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City of Grand Island Release - Yard Waste Site to Open on Monday

Mar 26, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The City of Grand Island Transfer Station will be reopening its Yard Waste Site to the public beginning Monday, March 31...

Hall County Board Addresses a Variety of Issues

Mar 26, 2025 / Hall County

Click here to view Tuesday's Hall County Board of Commissioners meeting. 

Hallelujah Father Daughter Dance Takes Place This Saturday

Mar 26, 2025 / KRGI News

(Grand Island, NE) - The 6th annual Hallelujah Father Daughter Dance will take place Saturday, March 29th at Peace Lutheran Church from 6:00 pm to ...

Conley Gives Take on GI Council Meeting

Mar 26, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

The Grand Island City Council met on Tuesday. Ward 3 Council Member Jason Conley spoke after the meeting.  Click here for the complete video o...

GI Police Report

Mar 26, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 03/26/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Nebraska Supreme Court to Hold Court Session at Kearney High School

Mar 25, 2025 / State of Nebraska

March 25, 2025 Kearney High School students will get a rare firsthand look at the judicial process from inside their school when the Nebraska ...

Work will begin on N-58 – N-11, near Dannebrog

Mar 25, 2025 / NDOT

March 25, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin March 31 on N-58 – N-11, from reference post 27.93 to re...

Ricketts Introduces Two Bills to Cut Taxes on Social Security, Military Retirement Benefits

Mar 25, 2025 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced two bills to cut federal taxes on Social Security and military retirem...

Hastings College initiatives receive Department of Economic Development grant

Mar 25, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College

(Hastings, Nebraska) – Two Hastings College initiatives — the Scott Scholars Program and the Doerr Center for Civic Engagement — ...

126 UNMC medical students learned residency assignments on Match Day

Mar 25, 2025 / John Keenan, UNMC Strategic Communication

A total of 126 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, learned about their residency assignments M...

Hastings Police Report

Mar 25, 2025 / HPD

March 25, 2025Reported Offenses: On March 24, 2025, a 61-year-old Hastings resident reported a fraud in the 1000 block of South Burlington Avenue....

Work will begin tomorrow on N-70, Ord North

Mar 25, 2025 / NDOT

March 25, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin tomorrow, March 26, on Nebraska Highway 70 (N-70) at reference...

Summer Program Registration Opens March 29

Mar 25, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Online Registration for Grand Island Parks & Recreation summer programming will open on March 29. Registrations tha...

CCC’s Holdrege Center to Return Downtown

Mar 25, 2025 / Scott Miller-Senior Director of College Communications

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Central Community College Board of Governors has approved a $1.9 million plan to relocate the Holdrege Center to dow...

Final Week to Get Your Girl Scout Cookies in Nebraska

Mar 25, 2025 / Girl Scouts

Time is running out to get your favorite Girl Scout Cookies! The 2025 Girl Scout Cookie Program in Nebraska is wrapping up, with the final week of ...

GI Police Report

Mar 25, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 03/25/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Several Agencies Work Fire in Buffalo County

Mar 25, 2025 / KVFD

The Kearney Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD) was dispatched to 13775 Dove Hill Road for the report of a fire in a tree line that was approachi...

Authorities are Seeking Information Regarding the Violation of the Campfire Ban at Red Willow Reservoir SRA

Mar 24, 2025 / Frontier Co Sheriff's Office

The Frontier County Sheriff's Office is assisting the Nebraska Game and Parks with the investigation into the fire at Red Willow Reservoir SRA...

A Motor Vehicle Collision Near The Red Willow-Frontier County Line

Mar 24, 2025 / Frontier Co Sheriff's Office

On March 23,2025 at around 15:39 hours (3:39 p.m.) The Frontier County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a motor vehicle collision with inju...

Your Thanks Matters: Nominate a GIPS Staff Member for Making a Difference!

Mar 24, 2025 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing Grand Island Public Schools

Listen to an interview with Kari Hooker-Leep below. GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) — The Grand Island Public Schools Foundation is calling on the commu...

Hastings Police Report

Mar 24, 2025 / HPD

March 24th 2025Reported Offenses: On March 23, 2025, a 25-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 3200 block of Park Lane D...

Domestic Assault Suspect Arrested After Standoff in Holdrege

Mar 24, 2025 / NSP

March 24, 2025 (Holdrege, Neb.)  — The Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team arrested the suspect of a domestic violence investigation early t...

Nebraska Medical Center named to Newsweek World’s Best Hospitals List

Mar 24, 2025 / UNMC

Omaha, Neb – Nebraska Medical Center is among impressive company in earning a spot on Newsweek’s list of the World’s Best Hospita...

Neurosurgeon Dr. Mubita joins St. Francis

Mar 24, 2025 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI

Grand Island-CHI Health Clinic Neurosurgery (St. Francis) welcomes Neurosurgeon Lynn Mubita, MD to its medical staff. Neurosurgeons specialize in ...

Work Will Begin on N-74, East of Ong

Mar 24, 2025 / NDOT

March 24, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin April 1 on Nebraska Highway 74 (N-74), from Spur 18F (S-18F) t...