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Kearney Welcome Center Opens
Feb 3, 2025 / Madalyn Gotschall COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
(KEARNEY, NEBRASKA) Visitors and residents of Kearney are invited to enjoy a brand-new visitors center opening today, February 3rd.The Welcome...
Hall County Treasurer Touches on Variety of Subjects
Feb 3, 2025 / KRGI News
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Former sociology chair Pigott Janssen leaves $2.25M gift to University of Nebraska at Kearney
Feb 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson UNK News editor
KEARNEY – The late Ruth Ann Pigott Janssen, a beloved former professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of Nebraska at...
Hastings Police Report
Feb 3, 2025 / HPD
Reported Offenses: On February 2, 2025, a 48-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 1300 block of Sheridan Drive. On Febr... (1)-2025-02-03-11-24-34.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Good Samaritan Accepting Applications for Health Career Scholarships until April 1
Feb 3, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
KEARNEY - Applications are being accepted until April 1 for Good Samaritan Foundation’s annual Health Career Scholarship program. Recipients ...
Big Brother Big Sisters of America Launches Groundbreaking Research on the Long-Term Impacts of Mentorship
Feb 3, 2025 / BBBS
Grand Island, NE – (February 3, 2025) – On January 28, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) – the preeminent one-to-one yo...
Mid-America Manufacturing Economy Begins Year on Positive Note
Feb 3, 2025 / Creighton University
January 2025 Survey Highlights:-For only the third time since July 2024, the overall, or Business Conditions Index, climbed above growth neutral.-F...
GI Police Report
Feb 3, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 02/03/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Hastings Police Report
Feb 2, 2025 / HPD
February 2nd 2025Reported Offenses: On February 1, 2025, a 30-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 700 block of North Mi...
Legislative round-up: Week of Jan. 26
Feb 2, 2025 / by Owen Reimer
Nebraska News ServiceLINCOLN--In its third week of the 2025 session, the Nebraska Legislature began its first full week of hearings, with committee...
Standoff in Hitchcock County
Feb 2, 2025 / NSP-North Platte
FEBRUARY 2, 2025 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team have arrested one person following a standoff in Hi...Nebraska January 1 Cattle Inventory
Feb 2, 2025 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. January 31, 2025 - All cattle and calves in Nebraska as of January 1, 2025 totaled 6.05 million head, down 3% from January 1, 20...
Senators hear arguments on death penalty
Feb 2, 2025 / by Josie Golka Nebraska News Service
Lincoln--Senators heard arguments to abolish the death penalty at the state level and to allow for execution via nitrogen hypoxia at the Nebraska C...
Hastings Police Report
Feb 1, 2025 / HPD
February 1st 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On January 31, 2025, a 20-year-old Hastings resident was cited for minor in possession of ...
Serving Nebraskans and Focusing our Priorities
Feb 1, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen
January 31, 2025 For the first time this century, Nebraska’s property taxpayers opened their statements in December and saw a reduction. &nb...
Giving Future Leaders the Chance to Succeed
Jan 31, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
The American education system develops our next generation of leaders, but we must reckon with serious challenges facing our nation’s student...
Final Open House Planned for Parks & Recreation Master Plan
Jan 31, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — Following an initial open house that saw hundreds turn out to voice their opinions, the Grand Island Parks & Recreat...
Grand Island Crime Rate Reduced by 14% in 2024
Jan 31, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Police Department is starting 2025 off on a great foot, as the final crime statistics for 2024 show a p...-2025-01-31-10-45-50.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Hastings College announces Jackson Scholars program for aspiring artists
Jan 31, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College is launching the Jackson Scholars program, a groundbreaking opportunity for aspiring artists to hone ...
Hastings Police Report
Jan 31, 2025 / HPD
January 31th 2025Reported Offenses: On January 30, 2025, a 46-year-old Hastings resident reported threats in the 1100 block of West 14th Street. ...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Jan 31, 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: Protecting the Dignity of Human Life
Jan 31, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
The pro-life movement is about love, compassion, dignity, and respect. Nebraska is a pro-life state. As Senator, I’m fighting to uphold those...
USDA To Gather Cash Rent Data
Jan 31, 2025 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. January 30, 2025 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the ...
Briese Encourages Nebraskans to Search for Unclaimed Property
Jan 31, 2025 / Charles Isom, Director of Communications
(Lincoln, NE) Nebraska Treasurer Tom Briese today encouraged Nebraskans to observe Unclaimed Property Day on February 1st by searching www.Nebraska...
GI Police Report
Jan 31, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 1/31/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...