and Marijuana in Traffic Stops

Nov 26, 2024 / NSP

November 26, 2024 (North Platte, Neb.) – Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested four people this weekend after finding more over 30...

Nebraska Extension succession planning series for women in agriculture kicks off in January

Nov 26, 2024 / UNL

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 25, 2024 —A multi-state extension workshop series for women in agriculture will offer strategies to evaluate and improve ...

Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report

Nov 25, 2024 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. November 25, 2024 - For the week ending November 24, 2024, there were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's N...

Photo Credit: Merrick County Sheriff's Office

Two Arrested In Merrick County Child Abuse Investigation

Nov 25, 2024 / Merrick County Sheriff's Department

(Merrick County, NE) - Over the weekend following an investigation from the Merrick County Sheriff's Office in the 100 block of Russell Road in rur...

Property Tax Forms to Go Out Next Month

Nov 25, 2024 / KRGI News

Hall County Treasurer Alaina Verplank joined Brian Gallagher on the Community Connection

Carie Goodwater (left) and Melany Preister (right), students at Boone Central High School, pose with Brian Mock (center), a Husker student mentor who graduated in May.

UNL's Cutivate ACCESS Has Launched Two New Academic Programs

Nov 25, 2024 / UNL

Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 25, 2024 — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Cultivate ACCESS (Agriculture Career Communities to Empow...

Heartland United Way Brings Holiday Joy with Seasonal Programs Supporting Local Families

Nov 25, 2024 / Karen Rathke

LISTEN TO AN INTERViEW WITH KAREN RATHKE BELOW Grand Island, NE – November 25, 2024 – This holiday season, Heartland United Way is bri...

Hastings Police Report

Nov 25, 2024 / HPD

November 25th, 2024Reported Offenses: On November 24, 2024, a 44-year-old Hastings resident reported a fraud in the 1400 block of East South Stree...

GI Police Report

Nov 25, 2024 / GIPD

News media report for: 11/25/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...