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Lepler Pleads Not Guilty, County Leaders Step Up To Assist Affected Families

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Sep 27, 2023 / Tyson Havranek

Audio Story Below   A Grand Island woman accused of fraud against families who bought headstones they never received, has plead not guilty. ...
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Mayor Steele Announces Cornhusker Railroad Regional Connectivity Project

Sep 26, 2023 / City of Grand Island Release

Grand Island, Nebraska — Monday, Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele joined U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to an...
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Grand Island Five Points Roundabout To Open This Friday

Sep 26, 2023 / KRGI News

(Grand Island, NE) - The City of Grand Island Public Works Department is announcing the Five Points Intersection is scheduled to be open to traffic...
CCC Operating Budget Approved, Tax Levy Lowered Again

CCC Operating Budget Approved, Tax Levy Lowered Again

Sep 25, 2023 / Press Release

The Central Community College Board of Governors has approved an operating budget for 2023-24, which includes a fifth straight decrease in the prop...
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Man Makes Racial Terroristic Threats During DUI Arrest

Sep 25, 2023 / Press Release

Saturday morning officers with the GI police department responded to the South Locust Pump and Pantry for a possible DUI. The male identified as A...
Newly Renovated St. Francis Emergency Dept. reopens on north side of hospital at 4 am on Sept. 26

Newly Renovated St. Francis Emergency Dept. reopens on north side of hospital at 4 am on Sept. 26

Sep 22, 2023 / Press Release

The $13 million renovated Emergency Department (ED) at CHI Health St. Francis reopens at 4 am on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Returning to the north side of...
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St Paul Man Charged With False Statements and Bankruptcy Fraud

Sep 21, 2023 / Press Release

Daniel Butt, age 38, of St. Paul, Nebraska, is charged in a four-count Indictment.  Count I charges Butt with false statement on loan and cred...
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Aurora Middle School Teacher Named Nebraska Teacher of the YearAudio Icon, this article contains audio

Sep 20, 2023 / Nebraska Department of Education

Scott Phillips, a 7th grade math teacher at Aurora Middle School was named the 2024 Nebraska Teacher of the Year during a surprise award presentati...
Morning Apartment Fire Now Classified As Arson

Morning Apartment Fire Now Classified As Arson

Sep 20, 2023 / Press Release

A Morning Grand Island apartment fire has caused heavy smoke damage, but thankfully no injuries were reported.  The fire broke out in the 210...
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New Data Shows Impact Of Inflation

Sep 20, 2023 / Press Release

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about President Biden’s economic agenda and its impact on children, fam...
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18 Killed On Nebraska Roads In August

Sep 20, 2023 / Press Release

During the month of August 2023, eighteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, according to data collected by the Nebra...
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Interim Tag Removed From GIPS SuperintendentAudio Icon, this article contains audio

Sep 15, 2023 / Tyson Havranek

audio version of story below Last night at the GIPS Board Meeting the interim tag was removed from Superintendent Matt Fisher.  KRGI's Tyson...
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Felony Child Abuse Suspect Arrested

Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release

On Friday, September 15, at approximately 3:30 a.m., a tip was received that Jacob Ellingson, wanted for two separate counts of Felony Child Abuse,...
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GIPS Resolves Threat At Senior High

Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release

A threat was investigated at Grand Island Senior High yesterday.  Officials were made aware of a student was sharing upsetting social media p...
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Troopers Patrol Roads, Stadium, and Sky on Husker Gameday

Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release

 As the Huskers gear up for the first home football game of the season, Nebraska State Troopers and many public safety partners will be workin...
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Pillen Appoints Briese As Treasurer

Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release

Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Senator Tom Briese as state treasurer. Briese will assume the duties of the office on Nov. 1. He ...
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Grand Island Man Arrested Following Flight to Avoid Arrest

Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release

On 9/12/2023 around 21:45 a traffic stop was attempted on a Dodge Dakota at Stolley Park Rd. and S Locust St. Officers had previous contact with th...
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County Commissioners Adopt BudgetAudio Icon, this article contains audio

Sep 13, 2023 / Tyson Havranek

Audio Version Of Story Below We turn our attention to the Co. Board meeting where yesterday, Commissioners voted to adopt the budget, that some re...
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Search For Fugitive Continues In Kearney

Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release

Members of the Kearney Police Department continue to work tirelessly to locate and apprehend 24-year-old Jacob Ellingson, wanted for two separate c...
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PSC OPENS INVESTIGATIONS INTO 911 OUTAGES

Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release

On Tuesday, September 12, the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) opened separate investigations into recent 911 outages involving t...
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NSP Investigating Crash Involving School Bus

Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release

 The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a crash that involved a school bus yesterday morning on Highway 2 east of Palmyra. Several student...
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Husker Harvest Days Underway

Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release

Husker Harvest Days kicks off today just west of Grand Island. For over 40 years, Husker Harvest Days has a provided world-class space where farme...
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Kearney Police Searching For Fugitive

Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release

Kearney Police, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office, and Nebraska State Patrol are all actively searching for Jacob Ellingson, WANTED for Felony Ch...
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GI Man Arrested For Hate Crimes

Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release

Saturday Officers with the GI police department were dispatched to Ryder Park in reference to an assault of a black male. Upon locating the males ...
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HPD arrests eight people at 114 University

Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release

Last Friday evening the Hastings Police Department served a search warrant at 114 University Avenue. Following months of area residents in the neig...