Grand Island News

It's no secret the Christmas holiday brings people out to stores in huge numbers, but the season also affects the food industry.

A Wednesday morning water main break left a lot of mud, ice, and standing water in the Dodge and Oak Street area of Grand Island.

State Sen. Mike Gloor of Grand Island claims relations between the Tri Cities have never been stronger, but he risks undermining those so-called strong ties by spearheading yet another Grand Island attempt to discredit Kearney's selection as the location for a new veterans home in central Nebraska.

Lawmakers would step into an ongoing dispute over the new Central Nebraska Veterans Home, if one state senator has his way.

Casual-dining brand Quaker Steak & Lube announced an area development agreement with Bosselman Food Services to open two locations in Nebraska and one in Iowa, which will mark the brand's entrance into the state of Nebraska.

Both Haase and Ward 1 Councilman Vaughn Minton were nominated by their peers. Haase received six votes in an secret ballot.

Mayor Jay Vavricek is seeking letters of interest from citizens who wish to be considered to serve on the Grand Island City Council for Ward 1or Ward 2. The current open position for Ward 2 was previously held by Scott Dugan.

Caleb A. Roe, son of Dan and Trish Roe, Drums, is celebrating his fourth birthday today, Dec. 1. Caleb is a grandson of Don Roe and the late Mary Lou Roe, Grand Island, Neb., and Marie Franckowiak and the late Frank Franckowiak, Mountain Top.

The American Red Cross is asking for the public's help as the holiday season approaches.

It says, 'My main purpose is not to teach music, but my main purpose is to teach children to have a beautiful heart,' and I really do think that that is what music does - it makes individuals more human."

These astonishing scenes were captured by a man who gave up his day job as a corn plant worker to become a professional storm chaser.

According to the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 10-30% of veterans suffer from PTSD depending on the war in which they served.

Ashton Lambie, 2013 graduate of Hastings College and employee at Lochland Country Club, plays the accordion for a crowd during the Hastings First Friday event Nov. 1 in downtown Hastings.

The Grand Island Street Department said slick roads are not the number one concern with this storm.

The 10/11 Severe Weather Alert Day is issued for Thursday due to winter weather and hazardous driving conditions.

Titan Tire Corp. raised $38,760 recently for the Future Farmers of America through the donation of 74 tires at the 2013 Husker Harvest Days event, held Sept.

Some Hall County leaders learned that morning that the Economic Development Corporation planned to sell hundreds of acres of land at the Cornhusker Industrial Site for agricultural use.

"People tend to not recognize that it does happen here and so just having that opportunity to get out there and get in front of people and say here we are, this is what we're doing and it's real and it's in your back yard," said Melissa Delaet, the Executive Director of Hope Harbor in Grand Island.

Laurie Dethloff, the director of the Central Nebraska Humane Society, says that each time one of the Dalmatians they rescued about two and a half months ago goes to a new home, it's a special moment.