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Hastings Police Report

Dec 6, 2025 / HPD

  December 6th 2025Reported Offenses:   Arrests/Citations: On December 5, 2025, a 38-year-old Geneva resident was arrested on a Platt...

Gov. Pillen Announces Results of Layoff Services Events for Tyson Workers

Dec 6, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE -- Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the results of efforts organized through state agencies to assist Tyson workers impacted by the...

Gov. Pillen Statement on Illegal Alien’s Attack on Omaha Police

Dec 6, 2025 / Lau

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the Omaha Police Department released the identity of the suspect in ...

Nebraska’s September Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 3.0

Dec 5, 2025 / Hillary Lee

LINCOLN - Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for September 2025 is 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted. The rate is unchanged from the Aug...

Maximizing Nebraska's Resources

Dec 5, 2025 / Rep. Adrian Smith

Spanning our state - Missouri River to panhandle - Nebraska’s Third District has been blessed with a breadth of natural resources. Although m...

Wreaths Across America Returns to Grand Island

Dec 5, 2025 / KRGI News

Tammie Dimmitt and LaVonne Catron discussed the December 13th event at the Nebraska Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Grand Island, Grand Island Expres...

GI Tourism Rep Excited By Recent Developments

Dec 5, 2025 / KRGI News

Brad Mellema discussed the recent announcement that will bring professional football back to Grand Island. 

Securing Our Border, Keeping Nebraskans Safe

Dec 5, 2025 / Pete Ricketts

A nation is only as secure as its borders.  Joe Biden’s open border policies created a national security, humanitarian, and drug catastr...

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

Dec 5, 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...

YWCA Grand Island Speeds Up Renovation to Immediately Open More Childcare Spots at Starr Elementary Site UPDATE

Dec 5, 2025 / Press Release

Listen to an interview with Amy Bennett below. GRAND ISLAND, NE – Recognizing the urgent need for safe and reliable childcare—a need t...

Hastings Police Report

Dec 5, 2025 / HPD

December 5th 2025Reported Offenses: On December 4, 2025, a 48-year-old Hastings resident reported a shoplifting in the 800 block of South Burlingt...

Palliative Care Provider Starr Joins St. Francis

Dec 5, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager

Grand Island – CHI Health Clinic Palliative Care (St. Francis) is pleased to announce the addition of Adeline Starr, APRN to its staff. ...

Grand Island YMCA Names Chad Knight as new CEO

Dec 5, 2025 / Jerry Janulewicz

The Grand Island YMCA has named Chad Knight as its new Chief Executive Officer. Selected by the Y’s Board of Directors following an extensive...

Hastings Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl

Dec 5, 2025 / Amy Donato

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Seth Fontaine, 30, of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 3, 2025, in federal court...

GISH invites future students to the Islander Experience on Sunday

Dec 4, 2025 / KRGI News

Potential future Grand Island Senior High students are invited to the Islander Experience this Sunday. GISH Principal Calvin Hubbard, Freshman Acad...

Arena League FB Coming to GI

Dec 4, 2025 / KRGI Sports

Owner Jeff Holmes and Arena League Commissioner Tim Brown discussed the new Arena League Football team coming to the Grand Island next June.  ...

Hall County Sheriff's Department Earns Grant

Dec 4, 2025 / Troy Arends

The Hall County Sheriff's Office has been awarded $4386 from the NDOT Highway Safety Office for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign. Five D...

Buffalo County Wraps Up “Make It Click” Safety Mobilization

Dec 4, 2025 / Jeni Samuelson Buffalo County Sheriff's Office

The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office recently completed a “Make it Click” Mobilization Selective Traffic Enforcement campaign thro...

Hastings Police Report

Dec 4, 2025 / HPD

December 4th 2025Reported Offenses: On December 3, 2025, a 38-year-old Chapman resident reported a fraud in the 200 block of South Cedar Avenue. ...

Poll: Rural Nebraskans concerned about biosecurity, hopeful for bioeconomy

Dec 4, 2025 / Becky Vogt, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication

Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 4, 2025 — Rural Nebraskans are familiar with the need to protect the health of their land, food and communities. Acco...

Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow webinar series returns in January

Dec 4, 2025 / UNL

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 4— Nebraska Extension will again offer its popular Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow webinar series this January, providing...

Gov. Pillen Announces Federal Approval of Nebraska’s BEAD Final Proposal

Dec 4, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE -- Governor Jim Pillen is announcing a major milestone in Nebraska’s efforts to ensure all areas of the state have robust and rel...

Calving College Series Returns in 2026 With Expanded Webinar and Hands-On Learning Opportunities

Dec 3, 2025 / UNL

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 3 — Following an overwhelmingly positive response last year, Nebraska Extension is bringing back its Calving College seri...

Playing for Something Bigger: UNK senior Abby Rose embraces opportunity to compete in Kearney

Dec 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson UNK Communications

KEARNEY – She calls it a “leap of faith.” A late recruit who’d never seen the University of Nebraska at Kearney play in pe...

Kearney Area Concerned Citizens Reflect on Thanksgiving Dinner

Dec 3, 2025 / Brad Kernick

The 40 Annual Free Thanksgiving Dinner has come and gone, and we would like to thank all our wonderful volunteers…we were so blessed with th...