Grand Island News

Why do people stay in a community? It's a question that can have many answers, and Grand Island leaders say it's one of several they're asking not just city residents, but their neighbors county-wide as well.

For the Grand Island schools on the continuous calendar, Wednesday was their first day of school.

As Hall County continues to grow buildings and homes are getting bigger. But small towns like Alda, Doniphan, Cairo, and Wood River don't have inspectors to check that work.

Two dozen bicyclists are taking a break from pedaling more than 4,000 miles across the country with a stop in Grand Island.

Axis Capital, Inc., a group of companies based in Grand Island NE as far as I can see is legitimate equipment financier.

"The city-wide network will extend throughout the community providing a 10 gigabit connection to 19 school facilities.

Preventing crashes on a busy road is the goal, as Grand Island brainstorms solutions for one of the city's major roads.

The Galaxy of Stars Talent Search is calling talent of all ages to compete for over $9,000.00 in cash, prizes, trophies & recording sessions at the 2014 Galaxy of Stars Talent Search at the Nebraska State Fair Bristol Windows Stage at Fonner Park in Grand Island.

Not everyone can afford medical or dental insurance. So where can adults, children, and veterans go when they need help? The Third City Community Clinic serves thousands of people from Grand Island and surrounding communities every year and while the medical and dental work they do may be free for their patients, it doesn't come cheap to the ... (more)

The Hall County Sheriff's Department are taking donations until six o' clock Thursday night.

Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses the Nebraska Republican Convention in Grand Island, Neb., on July 14. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday that he will try to remove his state from participation in the national education standards program known as Common Core.

Officials with the Central District Health Department are warning Grand Island residents about a bacterial infection that has hit the city.

Weather permitting, work is anticipated to begin the week of June 23 on US-34/US-281 from Hastings to Doniphan in the southbound lanes, and on N-2 from Cairo to Grand Island, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads.

Half of Grand Island kids are on computers every day, and another 25 percent most every day.

A storm in Nebraska produced an extremely rare pair of tornadoes this evening as it tracked through the northeastern part of the state.

In the past few weeks, crews finished up the main work on new storm sewer lines in the Highway 30 and Broadwell Avenue area of Grand Island.

Grand Island workers get bonuses in $2 bills Ammunition company wants workers to boost spending in the central Nebraska city.

A man charged with second-degree assault for shooting a teenager at the time, leading to police presence at the school with rifles, is up for parole this month.