Local News
'Movies in the Park' Returns This September
Aug 22, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — The City of Grand Island Parks and Recreation Department invites the community to enjoy a series of free outdoor movie n...
Online Project Prioritization Exercise for GIAMPO 2050 Long Range Transportation
Aug 22, 2025 / Sp
Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (GIAMPO) is inviting community members to participate in an onl...
NCTA Graduate Named Proteus Farmworker of the Year
Aug 22, 2025 / By NCTA News
Morel Jurado of Imperial, a 2024 graduate of NCTA, has been honored with the Proteus Farmworker of the Year Award during the National Farmworker Ap...
Independent Senate Candidate Dan Osborn to Hold Town Hall in Hastings on August 27th
Aug 22, 2025 / Colleen Craig
Steamfitter and Former Union Leader Continues Statewide Listening Tour HASTINGS, NE – Dan Osborn, the lifelong independent running for U.S. ...
NeFU Encourages Eligible Cattle Producers to File Claims in the $83.5 Million JBS Lawsuit
Aug 22, 2025 / NFU
Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) State President John Hansen is encouraging eligible cattle producers to file claims as part of the $83.5...
Hastings Police Report
Aug 22, 2025 / HPD
August 22nd 2025Reported Offenses: On August 21, 2025, a 56-year-old Hastings resident reported a fraud in the 3700 block of Osborne Drive West. ...
Shelters & pantries stress need as Heartland United Way Food Drive begins
Aug 22, 2025 / Sara Kirkley Communications Director
Collecting for the Heartland United Way’s 2025 Husker Harvest Days Food Drive has begun at local grocery stores. “We are so blessed to...
Coleman announces retirement-Jan. 5
Aug 22, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KEARNEY - After more than three years of service in Kearney, and more than 34 years in health care, CHI Health Good Samaritan President Curt Colema...
As School Year Starts, Teachers Deserve Our Thanks
Aug 22, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen
August 22, 2025 As the school year kicks off, it’s a good time to tell Nebraska’s teachers thank you. They are difference makers, ...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Aug 22, 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: Combatting Communist China’s Ownership of America’s Farmland
Aug 22, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Rural communities are the heart and soul of Nebraska. Their health care needs are unique and require tailored solutions. The One Big Be...
Troopers on Patrol During Nebraska State Fair
Aug 22, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director
August 22, 2025 (Grand ISland, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Fair will be highlighting Nebraska’s best for the next ten days. Troope...
GI Police Report
Aug 22, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 08/22/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on the r...
New Appointment and Leadership Elected for the Nebraska Corn Board
Aug 21, 2025 / Jill Bookhout Director of Communications
August 21, 2025 Lincoln, Neb. – Gov. Jim Pillen recently appointed Lisa Lunz to serve as the District 4 director of the Nebraska Corn Bo...
Hastings Police Report
Aug 21, 2025 / HPD
August 21st 2025Reported Offenses: On August 20, 2025, a 62-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run accident in the 800 block of North H...
Grand Island Lutheran High Opens First School Year
Aug 21, 2025 / KRGI News
Grand Island Lutheran High is a 7-12 school at the former Heartland Lutheran location. Principal Jeremiah Slough provided an update.
Gov. Pillen Issues Disaster Declaration for 23 Counties Following August Storms
Aug 21, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has issued a disaster declaration for 23 counties resulting from storms that impacted the state earlier thi...
Good Samaritan cancer rehab program starts Sept. 8
Aug 21, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KEARNEY–CHI Health Good Samaritan’s free cancer rehabilitation program helps survivors regain their physical, emotional and spiritual h...
Bader connects entrepreneurship, Engler program, rural Nebraska needs
Aug 21, 2025 / Geitner Simmons, IANR Media
Lincoln, Nebraska, Aug. 21, 2025 — Jordyn Bader, a Nebraskan with rural roots and a career in ag tech, points to a key ingredient that can st...
Rural Mainstreet Economy Continues to Weaken Under Pressure
Aug 21, 2025 / Creighton University
August 2025 Survey Results at-a-Glance: -For the sixth time in 2025, the overall regional economic index sank below growth neutral.-For the 15th t...
GISH Implements New Scheduling Concept
Aug 21, 2025 / KRGI News
GISH Principal Calvin Hubbard discussed a schedule change for the school for the 25-26 year.
Scoops Ice Cream again at NSF
Aug 21, 2025 / KRGI News
The Heartland United Way runs the Scoops Ice Cream Parlor at the Nebraska State Fair again this year. Sara Kirkley provides the details.
GI Police Report
Aug 21, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 08/21/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on the r...
Volunteers scoop for local causes at Neb. State Fair
Aug 20, 2025 / Sara Kirkley Communications Director
Nebraska State Fair-goers are encouraged to put some ice cream on their fair face with a stop at Scoops Ice Cream Parlor.It’s the only place ...
TEACH Warns of New Vaping Products
Aug 20, 2025 / KRGI News
Michelle Halpine of TEACH has resources for parents concerning new vaping products aimed at kids.