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Agreements Help Hastings College Expand Medical Career Paths
Apr 18, 2024 / Michael Howie
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College has signed agreements with Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) and Des Moines University (DMU) to create...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers Joins 25-State Coalition to Halt the Biden Administration’s Electric Vehicle Mandate
Apr 18, 2024 / Nebraska AG
LINCOLN – Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed suit to defend Americans who drive gas and diesel-powered trucks and cars against the Biden Adm...
Vehicle Crash Wednesday In Hastings Knocks Out Power Utilities
Apr 18, 2024 / City of Hastings
City of Hastings first responders and electric distribution personnel responded to a vehicle crash on the morning of April 17 that damaged mul...
Former Sen. John Stinner Recognized at BHECN Awards Dinner
Apr 18, 2024 / UNMC
As leader of the Nebraska Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, former Sen. John Stinner held a uniquely powerful post that ...
Hastings College to Honor Achievements During Celebration of Excellence
Apr 18, 2024 / Michael Howie
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College students will share research and projects, and the College will honor the high achievements of studen...
State Fair Board to Meet
Apr 18, 2024 / Nebraska State Fair
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR BOARDMeeting AgendaApril 19, 2024 – 1:00 PMAdministrative Offices, Grand Island, NE1. Call to Order2. Roll Call3. Inform ...
Ricketts Comments on Democrats’ Refusal to Hold Mayorkas Impeachment Trial
Apr 18, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) condemned Senate Democrats’ refusal to hold an impeachment trial for the ch...
GI Police Report
Apr 18, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 04/18/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
GI Man Indicted in Federal Court
Apr 18, 2024 / DOJ
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned nine (9) unsealed Indictments ch...
GISH Evacuated
Apr 17, 2024 / GIPS
Grand Island Senior High was evacuated for a short time on Wednesday. Jeff Gilbertson shared the following with GISH parents. --- Dear Islander F...
For the Love of Children Award Winners Announced
Apr 17, 2024 / Brenna Poindexter Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Nebraska
The For the Love of Children Banquet began in 2015 to celebrate and honor the contributions of Grand Island community members who advocate for and ...
AG Hosts Youth Conference
Apr 17, 2024 / Nebraska AG
LINCOLN - On Tuesday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers hosted fifty-three students at the Nebraska State Capitol for the 2024 Attorney General’s...
Ricketts Celebrates Committee Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Iran
Apr 17, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, celebrated the advancemen...
Ricketts Leads Bipartisan Letter to EPA: California Railroad Waiver Would Devastate the Rail Industry & Economy as a Whole
Apr 17, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the ...
Preparing for Pruning
Apr 17, 2024 / Dr. Emily Stine, Nebraska Extension Educator Horticulture
Pruning always seems to be a monumental task to take on, but with the right tools and some knowledge about the plant, it becomes easier. Best prun...
One Vehicle Rollover Tuesday In Merrick County
Apr 17, 2024 / Merrick County Sheriff's Department
(Merrick County, NE) - On Tuesday, April 16th Merrick County deputies responded to a one-vehicle rollover accident on Highway 30 near 6th Road. The...
GI Police Report
Apr 17, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 04/17/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on reports, p...
March NDOT Traffic Fatality Toll
Apr 16, 2024 / NDOT
April 16, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of March 2024, twenty-two people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, ...
Attorney General Hilgers Thanks the Legislature for Strengthening Protections for Vulnerable Nebraskans
Apr 16, 2024 / Nebraska AG
LINCOLN—In the concluding days of the 2024 Session, Attorney General Mike Hilgers thanks the sponsoring Senators and Legislature for strength...
Good Samaritan plants 100 trees on Arbor Day to celebrate the hospital’s 100th Birthday
Apr 16, 2024 / Anissa Paitz CHI
KEARNEY, NE-CHI Health Good Samaritan, in partnership with the Lloyd H. Dean Institute for Humankindness and Health Justice, is celebrating the hos...
Howard County Names Hoff Interim Sheriff
Apr 16, 2024 / KRGI News
(St Paul, NE) - The Howard County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday morning to make the final decision on naming an interim sheriff for the cou...
Nebraska Corn Farmers To Invest Nearly $3.1 Billion to Plant 9.85 Million Acres
Apr 16, 2024 / NE Corn Board
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska corn farmers will plant 9.85 million acres of corn in 2024 according to the March Prospective Plantings report relea...
Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation Supports Youth Premiums
Apr 16, 2024 / Nebraska State Fair
April 16, 2024. Grand Island, Nebraska: Young Nebraskans come across this great state for a chance to take home honors, and perhaps a ribbon, from ...
UNL Aims to Strengthen Grain Bins
Apr 16, 2024 / Dan Moser, Office of Research and Economic Development
Lincoln, Nebraska, April 16, 2024 — When people think of structural engineering perils, they tend to imagine big-city bridges, skyscrapers an...
NDOT, AGC, and Partner Contractors Across the State Recognize Work Zone Awareness Week
Apr 16, 2024 / NDOT
April 15, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Nebraska cha...
