Category Archives: Grand Island News
Attempted burglary reported in Grand Island, garage broken into
GRAND ISLAND - An attempted burglary was reported in Grand Island after a suspect had broken into a garage and attempted to access a locked car. According to the Grand Island Police Department, office...
Oct 24, 2024 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
G.I. city council approves redevelopment plan for second Hornady Manufacturing site
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island City Council members voted 8-0 Oct. 22 to submit a redevelopment plan for a grant that would allow for extending a sanitary sewer line toward Hornady Manufacturing's second...
Oct 23, 2024 Top left: Regional Planning Director Chad Nabity addresses Grand Island’s City Council Oct. 22 about plans for a grant application that would pay for extending a sanitary sewer line toward Hornady Manufacturing’s second location west of Grand Island.
Bottom Center: Plans are underway to extend sanitary sewer line toward second Hornady Manufacuring site six miles west of main site on West Old Potash Highway, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Hometown Heroes plans expansion of veterans banner project
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island's Hometown Heroes program plans to expand its veterans banner project by adding banners to an additional 77 poles along North Broadwell between Airport Road and Five Points...
Oct 23, 2024 Hometown Heroes is planning an expansion of placing banners honoring veterans on utility poles, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Kinkaider Brewing closing their Grand Island location
GRAND ISLAND - Kinkaider Brewing Company announced today that they will be closing their location in Grand Island. In a post on social media on Oct. 23, it was announced that Oct. 31 will be the last ...
Oct 23, 2024 Kinkaiders' Grand Island location, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
New Hall County Warriors Memorial constructed
GRAND ISLAND - Visitors to the Hall County Veterans Memorial Park will notice a new feature at the site. It's the Hall County Warriors Memorial, which was dedicated in September. Tim Bartz of Kramer A...
Oct 22, 2024 The Hall County Warriors Memorial is located at the Hall County Veterans Memorial Park, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Hall County Commissioners want to buy land north of Veterans Cemetery
GRAND ISLAND - The Hall County Board of Commissioners want to buy approximately 26 acres of land north of the Veterans Cemetery at Webb Road and Capital Avenue for future expansion of the cemetery. Th...
Oct 22, 2024 Memorial Day decorations, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Awards ceremony to recognize G.I. 3rd graders for creation of home fire escape plans
GRAND ISLAND - In recognition of fire prevention week activities, the Grand Island Fire Department (GIFD) conducted an education program called "The Great Escape" for Grand Island third graders. As pa...
Oct 22, 2024 Grand Island Fire Department Logo, (Courtesy)
Another counterfeit $100 reported in Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - Another counterfeit $100 was reported in Grand Island, the fake currency has been circulating throughout the community since the start of the year. According to the Grand Island Police ...
Oct 22, 2024 Blogging Guide / Unsplash
Ohio man charged in fatal I-80 rest area attack plans to use insanity defense
GRAND ISLAND - An Ohio man accused in the stabbing death of a Missouri man and severe stabbing wounds to the Missouri man's wife is planning to rely on an insanity defense. James D. Thompson, Jr., 22,...
Oct 21, 2024 James Thompson Jr., (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Strategic investment in infrastructure fuels Grand Island's economic growth
GRAND ISLAND - A highly-anticipated subdivision in Grand Island is nearing completion, and it's thanks the city's investment in the project. Grand Island has invested $525,000 in public infrastructure...
Oct 21, 2024 Grand Island has invested $525,000 in public infrastructure to support Vermeer High Plains’ development in the Platte Valley-East Industrial Foundation Third Subdivision, (City of Grand Island, Courtesy)