Category Archives: Grand Island News
DED announces Rural Workforce Housing Fund Recipients; G.I. Area Economic Development Corp. receives funding
GRAND ISLAND - The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) announced Jan. 31 $6,750,112 in awards through the second funding cycle of the Rural Workforce Housing Fund (RWHF) for program year...
Jan 31, 2024 Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
Commissioners receive Supreme Court approval to proceed with Courthouse addition
GRAND ISLAND - The Hall County Board of Commissioners has received approval from the Nebraska Supreme Court to proceed with plans for an addition to the Hall County Courthouse. Architects from Davis D...
Jan 31, 2024 An old building that used to house a portion of the Hall County Jail will be torn down to make space for an addition to the Hall County Courthouse. The old jail building is just south of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services building at 106 S. Pine St. that will also be torn down, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Man arrested for attempt to entice possible 12-year-old female through social media
GRAND ISLAND - Esvin Oxlaj-Aguilar allegedly conversed on Tuesday, Jan. 30, with what he believed to be a 12-year-old female via social media, according to a Grand Island Police Department news releas...
Jan 31, 2024 Esvin Oxlaj-Aguilar, Hall County Department of Corrections
Grand Island man passed out in vehicle ingests meth after being contacted by police
GRAND ISLAND - A Grand Island man ingested a small amount of methamphetamine after being contacted by Grand Island police officers during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 31. At 12:58 a.m., ...
Jan 31, 2024 Jakob Rosen / Unsplash
Discussion of Jan. 6 JBS sewage lagoon breach draws crowd to County Board meeting
GRAND ISLAND - On Jan. 6, a wastewater lagoon at the JBS meatpacking plant in Grand Island had a breach, sending two million gallons of wastewater into a ditch near the facility, then emptied into Woo...
Jan 30, 2024 A standing-room only crowd attended the Hall County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning to express their concern about the incident, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Doniphan teen pleads not guilty to multiple felony sex-offense charges
GRAND ISLAND - A 17-year-old Doniphan male facing felony charges including human trafficking, first-degree sexual assault, and human trafficking pleaded not guilty to those charges Tuesday, Jan. 30, i...
Jan 30, 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)
CHI Health St. Francis quit smoking program starts Feb. 20
GRAND ISLAND - Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States. It kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
Jan 30, 2024 CHI Health St. Francis, Courtesy
January 2024 precipitation varies widely from east to west, but mostly above average
HASTINGS - The vast majority of the National Weather Service - Hastings coverage area saw above normal precipitation but there was a large disparity between the eastern and western counties. Most of t...
Jan 30, 2024 National Weather Service - Hastings, Courtesy
JBS lagoon leach draws crowd to county board meeting
GRAND ISLAND - On Jan. 6, a wastewater lagoon at the JBS meatpacking plant in Grand Island had a breach, sending 2 million gallons of wastewater into a ditch near the facility, then emptied into Wood ...
Jan 30, 2024 A standing-room only crowd attended the Hall County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning to express their concern about the incident, (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
No charges sought after Grand Island student threatens to kill staff member while walking out of school
GRAND ISLAND -Charges after not being sought after a Grand Island High School student threatened to kill a staff member while walking out of school on Monday, Jan. 29. According to the Grand Island Po...
Jan 30, 2024 Grand Island Senior High (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)