Category Archives: Grand Island News
Summer Reading Camp to kick off at Grand Island Public Library
GRAND ISLAND - Kids who have just completed kindergarten through 5th grade can sign up for the Grand Island Public Library's free Summer Reading Camp to help maintain and boost their reading skills ov...
May 28, 2024 Summer Reading Program, (Grand Island Public Library, Courtesy)
Stuhr Museum illustrates celebration of 1894 Memorial Day
GRAND ISLAND - Approximately 300 people turned out Monday, May 27, at Stuhr Museum to experience what Memorial Day was like in 1894. Stuhr Museum Executive Director Chris Hochstetler said the day's ev...
May 27, 2024 John Jacobs of Aurora directs Stuhr Museum’s Silver Cornet Band, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Open house planned for Grand Island Parks and Recreation master plan
GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Parks and Recreation Department has its sights on the future, and they want you to help shape the vision. On Tuesday, June 4, GIPR will be hosting a public open house f...
May 24, 2024 Stolley Park East, (City of Grand Island, Courtesy)
Family mausoleum broken into; ashes stolen at the Grand Island Cemetery
GRAND ISLAND - A family mausoleum was broken into and a vase and urns containing ashes of the deceased were stolen from the Grand Island Cemetery. According to the Grand Island Police Department the c...
May 24, 2024 (Central Nebraska Today)
CPNRD board approves Longitude 103 amendment for Water Management Software
GRAND ISLAND - The Central Platte Natural Resources District's (CPNRD) nitrogen management software program will be available online again for producers following the approval of an amendment with Lon...
May 24, 2024 CPNRD, Courtesy
Grand Island woman killed in single-vehicle rollover in Hamilton County
HAMILTON Co. - Hannah Petersen, 39, of Grand Island was killed May 23 in a one-vehicle rollover accident in Hamilton County on Highway 34 between Y and Z Roads, according to a news release from the Ha...
May 24, 2024 (Central Nebraska Today)
Central Nebraska students named as Hastings College 2024-25 Scott Scholars
Thanks to the addition of the Walter Scott, Jr. Community Leadership Challenge and the continued support and investment of the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation, the 2024-25 Scott Scholars class at ...
May 23, 2024 Hastings College (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Grand Island woman charged with fatal child abuse waives preliminary hearing
GRAND ISLAND - A Grand Island woman who has been charged with fatal child abuse has waived her preliminary hearing in Hall County Court. Bianca Rivera Lima, 27, has been charged with intentional child...
May 23, 2024 Bianca Rivera Lima, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Hometown Heroes banners being hung along Capital Avenue in Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - Workers from Messersmith Electric began hanging banners for the Hometown Heroes program on May 22 along Capital Avenue. The banners will be hung from the north Dairy Queen on Capital Av...
May 23, 2024 Hometown Hero Banner in Grand Island, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
GISH Academies challenge students to think earlier about their careers
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island Senior High School's Academies programs are concluding their fifth year in full operation. District officials are still fine-tuning Academies, with one Academy and several ...
May 23, 2024 Students in the Academy of Medical Sciences exploring medical techniques at the CHI Health Center, (GISH, Courtesy)