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GI Council Meets Tuesday

Feb 23, 2025 / City of GI

Meeting Agenda of City Council Regular MeetingCouncil Chambers100 E First StreetFebruary 25, 2025 7:00 PMCity 1. CALL TO ORDERThis is an open ...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 23, 2025 / HPD

February 23rd 2025Reported Offenses: On February 22, 2025, a 20-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run in the 700 block of North Saint ...

NSP Investigating Homicide in Clay County

Feb 23, 2025 / NSP

February 22, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.)  — The Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, is inv...

Reaction to EPA Waiver regarding E15

Feb 23, 2025 / Press Release

Smith Statement on EPA Announcement on Year-Round E15 Access Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), a co-chair of the Congressional Bi...

Nebraska Cattle on Feed up 2%

Feb 22, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. February 21, 2025 - Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.59 million cattle on feed on February ...

GIPS Pre School Principal Provides an Update

Feb 21, 2025 / KRGI News

Julie Schnitzler, pre school principal for Grand Island Public Schools joined Brian Gallagher on Thursday. 

Innovation at USPS Must Serve Rural Americans

Feb 21, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

Our nation’s founders understood the importance of establishing a universal postal system from the very beginning. In 1775, the Second Contin...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 21, 2025 / HPD

February 21st 2025Reported Offenses: On February 20, 2025, a 57-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run accident in the 400 block of Sou...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Funding President Trump’s Priorities

Feb 21, 2025 / Pete Ricketts

The last four years of the Biden administration failed the American people. Under Biden’s watch, millions of illegal aliens flooded our borde...

GI Police Report

Feb 21, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/21/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Common sense about sports and spaces

Feb 21, 2025 / Loren Lippincott

I recently attended a function where a friend said, “We have returned to an age of common sense!” He was referring to a statement made ...

Students invited to submit calendar contest entries

Feb 21, 2025 / NDEE

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has sent invitations to schools across the state, seeking students’ e...

Minden Community Players Bring Paint Your Wagon to the Stage

Feb 20, 2025 / MOH

(Minden, Nebraska) “I can remember playing in the orchestra as a high schooler when the Minden Community Players first did this show in 1989,...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 20, 2025 / HPD

February 20th 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On February 19, 2025, a 72-year-old Hastings resident was arrested on an Adams County war...

CCC Board of Governors Meeting Postponed

Feb 20, 2025 / Scott Miller-CCC

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Central Community College Board of Governors monthly meeting has been postponed to March 6. Today’s meeting w...

Funeral Service for Trooper Kyle McAcy #302 to be Held February 27

Feb 20, 2025 / NSP

February 19, 2025 (Omaha, Neb.)  — The Nebraska State Patrol, family, friends, and supporters will gather to honor and remember Trooper ...

Cold Weather Continues

Feb 20, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1: Extreme Cold Warning continues this morning for widespread wind chills of -20 to -35 degrees. A few spots may even briefly touch -4...

Rural Mainstreet Economy Falls Again

Feb 20, 2025 / Creighton University

The overall Rural Mainstreet index fell below growth neutral for the 17th time in the past 18 months.  *For the ninth time in the past 10...

GI Police Report

Feb 20, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/20/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Central Nebraska Regional Airport Achieves Highest January Numbers on Record UPDATE

Feb 20, 2025 / CNRA

Listen to interview with Mike Olson below.Grand Island, Neb. – Central Nebraska Regional Airport reported a total of 6,395 enplanements for t...

Washington Duo Sentenced After Arrest in Hamilton County

Feb 20, 2025 / DOJ

Acting United States Attorney Matthew Molsen announced that Maleeka Gilbert, 23, of Federal Way, Washington, was sentenced February 19, 2025, in fe...

Dangerous Weather Conditions Force Postponement of Nebraska State Capitol Illumination to Honor Genoa Industrial School Survivors and Descendants

Feb 19, 2025 / NSHS

Lincoln, NE - 02/19/2025 - Icy surfaces on the exterior of the Nebraska State Capitol have halted preparations to illuminate the Nebraska State Cap...

Nebraska LEAD Class 43 Explores National Agriculture and Policy During Study/Travel Seminar

Feb 19, 2025 / Press Release

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 19 — Fellows of the Nebraska LEAD Program’s Class 43 recently returned from a transformative 10-day National Study/...

Electronics Recycling Event at Hastings Solid Waste Landfill

Feb 19, 2025 / City Of Hastings Release

Adams County Residents have the opportunity to recycle several kinds of electronics thanks to a grant from the Department of Environment and E...

CDHD Offers Healthy Smiles Program

Feb 19, 2025 / KRGI News

Jasmine Rios of the Central District Health Department discussed the Healthy Smiles Program with Brian Gallagher.