Category Archives: Grand Island News
City of Grand Island wants to have special election regarding establishing Good Life District
GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island City Council is having a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, to discuss having a special election on Aug. 13 regarding establishing a local Good Life District e...
Jun 17, 2024 The proposed Good Life District, (Woodsonia Real Estate Inc., Courtesy)
Grand Island male arrested for terroristic threats after threatening people with a BB gun
GRAND ISLAND - A Grand Island man was arrested for terroristic threats on Saturday, June 12 after he threatened a group with what turned out to be a BB gun. According to the Grand Island Police Depart...
Jun 17, 2024 Justin Johnson, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Grand Island Games registration deadline approaching
GRAND ISLAND - You have just two more weeks to register a team for the 2024 Grand Island Games, which is hosted by the Grand Island Parks & Recreation Department. You must have your team signed up...
Jun 17, 2024 Grand Island Games, (City of Grand Island, Courtesy)
CPNRD board to consider draft 2025 budget, bids for office/education center
GRAND ISLAND - The Central Platte Natural Resources District's (CPNRD) Board of Directors will consider approval of the 2025 fiscal budget of expenditures for the public hearing to be held on the same...
Jun 17, 2024 CPNRD, Courtesy
Two GISH graduates sign agreements to return after college to teach in school district
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island Senior High School 2024 graduates Michelle Fuentes and Dwain Duff plan to return to teach in Grand Island Public Schools after they graduate from college. The students sign...
Jun 14, 2024 Grand Island Public Schools Superintendent Matt Fisher (far left) and School Board President Hank McFarland (far right) stand with PathBack recipients Dwain Duff (left) and Michelle Fuentes (right), (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
$5 million in district budget cuts affected student busing
GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education approved this spring approximately $5 million in budget cuts for the upcoming school year. One of the areas affected is student busing...
Jun 14, 2024 jehoede / Depositphotos.com
Nelly Venegas joins Grand Island Chamber staff as vice president
GRAND ISLAND - Nelly Venegas has been named vice president of the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce. In this role, she will oversee the Chamber's events and operations, while helping set a long-te...
Jun 14, 2024 Nelly Venegas, (Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, Courtesy)
Grand Island press conference planned for newly-funded developments
GRAND ISLAND - Just days after its annual meeting and less than two weeks removed from its latest groundbreaking on the Hoppe Development, the Grand Island Area Economic Development Corporation has an...
Jun 14, 2024 City of Grand Island, Courtesy
State Fair adds Los Huracanes Del Norte to Nebraska Lottery Concert Series
GRAND ISLAND - The Nebraska State Fair announced Los Huracanes Del Norte has been added to the Nebraska Lottery Concert Series. The multiple Grammy nominated norteo music group fills the Thursday, Aug...
Jun 14, 2024 Los Huracanes Del Norte, (Nebraska State Fair, Courtesy)
NDOT breaks ground on four lane US-30 Grand Island West
GRAND ISLAND - On Monday, June 10, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), alongside Mayor Roger Steele of Grand Island, Mike Werner, Project Manager at Werner Construction, Inc., and Wes Wa...
Jun 13, 2024 Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele speaks at a NDOT groundbreaking event, (NDOT, Courtesy)