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Hastings Police Report
May 4, 2025 / HPD
May 4th 2025Reported Offenses: On May 3, 2025, a 30-year-old Hastings resident reported a missing person in the 300 block of South Burlington Aven...
Hastings Police Report
May 3, 2025 / HPD
May 3rd 2025Reported Offenses: On May 2, 2025, a 48-year-old Hastings resident reported a shoplifting in the 3400 block of Osborne Drive East. On...
NeFU Will Participate in NFU “Week of Action” Fly-In May 5-9, 2025
May 3, 2025 / John Hansen
Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) State President John Hansen and Gage/Jefferson County Secretary Don Schuller of Wymore will join other F...
UNK choir members will perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC
May 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson, editor, UNK News
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney choir members will perform at the world’s most famous concert venue later this month. Asso...
Hastings Police Report
May 2, 2025 / HPD
May 1st 2025Reported Offenses: On May 1, 2025, a 77-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 700 block of South 1st Avenue. ...
Gov. Pillen Temporarily Waives Regulations for Truckers Hauling Critically Needed Fuel
May 2, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Noting that Nebraska and other states are currently experiencing fuel shortages due to high demand, Governor Jim Pillen has iss...
Black Hills Energy requests rate review for natural gas system investments in Nebraska
May 2, 2025 / Stephanie King
KEARNEY, Neb. – May 2, 2025 – Black Hills Energy announced today it submitted a proposal with the Nebraska Public Service Commission re...
Mid-America Manufacturing Expands with Higher Prices
May 2, 2025 / Creighton University
OMAHA, Neb. (May 1, 2025) — The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state r...
Multiple TSCI staff members injured in assault
May 2, 2025 / NDOC
May 2, 2025 (Tecumseh, Neb.) – Three staff members at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) sustained serious* injuries in...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
May 2, 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...
Work will begin on N-2 and N-10
May 2, 2025 / NDOT
May 2, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin May 5 on Nebraska Highway 2 (N-2), from reference post 316+76 to ...
Bike to School Day-May 7
May 2, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KPS team up with local first responders and UNK wrestling to encourage safe active travel to school Kearney—Kearney Public School...
GI CVB Featured on Community Connection
May 2, 2025 / KRGI News
Brad Mellema of the Grand Island Convention and Visitors Bureau spoke in advance of National Tourism Week.
Nighttime work will begin on I-80, from Hampton to York
May 2, 2025 / NDOT
May 2, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin Sunday evening, May 4 on Interstate 80 (I-80), from reference pos...
Summer Literacy Training Aimed to Help Teachers
May 2, 2025 / David Jespersen Administrator Office of Public Information & Communications
The Nebraska Department of Education and the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council, in partnership with Institute for Learning & Resear...
Advocates Decry Provisions Amended into LB 530
May 2, 2025 / Samantha Livermore
LINCOLN, NE – Advocacy groups spoke out against the Legislature's vote today to move a criminal and juvenile justice package from general fil...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Working Hard for Nebraska
May 2, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Our country faces many threats. Communist China is our greatest external threat. Our $36 trillion national debt is our greatest domestic threat. Ov...
Paul Schaub Joins the Attorney General's Office in Ogallala
May 2, 2025 / Heather Buell
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce that Paul Schaub is joining the Attorney General's Office as an assistant attorney ge...
Revised Burn Ban Provides Exception to Irrigation Districts
May 2, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has revised a burn ban to allow fire chiefs discretion in granting burn permits to irrigation districts so ...
Ricketts Leads Resolution Announcing Renewable Fuels Month
May 2, 2025 / Noah Sadlier
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led a bipartisan ...
GI Police Report
May 2, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 05/02/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Go Big GIVE Sails to Record in 2025
May 2, 2025 / Sara Kirkley Communications Director
Donors made waves with their generosity during Go Big GIVE, raising a record preliminary $2,005,744 in 2025 for 167 nonprofits in Hall, Hamilton, H...
UNMC commencements to be held throughout state May 8 and 10
May 1, 2025 / John Keenan
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will honor two individuals with special awards at its May 10 Omaha commencement at Baxter Arena, as appro...
Gov. Pillen Announces Chief Bryan Waugh to Lead Nebraska State Patrol
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
Listen to press conference below. LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Chief Bryan Waugh as the next su...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Cody Barnett has joined the Nebraska Department of Justice as its next Solicitor General.
May 1, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
“Our office has a history of elite Solicitors General. Our previous Solicitor General is in a prominent position in President Trump’s D...