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Hastings Police Report

Feb 27, 2025 / HPD

February 27th 2025Reported Offenses: On February 26, 2025, a 33-year-old Hastings resident reported an assault in the 2200 block of Boyce Street. ...

Nebraska Crop Values

Feb 27, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. February 26, 2025 – The value of Nebraska’s 2024 field and miscellaneous crops is forecast at $12.4 billion, accordi...

Photo Credit: Merrick County Sheriff's Office

Merrick County Tuesday Vehicle Accident

Feb 27, 2025 / KRGI News

(Rural Merrick County) - At approximately 3:18 p.m., Tuesday, February 25th, the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office was detailed to a two vehicl...

Fire Crews Continue Battling Active Wildfires in Custer County

Feb 27, 2025 / Benjamin Bohall

February 26, 2025 BROKEN BOW, Neb. – Fire crews are actively battling three wildfires in Custer County, with efforts focused on con...

GI Police Report

Feb 27, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/27/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

St. Francis Cancer Rehab Program Starts March 10

Feb 26, 2025 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI

KEARNEY–CHI Health St. Francis' free cancer rehabilitation program helps survivors regain their physical, emotional, and spiritual health aft...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 26, 2025 / HPD

February 26th, 2025Reported Offenses: On February 25, 2025, a 23-year-old Hastings resident reported an assault in the 700 block of South Chicago ...

GI City Council Wrap

Feb 26, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

The Grand Island City Council touched on a variety of subjects on Tuesday. See an interview with Ward 4 Councilmember Mike Paulick.

GI Police Report

Feb 26, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/26/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Central Community College-Hastings students Nathanial Krolikowski and Braden Wynn, both residents of Wood River, each received the Jim R. DeBord Scholarship on Feb. 21. The $1,000 scholarship is given each year to two students in the heavy equipment operator technology program each year.

DeBord Scholarships Go to Wood River Duo

Feb 25, 2025 / Scott Miller-CCC

HASTINGS, Neb. - A pair of Central Community College-Hastings heavy equipment operator technology (HEOT) students from Wood River have been named r...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 25, 2025 / HPD

February 25th, 2025Reported Offenses: On February 24, 2025, a 45-year-old Hastings resident reported an assault in the 200 block of North Marian R...

Nebraska State Patrol Homicide Investigation

Clay County Homicide Suspect Arrested for Murder

Feb 25, 2025 / NSP

February 24, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska State Patrol has arrested the suspect in a Friday evening homicide in rural Harvard. ...

Hall County Board Has Tuesday Meeting

Feb 24, 2025 / KRGI News

Thee Hall County Board of Commissioners will meet on Tuesday. Commissioner Gary Quandt was on with Brian Gallagher. See the agenda and hear t...

Aurora GBB Opens Post Season

Feb 24, 2025 / KRGI Sports

The Aurora girls look for the upset against York in the opening round of the B-6 Sub district tournament. The Huskies are 9-12 heading into the mat...

GI Police Report

Feb 24, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/24/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 24, 2025 / HPD

February 24th 2025Reported Offenses: On February 23, 2025, a 63-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run accident in the 100 block of Eas...

New Organization, High School Name Coming in Form of Central Nebraska Lutheran Schools UPDATE

Feb 24, 2025 / Jack Sheard

Listen to and interview with Brad Keasling below. Lightning is striking the landscape of local schools. The organization of Lutheran schools of Ce...

Additional Information Released in Clay County Homicide Investigation

Feb 23, 2025 / NSP

February 23, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — The Nebraska State Patrol can release additional information regarding a homicide investigatio...

GI Council Meets Tuesday

Feb 23, 2025 / City of GI

Meeting Agenda of City Council Regular MeetingCouncil Chambers100 E First StreetFebruary 25, 2025 7:00 PMCity 1. CALL TO ORDERThis is an open ...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 23, 2025 / HPD

February 23rd 2025Reported Offenses: On February 22, 2025, a 20-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run in the 700 block of North Saint ...

NSP Investigating Homicide in Clay County

Feb 23, 2025 / NSP

February 22, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — The Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, is inv...

Reaction to EPA Waiver regarding E15

Feb 23, 2025 / Press Release

Smith Statement on EPA Announcement on Year-Round E15 Access Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), a co-chair of the Congressional Bi...

Nebraska Cattle on Feed up 2%

Feb 22, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. February 21, 2025 - Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.59 million cattle on feed on February ...

GIPS Pre School Principal Provides an Update

Feb 21, 2025 / KRGI News

Julie Schnitzler, pre school principal for Grand Island Public Schools joined Brian Gallagher on Thursday.

Innovation at USPS Must Serve Rural Americans

Feb 21, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

Our nation’s founders understood the importance of establishing a universal postal system from the very beginning. In 1775, the Second Contin...