Category Archives: Grand Island News
Best selling author, Alan Katz, visits Grand Island's Engleman Elementary
GRAND ISLAND - Everyone can live a writerly life - even Elementary students. Students have heard that encouragement before when stepping into Mrs. Jennifer Shafer-Ehlers' 1st Grade classroom. Yesterda...
Oct 07, 2024 New York Times Bestselling Children’s Book Author, Alan Katz, visits Engleman Elementary, (GIPS, Courtesy)
Gallery: 82nd Annual Harvest of Harmony Parade
GRAND ISLAND - The 82nd annual Harvest of Harmony Parade was held on Saturday, Oct. 5, in downtown Grand Island. This year's parade featured 83 bands and 112 floats. This year's parade was livestreame...
Oct 05, 2024 Grand Island Senior High Marching Band at the 82nd Annual Harvest of Harmony Parade, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Car crashes into Olson Furniture Outlet building; two of three buildings destroyed by fire
GRAND ISLAND - A car crashed into one of three Olson Furniture Outlet's buildings at 716 St. Paul Road early Oct. 5, causing a fire that destroyed two of three Olson Furniture Outlet buildings. Grand ...
Oct 05, 2024
Fire damages Grand Island Valentino's
GRAND ISLAND - An early morning fire Oct. 4 caused damage to Grand Island's Valentino's at 2245 N. Webb Road. Grand Island Fire Department Battalion Chief Phil Thomas said that firefighters responded ...
Oct 04, 2024 Grand Island Fire Department, Courtesy
Doniphan man facing criminal charges resigns from G.I. Fire Department
GRAND ISLAND - A Doniphan man facing criminal charges resigned from the Grand Island Fire Department on Sept. 25, according to Spencer Schubert, communications manager for the city of Grand Island. Ja...
Oct 04, 2024 Jared Stockwell, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Auroras could be faintly visible on the horizon over the weekend
KEARNEY - The aurora borealis could be faintly visible on the northern horizon this weekend as the Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Strong Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the weekend. Accordin...
Oct 04, 2024 Aurora borealis viewed from central Nebraska in May 2024, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Grand Island fall restrictive/open burn canceled
GRAND ISLAND - Due to persistent dry conditions throughout the area, the Grand Island Fire Department is canceling the fall open burn period scheduled for October 13 - October 26. The decision is not ...
Oct 04, 2024 Grass fire in progress, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Ray Aguilar seeks to continue representing Legislative District 35
GRAND ISLAND - Ray Aguilar is seeking to continue representing District 35 in the Nebraska Legislature as the general election approaches this November. Aguilar was elected to the seat in 2020, runnin...
Oct 03, 2024 Ray Aguilar, District 35, (Nebraska Legislature, Courtesy)
Mail-in ballots sent out this week in Hall County
GRAND ISLAND - More than 2,500 ballots were mailed to Hall County voters this week marking the start of the 2024 Presidential Election. Hall County Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet has some remi...
Oct 03, 2024 Hall County Courthouse, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
82nd Annual Harvest of Harmony Parade to be held Saturday
GRAND ISLAND - The 82nd annual Harvest of Harmony Parade will start at 8:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in downtown Grand Island. This year's parade will feature 83 bands and 112 floats, said Nellie Venega...
Oct 03, 2024 2023 Harvest of Harmony, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)