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Kearney Area Concerned Citizens Plan Dinner
Oct 20, 2025 / Briann Fines
The 40th annual Thanksgiving Dinner is coming up in Kearney.
Report Shows IANR Delivers $849 Million Annual Economic and Public Value, Strongly Supporting Nebraska’s No. 1 Industry
Oct 20, 2025 / Cara Pesek, Senior Communications Director,
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 20 — A new preliminary economic impact analysis by national consulting firm Tripp Umbach finds that the Institute of Agri...
Hastings Police Report
Oct 20, 2025 / HPD
October 20th 2025Reported Offenses: On October 19, 2025, a 31-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run in the 900 block of South Pine Ave...
GI Police Report
Oct 20, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 10/20/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on the report...
GIPD Felonies Report Weekend October 17th-20th
Oct 20, 2025 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - Grand Island Police responded and acted on several felonies over the weekend: Driving During Revocation, Drugs, False Reportin...
2025 Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference
Oct 19, 2025 / John Hansen NFU
The 18th Annual Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference will open Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel, bringing togeth...
Hastings Police Report
Oct 19, 2025 / HPD
October 19th 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On October 18, 2025, a 38-year-old Hastings resident was arrested for trespassing in the 3...
CCC News Release: Humanities Nebraska Speaker to Appear in Grand Island
Oct 18, 2025 / Joni Ransom
(Grand Island, Neb.) – Historian Jeff Barnes will present a program “Custer in Nebraska: The ...
Ideological Demands Put Rural Healthcare at Risk
Oct 18, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
It is now nearly one month since the House passed its clean continuing resolution to keep open the federal government. On September 19, House Repub...
Nebraska Publishes Contract with ICE to use Work Ethic Camp as ICE Detention Facility
Oct 17, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the state has published a contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utili...
Building a ‘Charlie Kirk’ Legacy
Oct 17, 2025 / By Governor Jim Pillen October 17, 2025
This country is the greatest in the history of the world – free, strong, resilient, a land of unending opportunity. The American people are b...
Hastings Police Report
Oct 17, 2025 / HPD
October 17th 2025Reported Offenses: On October 16, 2025, a 68-year-old Hastings resident reported a burglary in the 400 block of West 9th Street. ...
PSC Excellence in Leadership recipients honored
Oct 17, 2025 / Jason McFarley Public Information/Education Officer Nebraska Public Service Commission
Lincoln, October 17, 2025 - The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) is pleased to honor Carrie Gans, Assistant Director Telecommunication...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Bipartisan Shutdown Solution
Oct 17, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
We are into the third week of the Schumer Shutdown. It’s shameful that Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are holding government fundin...
NPM hosts special event in GI
Oct 17, 2025 / KRGI News
Maggie Berndt of Nebraska Public media discussed Threads of Freedom, which will have a special showing this weekend at Stuhr Museum.
The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour Coming to Grand Island
Oct 17, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — Leaders in breaking barriers and making history, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters™ today announced that Grand...
Final Report from the KPS Data Breach
Oct 17, 2025 / Tori Stofferson
Dear KPS Parents and Kearney Community, After receiving our final report from our Fortinet Incident Response Team, the hacking organization, Inter...
Local Foundations Step Up to Support a Local Nonprofit
Oct 17, 2025 / Press Release
Grand Island, NE, October 17 2025 - Choice Family Health Care has received financial support from two local foundations to help fund a program...
Nebraska Cooperative Council Annual Meeting and Hall of Fame
Oct 17, 2025 / Deb Mazour Office Manager & Program Coordinator Nebraska Cooperative Council
KEARNEY, NE--The 80th Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Council will be held on Wednesday, November 19th at the Younes Conference Center N...
Good Samaritan Nurses Named Top 40 Under 40
Oct 17, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KEARNEY–Jennifer Tobias, RN-BSN, MSN, and Whitney Cole, BSN, RN, both from CHI Health Good Samaritan, were honored with the 40 Under 40 Award...
Next hearing on unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp scheduled for October 24 The suit asserts the Governor has exceeded his authority under state law
Oct 17, 2025 / Sierra Salgado Pirigyi
LINCOLN, NE – This afternoon, Red Willow County District Judge Patrick Heng heard initial arguments in the lawsuit filed by Nebraska Applesee...
GI Police Report
Oct 17, 2025 / GIPD
FELONY REPORTNews media report for: 10/17/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more informa...
Grand Island First Responders to Host 2nd-Annual Halloween with Heroes Event
Oct 16, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Police Department and Fire Department, will be teaming up with under emergency responders to once again...
Hastings Police Report
Oct 16, 2025 / HPD
October 16th 2025Reported Offenses: On October 15, 2025, a 38-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 3500 block of Park Lane Drive. O...
McCook Residents file lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp
Oct 16, 2025 / Sierra Salgado Pirigyi Communications Director,
LINCOLN, NE - Yesterday, Nebraska Appleseed filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Red Willow County on behalf of former State Senator DiAnna Sch...