Category Archives: Grand Island News
CPNRD board to address nitrogen management violations
GRAND ISLAND - Tricia Dudley, the Water Quality Specialist for the Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD), will update the board on recent letters sent to producers who have violated the di...
May 10, 2024 CPNRD, Courtesy
GIPS accepts bid from YWCA to sell the Wyandotte Building
GRAND ISLAND - The future of the "Old Starr" building is in good hands. The Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS) Board of Education unanimously voted, after an executive session, to accept the bid from ...
May 10, 2024 The Wyandotte Learning Center was built in 1975 as the original Starr Elementary School, (Grand Island Public Schools, Courtesy)
Gov. Pillen hosting second Property Tax Town Hall in Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - Governor Jim Pillen will host his second town hall focused on fixing Nebraska's property tax crisis on Friday, May 17 in Grand Island. The event is one of many stops the Governor plans ...
May 10, 2024 Gov. Jim Pillen, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Grand Island Public Schools Board approves $4.67 million in budget cuts
The Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved $4,669,957 in budget cuts at their Thursday, May 9, meeting. The vote to approve the cuts was 9-0. "Anything we cut is going to ...
May 10, 2024 Grand Island Public Schools, Courtesy
Tri-City Runza locations earn company awards
TRI-CITIES - Runza locations in Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings received awards during a company celebration. A Kearney Runza Restaurant team member was recognized for excellence at the company's a...
May 10, 2024 Runza Restaurants, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Aurora possibly visible across Nebraska this weekend due to active space weather conditions
KEARNEY - Active space weather will contribute to aurora possibility being visible on the horizon in Nebraska throughout the weekend. On Thursday, May 9 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra...
May 10, 2024 surangastock / Depositphotos.com
Grand Island man arrested for stalking and violating a protection order
GRAND ISLAND - A Grand Island man was arrested after police say he was stalking a 30-year-old woman and violated an active protection order on Thursday, May 9. According to Grand Island Police Departm...
May 10, 2024 Marshal Lade, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Three Hall County commissioners running unopposed for office
GRAND ISLAND - All three Hall County Commissioners up for election are running unopposed. They are Commissioners Karen Bredthauer, Pam Lancaster, and Gary Quandt, all of Grand Island. Bredthauer, 56, ...
May 09, 2024 Hall County Commissioners meeting, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
City Council approves LB840 funding for Vermeer High Plains to construct infrastructure for building
GRAND ISLAND - A company will receive up to $525,000 in LB 840 funding to construct public infrastructure to support construction of a 15,000 square-foot to 20,000 square-foot building on eight acres ...
May 09, 2024 Vermeer High Plains, (Courtesy)
St. Francis Volunteers of the Year and Lifetime Achievement winners
GRAND ISLAND - Cathy Osborn and Ruth Steinkruger were named CHI Health St. Francis 2024 Volunteers of the Year during the hospital's annual Volunteer and Scholarship Luncheon at Riverside Golf Club on...
May 09, 2024 Left to right: Ruth Steinkruger (Volunteer of the Year), Cathy Osborn (Volunteer of the Year), Jen Hohlen (St. Francis Volunteer Services Manager), Jane Gloor (Nominee) and Karen Bortz (Nominee), (CHI Health, Courtesy)