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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...
Grand Island Welcoming Week Unites Communities for Cross-Cultural Celebration and Understanding
Sep 11, 2023 / Press Release
The Grand Island community is participating in the nationwide celebration of "Welcoming Week" through Sunday, as Grand Island and Welcoming America...
Northwest Public Schools Update with Dr. Edwards
Sep 8, 2023 / KRGI News
Focus on Education airs on Thursdays on KRGI 1430/105.5. This week Dr. Jeff Edwards of Northwest stopped by to give an update on all things Northwe...
Senator Ray Aguilar Announces Re-Election Campaign for District 35
Sep 7, 2023 / Press Release
– Grand Island State Senator Ray Aguilar today announced his intention to seek re-election to represent District 35 in the Nebraska Legi...
Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation gives away 2023 Chevy Silverado to raffle winner
Sep 7, 2023 / Press Release
A Grand Island woman has been announced as the winner of the Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation’s inaugural truck raffle on Monday. Jenny Le...
Troopers Make 94 DUI Arrests in Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Sep 7, 2023 / Press Release
Nebraska State Troopers arrested 94 impaired drivers during a three-week enforcement campaign to close-out the summer travel season. The Drive Sobe...
CCC Enrollment Numbers Increase
Sep 7, 2023 / Press Release
Central Community College has announced that its total college-wide enrollment for the fall 2023 semester is 6,636, which is up from 6,209 students...
Groundbreaking UNK-UNMC Partnership Ushers in New Era for Rural Health Care
Sep 7, 2023 / Press Release
Demonstrating a unified commitment to closing the health care gap in rural communities, University of Nebraska leaders came together today to celeb...
2023 Nebraska State Fair Wraps Up
Sep 5, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
The Nebraska State Fair is now in the books. With beautiful weather throughout the duration of the fair, 2023 has been deemed a huge success. Exe...
Faidley and 281 fatality accident
Sep 5, 2023 / Press Release
On 09/01/2023, at 10:11 am, the Grand Island Police Department responded to the intersection of Faidley Ave. and Highway 281 in reference to a...
More 911 Issues After Centers Impacted By Windstream Outage
Sep 5, 2023 / Press Release
The Nebraska Public Service Commission has been notified by Windstream that 911 service disrupted by an incident at a Windstream Data Center in Lin...
Gov. Pillen Issues Statement Following Submission of Signatures by “Support Our Schools” Nebraska
Sep 5, 2023 / Press Release
Last week the political committee "support our schools" turned in over 117,000 signatures to the secretary of state's office hoping to bring Nebras...
Rural Health Education Building groundbreaking set for Sept. 5
Sep 5, 2023 / Press Release
The University of Nebraska at Kearney and University of Nebraska Medical Center will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new UNK-UNMC Rura...
Troopers Uninjured After Patrol Units Struck on I-80
Sep 3, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
(OGALLALA, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol were responding to an incident on Interstate 80 near Big Springs Saturday af...
911 Service Restored To Grand Island
Sep 1, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
Regional 911 system failures occurred yesterday evening across the state. Emergency officials are working to address the issue and are in close co...
State Fair attendance up nearly 30 percent through five days
Aug 30, 2023 / State Fair Press Release
(Grand Island, NE) - Great weather and a number of fun attractions helped push the 2023 Nebraska State Fair to a 29.9 percent increase in attendanc...
Troopers on Patrol for Volleyball Day in Nebraska
Aug 29, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
(LINCOLN, NEB.) — Volleyball Day in Nebraska is setting up to be a record-breaking event at Memorial Stadium and Nebraska State Trooper...
Fatal Accident In Hall Co
Aug 29, 2023 / Press Release
A fatality accident occurred early Sunday morning in Grand Island. Hall County Sheriff’s Deputies were detailed to 5419 Old Potash Hwy...
