Category Archives: Grand Island News
2024 SKYWARN storm spotter training times announced
KEARNEY - Want to avoid being fooled by harmless scud clouds and an actual tornado this spring? The National Weather Service - Hastings SKYWARN storm spotter training classes are the place to become m...
Feb 02, 2024 Bret Bostock
Nebraska Army National Guard helicopter makes emergency landing
HASTINGS - Pilots flying a CH-47 Chinook helicopter made an emergency precautionary landing at the Nebraska Army National Guard's Greenlief Training Site near Hastings at approximately 6:30 p.m. Wedne...
Feb 02, 2024 U.S. Army Europe
Grand Island residents arrested for child abuse, drugs within reach, home unsanitary
GRAND ISLAND - Two Grand Island residents were arrested after police discovered drugs within reach of children and the home itself was found to be unsanitary. Officers with the Grand Island Police Dep...
Feb 02, 2024 Hector Tarango and Gabrielle Jones-Williams, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Holum's attorney files motion to transfer case to juvenile court
The attorney for a 17-year-old Doniphan male facing numerous felony charges including human trafficking, first-degree sexual assault, and human trafficking filed a motion Jan. 31 in Hall County Distri...
Feb 01, 2024 Cody Holum of Doniphan was sentenced in February 2025 to 80 to 160 years in prison for convictions on four counts of first-degree assault and one count of human trafficking, according to the Nebraska Attorney General's website. (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Local students selected for inaugural leadership challenge at Hastings College
HASTINGS - The inaugural Walter Scott, Jr. Community Leadership Challenge at Hastings College begins the evening of Friday, Feb. 2, with 20 students from across Nebraska arriving on campus. The applic...
Feb 01, 2024 Hastings College (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Election Office providing free information sessions about new voter ID requirements
GRAND ISLAND - The Hall County Election Office will provide sessions about the voter ID requirements leading up to the May 14, 2024, Presidential Primary Election in Nebraska. The information sessions...
Feb 01, 2024 Hall County Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Voters will have to follow new voter ID law
Nebraska has a new voter ID law that requires all registered voters in the state to present a photo identification (ID) when voting in a Nebraska election. Hall County Election Commissioner Tracy Over...
Feb 01, 2024 Element5 Digital / Unsplash
Grand Island State of the City event scheduled for Feb. 9
GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals program is hosting the 8th annual State of the City Address at 8:30 a.m. Friday, February 9 at Bosselman Enterprise on South L...
Feb 01, 2024 Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Grand Island mother admits to smoking meth while her children were home, police say
GRAND ISLAND - A Grand Island mother admitted to smoking methamphetamine while her children were in a different room of their home during the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 1. According to the ...
Feb 01, 2024 Jasmine Bromlow, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Veteran district leader, Calvin Hubbard, named next GISH principal
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS) is pleased to announce that Mr. Calvin Hubbard will be moving into a new leadership role within the district! Hubbard will be serving as the new Princ...
Jan 31, 2024 Calvin Hubbard, (Grand Island Public Schools, Courtesy)