Local News
Nebraska’s September Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 3.0
Dec 5, 2025 / Hillary Lee
LINCOLN - Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for September 2025 is 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted. The rate is unchanged from the Aug...
Maximizing Nebraska's Resources
Dec 5, 2025 / Rep. Adrian Smith
Spanning our state - Missouri River to panhandle - Nebraska’s Third District has been blessed with a breadth of natural resources. Although m...
Wreaths Across America Returns to Grand Island
Dec 5, 2025 / KRGI News
Tammie Dimmitt and LaVonne Catron discussed the December 13th event at the Nebraska Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Grand Island, Grand Island Expres...
GI Tourism Rep Excited By Recent Developments
Dec 5, 2025 / KRGI News
Brad Mellema discussed the recent announcement that will bring professional football back to Grand Island.
Securing Our Border, Keeping Nebraskans Safe
Dec 5, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
A nation is only as secure as its borders. Joe Biden’s open border policies created a national security, humanitarian, and drug catastr...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Dec 5, 2025 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours arou...
YWCA Grand Island Speeds Up Renovation to Immediately Open More Childcare Spots at Starr Elementary Site UPDATE
Dec 5, 2025 / Press Release
Listen to an interview with Amy Bennett below. GRAND ISLAND, NE – Recognizing the urgent need for safe and reliable childcare—a need t...
Hastings Police Report
Dec 5, 2025 / HPD
December 5th 2025Reported Offenses: On December 4, 2025, a 48-year-old Hastings resident reported a shoplifting in the 800 block of South Burlingt...
Palliative Care Provider Starr Joins St. Francis
Dec 5, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
Grand Island – CHI Health Clinic Palliative Care (St. Francis) is pleased to announce the addition of Adeline Starr, APRN to its staff. ...
Grand Island YMCA Names Chad Knight as new CEO
Dec 5, 2025 / Jerry Janulewicz
The Grand Island YMCA has named Chad Knight as its new Chief Executive Officer. Selected by the Y’s Board of Directors following an extensive...
Hastings Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl
Dec 5, 2025 / Amy Donato
United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Seth Fontaine, 30, of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 3, 2025, in federal court...
GISH invites future students to the Islander Experience on Sunday
Dec 4, 2025 / KRGI News
Potential future Grand Island Senior High students are invited to the Islander Experience this Sunday. GISH Principal Calvin Hubbard, Freshman Acad...
Arena League FB Coming to GI
Dec 4, 2025 / KRGI Sports
Owner Jeff Holmes and Arena League Commissioner Tim Brown discussed the new Arena League Football team coming to the Grand Island next June. ...
Hall County Sheriff's Department Earns Grant
Dec 4, 2025 / Troy Arends
The Hall County Sheriff's Office has been awarded $4386 from the NDOT Highway Safety Office for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign. Five D...
Buffalo County Wraps Up “Make It Click” Safety Mobilization
Dec 4, 2025 / Jeni Samuelson Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office recently completed a “Make it Click” Mobilization Selective Traffic Enforcement campaign thro...
Hastings Police Report
Dec 4, 2025 / HPD
December 4th 2025Reported Offenses: On December 3, 2025, a 38-year-old Chapman resident reported a fraud in the 200 block of South Cedar Avenue. ...
Poll: Rural Nebraskans concerned about biosecurity, hopeful for bioeconomy
Dec 4, 2025 / Becky Vogt, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 4, 2025 — Rural Nebraskans are familiar with the need to protect the health of their land, food and communities. Acco...
Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow webinar series returns in January
Dec 4, 2025 / UNL
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 4— Nebraska Extension will again offer its popular Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow webinar series this January, providing...
Gov. Pillen Announces Federal Approval of Nebraska’s BEAD Final Proposal
Dec 4, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE -- Governor Jim Pillen is announcing a major milestone in Nebraska’s efforts to ensure all areas of the state have robust and rel...
Calving College Series Returns in 2026 With Expanded Webinar and Hands-On Learning Opportunities
Dec 3, 2025 / UNL
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 3 — Following an overwhelmingly positive response last year, Nebraska Extension is bringing back its Calving College seri...
Playing for Something Bigger: UNK senior Abby Rose embraces opportunity to compete in Kearney
Dec 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson UNK Communications
KEARNEY – She calls it a “leap of faith.” A late recruit who’d never seen the University of Nebraska at Kearney play in pe...
Kearney Area Concerned Citizens Reflect on Thanksgiving Dinner
Dec 3, 2025 / Brad Kernick
The 40 Annual Free Thanksgiving Dinner has come and gone, and we would like to thank all our wonderful volunteers…we were so blessed with th...
Hastings Police Report
Dec 3, 2025 / HPD
December 3rd 2025Reported Offenses: On December 2, 2025, a 21-year-old Shelton resident reported vandalism to a vehicle in the 2500 block of West ...
NDOT Provides Update on I-80 Projects, Urges Nebraskans to Drive Safely in Work Zones
Dec 3, 2025 / Samantha Bernt
Dec. 3, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Across Nebraska, major projects are well underway or nearing completion along Interstate 80 (I-80). Const...
DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis
Dec 3, 2025 / Emily Murray Public Information Officer
Listen to an interview with DEA Special Agent in Charge Dustin Gillespie below. OMAHA, Neb.,– The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...