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GIPS Board of Education Wrap
Jul 11, 2025 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing Grand Island Public Schools
The Grand Island Public School Board of Education covered a variety of topics on Thursday. Click here for the complete board brief.
Hastings Police Report
Jul 11, 2025 / HPD
July 11th 2025Reported Offenses: On July 10, 2025, a 40-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 400 block of East 6th Street. On July ...
Three new members join St. Francis Foundation Board
Jul 11, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
Grand Island, NE- CHI Health St. Francis Foundation welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors. Grand Island residents Randy Arens, Chris...
Tree Damage Featured on Everything Outdoors
Jul 11, 2025 / KRGI News
Elizabeth Exstrom, Hall County Extension Educator, discussed the effects of of the recent storms on the local tree population.
GI Tourism Featured on Community Connection
Jul 11, 2025 / KRGI news
Brad Mellema of Grand Island Tourism joined Brian Gallagher.
Fueling Futures: CEP Program Boosts GIPS Student Meals by Almost 80,000
Jul 11, 2025 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing Grand Island Public Schools
For the complete board wrap click here. GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) — More students enjoyed school meals at Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS) than ...
GI Police Report
Jul 11, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 07/11/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on the report...
Air Force Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Disclose Unlawfully Classified National Defense Information
Jul 11, 2025 / Amy Donato
WASHINGTON — A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base pleaded g...
Good Samaritan’s ICU Recognized for Nursing Excellence
Jul 11, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KEARNEY-The Intensive Care Unit team at CHI Health Good Samaritan was recently honored with a Silver Beacon of Excellence Award from the American A...
Local Truck Inspections Held in Norfolk
Jul 11, 2025 / NDOT
JULY 10, 2025 (NORFOLK, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Carrier Enforcement Division conducted local commercial ...
Storms Cause Damage In Hall County Thursday Night
Jul 10, 2025 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - Several Hall County residents reported downed power lines, tree damage, and even grain bins tossed across their yards on Thurs...
Central District Health Department to Begin Mosquito Spraying
Jul 10, 2025 / Jeremy Collinson
Beginning next week, the Central District Health Department will begin spraying for adult mosquitoes. The spraying will be conducted during the ear...
Update Provided on NE-TF1 Search Efforts in Central Texas
Jul 10, 2025 / Barry Stevens
LINCOLN, NE – In collaboration with Nebraska Task Force One (NE-TF1) and the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Governor Jim Pillen...
Gov. Pillen Announces Appointments to Newly Created School Financing Review Commission
Jul 10, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced appointments to the School Financing Review Commission, as created through the passage of ...
Troopers Arrest Two After Pursuit in Thurston County
Jul 10, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director
July 10, 2025 (Norfolk, Neb.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people following a pursuit in northeast Nebra...
Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers
Jul 10, 2025 / Bobbie Kriz-Wickham
Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eli...
Buffalo County Sheriff's Office Receives STEP Grant
Jul 10, 2025 / Jeni Samuelson
The Nebraska Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office has approved the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office for a selective traffic enfo...
UNL ranks in top 10% worldwide for agriculture, natural resources
Jul 10, 2025 / Geitner Simmons, IANR Media
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 10, 2025 — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s agriculture and natural resources programs rank in the to...
TSCI staff member injured in assault
Jul 10, 2025 / NDOC
July 10, 2025 (Tecumseh, Neb.) – A staff member at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) sustained serious* injuries in an...
Hall County Airport Authority Meets Friday
Jul 10, 2025 / KRGI News
Hall County Airport Authority3579 Sky Park RoadGrand Island, NE 68801 AGENDARegular Board MeetingJuly 11, 2025 - 8:00 a.m 1. Call to Order ...
HUW Featured on Community Connection
Jul 10, 2025 / KRGI News
Sara Kirkley of the Heartland United Way discusses upcoming events.
ICE arrests one of El Salvador’s “Top 100 Most Wanted” hiding in Nebraska
Jul 10, 2025 / ICE
OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested a high-ranking member of the violent...
Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
Jul 10, 2025 / USDA
(Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025)- Yesterday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a n...
The Nebraska Corn Board Kicks off New Fiscal Year with New Program Focuses
Jul 10, 2025 / Jill Bookhout Director of Communications
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) began the new fiscal year on July 1 which brings new programs funded by the checkoff for the 20...
GIPS Board meets tonight UPDATE
Jul 10, 2025 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing Grand Island Public Schools
The Grand Island Board of Education will hold their regular meeting for July 2025 tonight (7.10) at 5:30 p.m. at the GIPS Kneale Administration Bui...