Local News
Newly Renovated St. Francis Emergency Dept. reopens on north side of hospital at 4 am on Sept. 26
Sep 22, 2023 / Press Release
The $13 million renovated Emergency Department (ED) at CHI Health St. Francis reopens at 4 am on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Returning to the north side of...
St Paul Man Charged With False Statements and Bankruptcy Fraud
Sep 21, 2023 / Press Release
Daniel Butt, age 38, of St. Paul, Nebraska, is charged in a four-count Indictment. Count I charges Butt with false statement on loan and cred...
Aurora Middle School Teacher Named Nebraska Teacher of the Year
Sep 20, 2023 / Nebraska Department of Education
Scott Phillips, a 7th grade math teacher at Aurora Middle School was named the 2024 Nebraska Teacher of the Year during a surprise award presentati...
Morning Apartment Fire Now Classified As Arson
Sep 20, 2023 / Press Release
A Morning Grand Island apartment fire has caused heavy smoke damage, but thankfully no injuries were reported. The fire broke out in the 210...
New Data Shows Impact Of Inflation
Sep 20, 2023 / Press Release
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about President Biden’s economic agenda and its impact on children, fam...
18 Killed On Nebraska Roads In August
Sep 20, 2023 / Press Release
During the month of August 2023, eighteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, according to data collected by the Nebra...
Interim Tag Removed From GIPS Superintendent
Sep 15, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
audio version of story below Last night at the GIPS Board Meeting the interim tag was removed from Superintendent Matt Fisher. KRGI's Tyson...
Felony Child Abuse Suspect Arrested
Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release
On Friday, September 15, at approximately 3:30 a.m., a tip was received that Jacob Ellingson, wanted for two separate counts of Felony Child Abuse,...
GIPS Resolves Threat At Senior High
Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release
A threat was investigated at Grand Island Senior High yesterday. Officials were made aware of a student was sharing upsetting social media p...
Troopers Patrol Roads, Stadium, and Sky on Husker Gameday
Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release
As the Huskers gear up for the first home football game of the season, Nebraska State Troopers and many public safety partners will be workin...
Pillen Appoints Briese As Treasurer
Sep 15, 2023 / Press Release
Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Senator Tom Briese as state treasurer. Briese will assume the duties of the office on Nov. 1. He ...
Grand Island Man Arrested Following Flight to Avoid Arrest
Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release
On 9/12/2023 around 21:45 a traffic stop was attempted on a Dodge Dakota at Stolley Park Rd. and S Locust St. Officers had previous contact with th...
County Commissioners Adopt Budget
Sep 13, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
Audio Version Of Story Below We turn our attention to the Co. Board meeting where yesterday, Commissioners voted to adopt the budget, that some re...
Search For Fugitive Continues In Kearney
Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release
Members of the Kearney Police Department continue to work tirelessly to locate and apprehend 24-year-old Jacob Ellingson, wanted for two separate c...
PSC OPENS INVESTIGATIONS INTO 911 OUTAGES
Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release
On Tuesday, September 12, the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) opened separate investigations into recent 911 outages involving t...
NSP Investigating Crash Involving School Bus
Sep 13, 2023 / Press Release
The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a crash that involved a school bus yesterday morning on Highway 2 east of Palmyra. Several student...
Husker Harvest Days Underway
Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release
Husker Harvest Days kicks off today just west of Grand Island. For over 40 years, Husker Harvest Days has a provided world-class space where farme...
Kearney Police Searching For Fugitive
Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release
Kearney Police, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office, and Nebraska State Patrol are all actively searching for Jacob Ellingson, WANTED for Felony Ch...
GI Man Arrested For Hate Crimes
Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release
Saturday Officers with the GI police department were dispatched to Ryder Park in reference to an assault of a black male. Upon locating the males ...
HPD arrests eight people at 114 University
Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release
Last Friday evening the Hastings Police Department served a search warrant at 114 University Avenue. Following months of area residents in the neig...
Worthington To Retire At GIPS
Sep 12, 2023 / Press Release
Jennifer Worthington has shared that she will be retiring from GIPS in December. Worthington served as the Chief of Strategic Partnerships & St...
KRGI News Remembers 9/11
Sep 11, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
Audio version of the story below Today marks a day every American must never forget, September 11th 2001.. 22 years ago our country was att...
City of Hastings Sept. 11 ceremony
Sep 11, 2023 / Press Release
The City of Hastings’ Sept. 11 ceremony will take place this year at New Hope Baptist Church, 1204 W. Fifth St. The ceremony begins at ...
Quandt Plans To Make Second Effort On Plan To Help Taxpayers
Sep 11, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
Audio version of the story below Tuesday, the issue of property taxes takes center stage in the County Board Room, as the county is set to submit ...
Nebraska State Fair continues to grow in 2023
Sep 11, 2023 / Press Release
The Nebraska State Fair announced continued attendance growth in 2023. The attendance at Nebraska’s largest annual event broke 300,000 for th...
