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Political sign information during election season

Mar 16, 2026 / City of Hastings

As the election season approaches for local, state, and federal elections, the City of Hastingswould like to provide candidates and their supporter...

Grand Island Police Department’s K9 Mando has received donation of body armor

Mar 16, 2026 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Grand Island Police Department’s K9 Mando has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable do...

GI Police Report

Mar 16, 2026 / GIPD

FELONY REPORTNews media report for: 03/16/2026All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For all media ...

Cancellation of Endangered Missing Advisory for Robert E Grady

Mar 15, 2026 / Nebraska State Patrol

The Endangered Missing Advisory activated to determine the whereabouts of ROBERT E GRADY, has been cancelled. The alert has been cancelled due to ...

Cottonwood and Morrill Fire Update: March 15

Mar 15, 2026 / NEMA

Special Notes: The Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1 (CIMT1) assumed management of the Morrill and Cottonwood Fires yesterday eveni...

775 Fourth Graders to Attend Grand Island Ag Day at Fonner Park

Mar 15, 2026 / Press Release

Grand Island, NE – The Hall County Agricultural Committee will host Ag Day on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at Fonner Park in the Sheep Barn and Fi...

Winter Weather Advisory and High Wind Warning Today

Mar 15, 2026 / NWS Hastings

High winds (gusts near 65 MPH) are still on-track for today. A Winter Weather Advisory was issued for northeastern areas due to the combinat...

Last year, Jenifer Roach, RN (middle), surrounded by co-workers in the hospital’s Wound Center, displayed a large check for a $2,000 Good Samaritan Health Care Career Scholarship awarded through the Foundation

Good Samaritan Accepting Applications for Health Career Scholarships until April 1

Mar 15, 2026 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager

KEARNEY - Applications are being accepted until April 1 for Good Samaritan Foundation’s annual Health Care Career Scholarship program. Recipi...

Gov. Pillen Tours Wildfires, Provides Update on Operations

Mar 15, 2026 / Laura Strimple

KEITH COUNTY, NE -- Governor Jim Pillen provided an update on operations following an aerial tour of wildfires burning across Nebraska. He wa...

UNK selects 19 students for Kearney Law Opportunities Program

Mar 15, 2026 / Tyler Ellyson UNK Communications

KEARNEY – Nineteen high school seniors from across the state will study at the University of Nebraska at Kearney as members of the prestigiou...

Jesus Rocha, Gibbon High School – “Buffalo Bloom”

UNK contest recognizes outstanding young writers and artists

Mar 15, 2026 / Tyler Ellyson UNK Communications

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is recognizing eight students selected as winners of the annual Nebraska Emerging Writers and...

Grand Island Creative District Receives $100,000 Grant to Strengthen Arts, Culture, and Community Collaboration

Mar 15, 2026 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Creative District has been awarded $100,000 over two years from the Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) to supp...

Grand Island Driver Killed in Train–Truck Crash

Mar 14, 2026 / Hall County Sheriff's Office

On March 13 th , 2026, at approximately 2:26 P.M, Hall County Sheriff’s deputies responded tothe area of the rail crossing west of 60 th Rd o...