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GIPS Names Kelli Wemhoff Assistant Principal at Dodge Elementary for 2025-26

Jan 22, 2025 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing Grand Island Public Schools

GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) -- Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS) is pleased to share that the team at Dodge Elementary will be growing next school year. ...

GI Police Report

Jan 22, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 1/22/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For moreinformation on reports, ple...

Governor Jim Pillen Issues Statement Offering Prayers for President Trump’s Success, Praises Day One Executive Actions, and Pledges Sate Support for Immigration and Border Plans

Jan 22, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement offering prayers for President Trump’s success, praising Day On...

UNK to host nearly 600 students for high school honor band, choral clinic

Jan 22, 2025 / Todd Gottula

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance will welcome 558 music students from 101 high...

Calculating the annual cost of cows in 2025

Jan 21, 2025 / By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Livestock Educator

The 2025 year is starting off with extremely strong prices for calves, feeder cattle, and fed cattle. The Nebraska Extension will host the Calculat...

Open Sky Reacts to Governor Pillen's Budget

Jan 21, 2025 / Open Sky

The OpenSky team is engaged in a thorough analysis and line-by-line review of the Governor’s proposed two-year budget, and will be tuned in c...

Two Apprehended After Pursuit in Scottsbluff

Jan 21, 2025 / NSP

January 21, 2025 (Scottsbluff, Neb.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Scottsbluff Police Department ...

2025 Centennial Conference Basketball Tournament Brackets & Scores

Jan 21, 2025 / KRGI Sports Network

The Centennial Conference basketball tournament will start on Monday, January 27th, and conclude on Saturday, February 1st. Semi-finals will take p...

NEST529 “Why I Want to Go to College” Writing Sweepstakes Now Open

Jan 21, 2025 / Charles Isom

(Lincoln, NE) Nebraska State Treasurer Tom Briese and the Omaha Storm Chasers today announced the 23rd annual “Why I Want to Go to College&rd...

Nebraska Based Global Center to Drive Bioeconomy Solutions

Jan 21, 2025 / Dan Moser, Office of Research and Innovation

Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 21, 2025 — An international research project led by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln aims to transform the fu...

GI Library Features Several Events

Jan 21, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Celine Swan and Laura Fentress joined Brian Gallagher with the latest from the Grand Island Public Library. Listen to the interview below. Lim...

GI Police Report

Jan 21, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 1/21/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Cold Weather Advisory Remains in Effect Until Noon

Jan 21, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1: The Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect until Noon today for our entire forecast area. Key Message #2: Wind Chill values as lo...

Reaction to President Trump's Executive Actions

Jan 20, 2025 / Press Release

Ricketts Comments on President Trump’s Executive Actions: “This is the Change Americans Voted For” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Toda...

YWCA of Grand Island Launches Capital Campaign to Renovate New Location and Expand Childcare & Community Programs

Jan 20, 2025 / Amanda Moritz, Development Coordinator, YWCA Grand Island

Hear comments from Amy Bennett, Executive Director, below.Grand Island, NE – The YWCA of Grand Island is excited to announce the launch of it...

Pleasanton Board of Education Seeks Community Support for School Expansion Project

Jan 20, 2025 / Press Release

LISTEN TO INTERVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDENT NATHAN LIGHTLE BELOW[Pleasanton, NE] – January 15, 2025 – The Pleasanton Board of Education is ...

Hastings Police Report

Jan 20, 2025 / HPD

January 20, 2025Reported Offenses: On January 19, 2025, a 59-year-old Ravenna resident reported a hit and run accident in the 700 block of West La...

The Latest on the Cold Weather

Jan 20, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1: Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect until Noon Tuesday. Includes south central Nebraska counties in our forecast area. The Cold...

Cold Weather Advisory Continues

Jan 19, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1: A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect for our Nebraska counties through 12PM Tuesday. Key Message #2: Overnight lows as low as...

Legislative Round-Up: Week of Jan. 12

Jan 19, 2025 / Owen Reimer Nebraska News Service

LINCOLN – In its second week of the 2025 session, the 109th Nebraska Legislature hosted Gov. Jim Pillen for the State of the State address wh...

Ricketts, Cotton Statement on TikTok Being Removed from App Stores

Jan 19, 2025 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) issued the following statement in response to the news tha...

Cold Weather Advisory Issued

Jan 18, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1: Cold Weather Advisory is in effect from Midnight tonight until Noon Tuesday. Area includes south central Nebraska. Key Message #2:...

Teeing Up Winning Policy

Jan 17, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

Recent discussions I have had with President Trump and my congressional colleagues highlight both the significant challenges and the opportunity we...

Gov. Pillen, Sen. Ricketts Issue Statements Following SCOTUS TikTok Decision

Jan 17, 2025 / Laura Strimple

 LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pilen released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding a law that b...

Two Arrested After Drugs, Gun Found in Syracuse

Jan 17, 2025 / NSP

January 17, 2025 (Syracuse, Neb.)  — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people during a narcotics investigat...