Category Archives: Grand Island News
NDOT, partners focus on responder safety in November
Crashes on Nebraska's roads can be truly life-altering for those involved and communities at large. It's crucial that responders arrive to the scene as quickly as possible, help victims and quickly cl...
Oct 27, 2023 Markus Spiske / Unsplash
$30 million in new funding announced to benefit Nebraska producers
GRAND ISLAND - During the Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, Joe Krolikowski, NRCS District Conservationist, shared a recent announcement that Ne...
Oct 27, 2023 CPNRD, Courtesy
17-year-old driver dies from their injuries after fatal Grand Island accident
GRAND ISLAND - Two people have now died as the result of an accident on Highway 30 and Capital Avenue, just northeast of Grand Island during the morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 26. Around 7:57 a.m., t...
Oct 27, 2023 (Central Nebraska Today)
Halloween weather in central Nebraska, history and extremes
GRAND ISLAND - Not surprisingly, weather conditions on Oct. 31 can vary dramatically from one year to the next in south central Nebraska. Just in the past 30 years, high temperatures in Grand Island h...
Oct 27, 2023 Clint Patterson / Unsplash
Fatal accident occurs near Grand Island on Highway 30
GRAND ISLAND - A fatal accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 30 and Capital Avenue, just northeast of Grand Island during the morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 26. Around 7:57 a.m., the Hall ...
Oct 26, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Saturday looks to be the first taste of winter for central Nebraska
KEARNEY - South central Nebraska will get its first experience with winter this weekend in both terms of temperature and wintry precipitation potential, according to the National Weather Service - Has...
Oct 26, 2023 Brian Neben, Courtesy
Public Invited to Groundbreaking for Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Grand Island Nov. 10
GRAND ISLAND, NEB. - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Nebraska Veterans Cemetery at Grand Island will be held on Friday, November 10, at 11:00 a.m. at 3270 West Capital Avenue. The public is welcome ...
Oct 25, 2023 CA Creative / Unsplash
Grand Island Public Schools Foundation awards $17,111 in grants
GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Public Schools Foundation surprised teachers and students across the district with $17,111 in grants on Wednesday, Oct. 25 and Thursday, Oct. 26. The Grand Island Publi...
Oct 25, 2023 GIPS Foundation staff pose with Colette Sorensen's fifth grade class at Shoemaker Elementary after presenting a grant. (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today.)
AG issues Consumer Warning regarding THC-containing products sold in Nebraska
LINCOLN - Attorney General Mike Hilgers launches a major statewide action against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products that present a danger to Nebraskans. "The sale of t...
Oct 25, 2023 AG Hilgers launched a statewide action against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products (AG Mike Hilgers Office, Courtesy)
Motorcycle theft reported in Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - A motorcycle theft was reported in the 400 block of South Cedar Street in Grand Island on Tuesday, Oct. 24. According to the Grand Island Police Department a 39-year-old male reported t...
Oct 25, 2023 Kilyan Sockalingum / Unsplash