Category Archives: Grand Island News
Grand Island, Hastings and areas east under Enhanced Risk for severe weather today
HASTINGS - Grand Island, Hastings and areas to the east of the Tri-Cities are now under an Enhanced Risk for severe weather this afternoon into the evening. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla...
Jun 07, 2024 National Weather Service - Hastings, Courtesy
35-year-old Grand Island male arrested for first degree sexual assault, incest
GRAND ISLAND - A 35-year-old Grand Island man was arrested for two counts of first-degree sexual assault and incest. On Wednesday, June 5 at 12:23 p.m., a Grand Island Police Department made contact w...
Jun 07, 2024 (Central Nebraska Today)
NSP holds local truck inspections held in Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Carrier Enforcement Division conducted local commercial vehicle inspections Wednesday, June 5th, in Grand Island, Nebraska. During this eff...
Jun 07, 2024 A trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol directs traffic at Highway 30, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Hall County Community Beautification award entry window now open
GRAND ISLAND - The Hall County Regional Planning Commission is now accepting nominations for 2024 Community Beautification Awards. The awards were created in 1973 and are presented annually by the Hal...
Jun 06, 2024 Railside Festoon Lighting, (Krecklow Films, Courtesy)
Nebraska State Fair receives confirmation of Ramón Ayala Tour Cancellation
GRAND ISLAND - On Thursday, the management team of Ramn Ayala confirmed to Nebraska State Fair officials that the recent announcement of his tour cancellation includes the previously scheduled Aug. 29...
Jun 06, 2024 Ramón Ayala, (Nebraska State Fair, Courtesy)
Slight Risk for severe weather across central Nebraska on Friday
HASTINGS - Severe weather is back in the forecast on Friday, June 7 with hail and straight-line wind being the primary threats during the evening and overnight hours. All of central Nebraska is under ...
Jun 06, 2024 NWS Hastings, Courtesy
AGI closing in G.I.; 100 production jobs eliminated
GRAND ISLAND - Ag Grown International (AGI) is closing its Grand Island facility and eliminating 100 production jobs, employees learned on June 4. AGI manufactures galvanized steel bins at its plant a...
Jun 05, 2024 AGI is closing its Grand Island manufacturing plant. 100 production jobs are being cut, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Ground broken on subdivision for 15 homes in northeast Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - Ground was broken Wednesday morning, June 5, on a housing subdivision in northeast Grand Island. The location is southwest of the intersection of Capital Avenue and St. Paul Road. Mary ...
Jun 05, 2024 Shown in this groundbreaking photo are (from left): Mary Berlin, Grand Island Area Economic Development Corp., Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele, Developer Fred Hoppe of Lincoln, Bart Qualsett, Pinnacle Bank Market President; Kelly Gewecke, Nebraska Department of Economic Development; Nick Bergin, Center for Rural Affairs, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Solar farm expansion underway for Grand Island Utilities
GRAND ISLAND - Expansion is underway in northeast Grand Island as crews are installing 21,600 panels for what will become the second-largest solar farm in Nebraska. The Grand Island Utilities Departme...
Jun 05, 2024 Expansion is underway in northeast Grand Island as crews are installing 21,600 panels for what will become the second-largest solar farm in Nebraska, (City of Grand Island, Courtesy)
Arrest made in case of family ashes stolen from Grand Island Cemetery mausoleum
GRAND ISLAND - An arrest has been made in the case of a family mausoleum that was broken into and a vase and urns containing ashes of the deceased were stolen from the Grand Island Cemetery. According...
Jun 05, 2024 Richard Boon, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)