Grand Island, Neb. — The general election isn’t until November, but there will be a special mail-in election taking place in Grand Island on August 13.The Grand Island City Council voted unanimously 8-0 Tuesday night to call a special election to authorize the City of Grand Island to establish a…
Kansas wheat producers can’t seem to catch a break in the weather, kicking up swirling, dust clouds as they raced to cut wheat ahead of heavy thunderstorms and hail on Tuesday, June 18. Harvest is now progressing into areas of south central Kansas that missed the rains that have benefited…
Grand Island, Neb. -- June 19, 2024 -- Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a California man following a pursuit with a stolen vehicle in central Nebraska. At approximately 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, a trooper observed a Jeep speeding at over 100 miles per hour on Interstate 80 near…
Lexington High School Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Artemio Munoz as the next Minutemaid head girls soccer coach. Coach Munoz has been an assistant coach for the LHS Boys soccer team for the last two years. According to Activities Director Phil Truax "Munoz's experience as a player, NSAA…
Hall County, Neb. -- The Hall County Sheriff's Department responded at 7:08 a.m. Wednesday to the westbound Interstate-80 mile marker 316 & 1/2 rest area for a disturbance that left one person dead and another critically injured. Two victims had suffered wounds from an assault with a knife. Both victims…
MEAD, Nebraska — A pilot project to discover the best way to remove a 14-acre pile of pesticide-contaminated “wet cake” from the site of the now-notorious AltEn ethanol plant here has resumed after a delay that was blamed on equipment breakdowns and a change in the process. Two backhoe-like “excavators”…
A Nebraska dairy business received a Dairy Business Builder Grant aimed at expanding the production of value-added dairy products. DARI Processing, LLC in Rising City is among 37 small dairy businesses being awarded over $3.2 million in funding. Administered by the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA), the grants - up…
Broken Bow Seniors over Gothenburg Melons Seniors 9-6 Holdrege Inspire Rehabilitation Seniors over Troopers 18U 3-2 Ravenna Seniors over Overton Bandits Seniors 4-0 Kearney Misko Sports over Grand Island Home Federal 3-2 (14 innings) Gothenburg Melons Juniors over Broken Bow Juniors 10-9 Overton Bandits Juniors over Ravenna Juniors 13-9 Kearney…
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is announcing the appointments made to boards and commissions from January 1, 2024 through May 31, 2024. A list of current board and commission openings can be found on the Governor’s website (https://governor.nebraska.gov/board-comm-req), along with instructions for completing an application. Advisory Committee on Developmental Disabilities…
Learning and networking with an emphasis on agriculture can be expected at the first-ever Women in Ag Event in Gordon. The day’s activities are hosted by Gordon Livestock Market, in partnership with Nebraska Extension Women in Ag, on Saturday, June 22, 2024. “It is a time for all of us women…
