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Nebraska Crop Production Report
Feb 3, 2025 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. February 3, 2025 - For the week ending February 2, 2025, topsoil moisture supplies rated 27% very short, 51% short, 22% adequate...
Kearney Welcome Center Opens
Feb 3, 2025 / Madalyn Gotschall COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
(KEARNEY, NEBRASKA) Visitors and residents of Kearney are invited to enjoy a brand-new visitors center opening today, February 3rd.The Welcome...
Hall County Treasurer Touches on Variety of Subjects
Feb 3, 2025 / KRGI News
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Former sociology chair Pigott Janssen leaves $2.25M gift to University of Nebraska at Kearney
Feb 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson UNK News editor
KEARNEY – The late Ruth Ann Pigott Janssen, a beloved former professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of Nebraska at...
Hastings Police Report
Feb 3, 2025 / HPD
Reported Offenses: On February 2, 2025, a 48-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 1300 block of Sheridan Drive. On Febr... (1)-2025-02-03-11-24-34.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Good Samaritan Accepting Applications for Health Career Scholarships until April 1
Feb 3, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KEARNEY - Applications are being accepted until April 1 for Good Samaritan Foundation’s annual Health Career Scholarship program. Recipients ...
Big Brother Big Sisters of America Launches Groundbreaking Research on the Long-Term Impacts of Mentorship
Feb 3, 2025 / BBBS
Grand Island, NE – (February 3, 2025) – On January 28, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) – the preeminent one-to-one yo...
Mid-America Manufacturing Economy Begins Year on Positive Note
Feb 3, 2025 / Creighton University
January 2025 Survey Highlights:-For only the third time since July 2024, the overall, or Business Conditions Index, climbed above growth neutral.-F...
GI Police Report
Feb 3, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 02/03/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Hastings Police Report
Feb 2, 2025 / HPD
February 2nd 2025Reported Offenses: On February 1, 2025, a 30-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 700 block of North Mi...
Legislative round-up: Week of Jan. 26
Feb 2, 2025 / by Owen Reimer
Nebraska News ServiceLINCOLN--In its third week of the 2025 session, the Nebraska Legislature began its first full week of hearings, with committee...
Standoff in Hitchcock County
Feb 2, 2025 / NSP-North Platte
FEBRUARY 2, 2025 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team have arrested one person following a standoff in Hi...Nebraska January 1 Cattle Inventory
Feb 2, 2025 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. January 31, 2025 - All cattle and calves in Nebraska as of January 1, 2025 totaled 6.05 million head, down 3% from January 1, 20...
Senators hear arguments on death penalty
Feb 2, 2025 / by Josie Golka Nebraska News Service
Lincoln--Senators heard arguments to abolish the death penalty at the state level and to allow for execution via nitrogen hypoxia at the Nebraska C...
Hastings Police Report
Feb 1, 2025 / HPD
February 1st 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On January 31, 2025, a 20-year-old Hastings resident was cited for minor in possession of ...
Serving Nebraskans and Focusing our Priorities
Feb 1, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen
January 31, 2025 For the first time this century, Nebraska’s property taxpayers opened their statements in December and saw a reduction. &nb...
Giving Future Leaders the Chance to Succeed
Jan 31, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
The American education system develops our next generation of leaders, but we must reckon with serious challenges facing our nation’s student...
Final Open House Planned for Parks & Recreation Master Plan
Jan 31, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — Following an initial open house that saw hundreds turn out to voice their opinions, the Grand Island Parks & Recreat...
Grand Island Crime Rate Reduced by 14% in 2024
Jan 31, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Police Department is starting 2025 off on a great foot, as the final crime statistics for 2024 show a p...-2025-01-31-10-45-50.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Hastings College announces Jackson Scholars program for aspiring artists
Jan 31, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College is launching the Jackson Scholars program, a groundbreaking opportunity for aspiring artists to hone ...
Hastings Police Report
Jan 31, 2025 / HPD
January 31th 2025Reported Offenses: On January 30, 2025, a 46-year-old Hastings resident reported threats in the 1100 block of West 14th Street. ...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Jan 31, 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...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Protecting the Dignity of Human Life
Jan 31, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
The pro-life movement is about love, compassion, dignity, and respect. Nebraska is a pro-life state. As Senator, I’m fighting to uphold those...
USDA To Gather Cash Rent Data
Jan 31, 2025 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. January 30, 2025 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the ...
Briese Encourages Nebraskans to Search for Unclaimed Property
Jan 31, 2025 / Charles Isom, Director of Communications
(Lincoln, NE) Nebraska Treasurer Tom Briese today encouraged Nebraskans to observe Unclaimed Property Day on February 1st by searching www.Nebraska...