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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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KRGI News Remembers 9/11Audio Icon, this article contains audio

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...
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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 ...
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Quandt Plans To Make Second Effort On Plan To Help TaxpayersAudio Icon, this article contains audio

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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Northwest Public Schools Update with Dr. EdwardsAudio Icon, this article contains audio

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

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

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...
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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

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

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...