Local News
Merrick County: Highway 30/Bader Park Accident
Jun 17, 2024 / Merrick County Sheriff's Department
Merrick County Deputy was detailed to Highway 30 and Bader Park Road to investigate a two-vehicle accident on Sunday, June 16th. Preliminary ...
Gov. Pillen Announces Appointments to New Commission on Asian-American Affairs
Jun 17, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced 13 appointments to the newly created Commission on Asian-American Affairs. The ...
UNK senior Mara Hemmer records a rare perfect score on dental school admission test
Jun 17, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications
KEARNEY – When Mara Hemmer saw the number, she nearly fell out of her chair. The soon-to-be senior at the University of Nebraska at Kearney ...
Tween Adventures at the GI Library
Jun 17, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — “Adventure Begins at Your Library” is the theme to this year’s summer reading program, which means the...
Learn All About Cooking for One or Two at the Library
Jun 17, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — With serving sizes designed to feed families, it’s usually easier to cook for a larger group that it is for just o...
GI City Council Plans Special Meeting Tuesday
Jun 17, 2024 / KRGI News
Grand Island City Council will discuss the merits of a special election in conjunction with the Good Life District at a special meeting Tuesday. Th...
Hall County Board of Commissioners Meets Tuesday
Jun 17, 2024 / KRGI News
The Hall County Board of Commissioners has its bi-weekly meeting on Tuesday. An agenda is attached. Hall County Commissioner Jane Richardson joined...
Grand Island Games Registration Deadline Approaching
Jun 17, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — You have just two more weeks to register a team for the 2024 Grand Island Games, which is hosted by the Grand Island Par...
Grand Island Kite Festival Adds Night Flight
Jun 17, 2024 / Paul Nielsen
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA: The Grand Island Kite Festival will sail again this summer with nine professional kiters — also known as “big k...
Adrian Smith Announces 2024 Angels in Adoption Honorees
Jun 17, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced Neil and Whitney Wolford of Hastings as the 2024 Angels in Adoption honor...
GI Police Report
Jun 17, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 06/17/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Hall County Airport Authority Board to Meet
Jun 17, 2024 / Hall County
Hall County Airport Authority Board meets on Thursday. The agenda is attached.
Nebraska State Patrol Graduates 69th Recruit Class
Jun 17, 2024 / NSP
JUNE 14, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Thirteen new Nebraska State Troopers are ready to hit the road in service to the people of Nebraska. Me...
Why We Stand for the Flag
Jun 17, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
On my recent trip to the beaches of Normandy, I witnessed a striking testimony of patriotism when American veterans of the D-Day invasion made the ...
Three Lincoln YRTC Absconders Apprehended in Omaha
Jun 17, 2024 / NDOC
JUNE 15, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Omaha Police Department and Lincoln Police Departme...
Nelly Venegas Joins Grand Island Chamber Staff
Jun 14, 2024 / GI Chamber
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Nelly Venegas has been named vice president of the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce. In this role, she will oversee...
NDOT Announces National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Jun 14, 2024 / NDOT
June 14, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Today, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) announces updates to its National Electric Vehic...
Platte Institute Outlines Comprehensive Property Tax Reform Plan and Opposes EPIC Tax Proposal
Jun 14, 2024 / Ryan Kopsa Communications and Marketing Director
OMAHA, NE — The Platte Institute outlined some specific policy recommendations necessary to reform Nebraska’s property tax system. At t...
GIPS Continues to Develop Educators with New PathBack Program Recipients
Jun 14, 2024 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing | Grand Island Public Schools
GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) — Grand Island Public Schools is continuing to “grow their own” and promote careers in the education field th...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Working on a Farm Bill for Nebraska
Jun 14, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
Congress is supposed to pass a new Farm Bill every five years. The Farm Bill is crucial and complex. It deals with everything from conservation to ...
State Fair adds Los Huracanes Del Norte to Nebraska Lottery Concert Series
Jun 14, 2024 / State Fair
The Nebraska State Fair announced Los Huracanes Del Norte has been added to the Nebraska Lottery Concert Series. The multiple Grammy nominated nort...
Choice Family Health Care in Kearney Receives Community Support for Clinic Renovation
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
Choice Family Health Care, a non-profit community-based clinic specializing in reproductive health care and health education, is pleased to announc...
Kearney Man Sentenced for Post Office Burglary
Jun 13, 2024 / Lecia E. Wright Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Tyrelle Smiley, 26, of Kearney, Nebraska, was sentenced on June 13, 2024, in federal court in Linc...
Adrian Smith Leads Letter Demanding Answers from IRS Commissioner on Direct File Program
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), led their Ways and Means...
Nebraska State Patrol 69th Basic Recruit Camp to Graduate Friday
Jun 13, 2024 / NSP
JUNE 13, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — The recruits of the Nebraska State Patrol’s 69th Basic Recruit Class will graduate during a cerem...
