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CHI Health Honors Donation and Transplantation with April Tributes

Mar 27, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager

Kearney & Grand Island—April is National Donate Life Month–a time to raise awareness about donation, encourage organ, eye and tissu...

Kearney Police Utilize Drone Technology to Apprehend Suspects Following Vandalism and Vehicle Theft

Mar 27, 2025 / KPD

On Saturday, March 22, 2025, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Kearney Police Department (KPD) officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of West 39...

Attorney General Hilgers Urges Consumers to Check Eligibility for Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices.

Mar 27, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

Lincoln – Attorney General Hilgers is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as Nebr...

Hastings Police Report

Mar 27, 2025 / HPD

March 26th, 2025Reported Offenses: On March 25, 2025, a 45-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 1800 block of Centennial Avenue Arr...

Nebraska LEAD Program Class 42 Graduates, Recognized at Annual Banquet

Mar 27, 2025 / Kurtis Harms, Director, Nebraska LEAD Program

Lincoln, Neb., March 26 — The Nebraska LEAD Program honored the 29 Fellows of Class 42 during the Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council&rs...

Temporary Trail Closure Extension:

Mar 27, 2025 / City of Kearney

The City of Kearney Parks Department would like to inform the public the hike-bike trail from the Rolling Hills bridge to Cottonmill Park will...

Gov. Pillen Kicks Off First Water Quality & Quantity Task Force Meeting

Mar 27, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen took another step in protecting and preserving Nebraska’s vital water resources. Speaking to e...

GI Police Report

Mar 27, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 03/27/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Slough to join Grand Island Lutheran High

Mar 26, 2025 / Central Nebraska Lutheran School Release

Leaders at Central Nebraska Lutheran School have announced Jeremiah Slough will be the first principal at Grand Island Lutheran High, as well as se...

CDHD focuses on Severe Weather Awareness

Mar 26, 2025 / KRGI News

Estephany Lopez of the Central District Health Department gave tips during severe weather awareness week. 

After 77 years, Roe Automotive Making Changes

Mar 26, 2025 / Jack Sheard

The Roe Family has been associated with the Buick brand for over 77 years. In 1948, after serving his country as a Lieutenant in the Marines in Wor...

City of Grand Island Release - Yard Waste Site to Open on Monday

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

Grand Island, Neb. — The City of Grand Island Transfer Station will be reopening its Yard Waste Site to the public beginning Monday, March 31...

Hall County Board Addresses a Variety of Issues

Mar 26, 2025 / Hall County

Click here to view Tuesday's Hall County Board of Commissioners meeting. 

Hallelujah Father Daughter Dance Takes Place This Saturday

Mar 26, 2025 / KRGI News

(Grand Island, NE) - The 6th annual Hallelujah Father Daughter Dance will take place Saturday, March 29th at Peace Lutheran Church from 6:00 pm to ...

Conley Gives Take on GI Council Meeting

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

The Grand Island City Council met on Tuesday. Ward 3 Council Member Jason Conley spoke after the meeting.  Click here for the complete video o...

GI Police Report

Mar 26, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 03/26/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Nebraska Supreme Court to Hold Court Session at Kearney High School

Mar 25, 2025 / State of Nebraska

March 25, 2025 Kearney High School students will get a rare firsthand look at the judicial process from inside their school when the Nebraska ...

Work will begin on N-58 – N-11, near Dannebrog

Mar 25, 2025 / NDOT

March 25, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin March 31 on N-58 – N-11, from reference post 27.93 to re...

Ricketts Introduces Two Bills to Cut Taxes on Social Security, Military Retirement Benefits

Mar 25, 2025 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced two bills to cut federal taxes on Social Security and military retirem...

Hastings College initiatives receive Department of Economic Development grant

Mar 25, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College

(Hastings, Nebraska) – Two Hastings College initiatives — the Scott Scholars Program and the Doerr Center for Civic Engagement — ...

126 UNMC medical students learned residency assignments on Match Day

Mar 25, 2025 / John Keenan, UNMC Strategic Communication

A total of 126 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, learned about their residency assignments M...

Hastings Police Report

Mar 25, 2025 / HPD

March 25, 2025Reported Offenses: On March 24, 2025, a 61-year-old Hastings resident reported a fraud in the 1000 block of South Burlington Avenue....

Work will begin tomorrow on N-70, Ord North

Mar 25, 2025 / NDOT

March 25, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin tomorrow, March 26, on Nebraska Highway 70 (N-70) at reference...

Summer Program Registration Opens March 29

Mar 25, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Online Registration for Grand Island Parks & Recreation summer programming will open on March 29. Registrations tha...

CCC’s Holdrege Center to Return Downtown

Mar 25, 2025 / Scott Miller-Senior Director of College Communications

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Central Community College Board of Governors has approved a $1.9 million plan to relocate the Holdrege Center to dow...