Grand Island News

If you've been dropping by the 500 block of East 15th Street in Grand Island to view Christmas lights the last few holiday seasons, you now have a second place to check out Mark Fhuere's handiwork.

Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Video highlights from the 2009 Shooting Industry Masters offer a glimpse of the excitement you can expect at the 2010 event in Grand Island, Neb.

In conjunction with National Hunger and Homeless awareness week the Heartland United Way, Crisis Center, Hope Harbor and Salvation Army are planning "Dine United" on, Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

The "Living Well with Diabetes" information fair will be from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.

A high speed chase starts after a woman is held hostage in Grand Island. Around 9am Sunday morning, Grand Island Police Sergeant Danny Dubbs said a man armed with a handgun took a female hostage at the Days Inn in Grand Island.

Just days after the House of Representatives passed its version of the healthcare bill, Senator Mike Johanns is back in Nebraska discussing it.

Voters in Grand Island's Northwest Public Schools district have rejected a bond proposal but voters in Superior have approved their district's proposal.

A new electronic system is was used for the first time in Nebraska during a special election in Grand Island Tuesday.

Police say a 32-year-old Columbus man was arrested after he held authorities at bay for more than three hours while holding his estranged wife hostage at a central Nebraska farmhouse.

A Phillips man has been arrested after colliding with a Harvard school bus Monday night.

Tony and Nick Staab of Rich & Sons Camper Sales in Grand Island, Neb., have pledged $10,000 to the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association Education Foundationa s RV Learning Center.

By MICHELLE ZLOMKE Chief Managing Editor The U.S. Census Bureau's regional office is looking for a few good men and women.

Is now the right time for Grand Island Northwest to ask voters for millions to build a new school? That's question number one in the campaign brochure.

With a waiting list of potential students, the Literacy Council of Grand Island needs more donors and volunteers.

A 21-year-old Grand Island woman has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of pandering.

An attempted robbery arrest Wednesday afternoon may have a connection with the recent attempted robbery at Save Mart.

Jay Vavricek wants to be mayor of Grand Island again. Vavricek announced Tuesday that he's running and says he believes in "smaller government, fewer taxes and more value for each tax dollar spent." Current Mayor Margaret Hornady says she hasn't decided yet whether to seek another term in next year's elections.

The following is a press release from Jay Vavricek: "As our state and local economy faces an economic uncertainty, I believe in smaller government, fewer taxes and more value for each tax dollar spent.

In the late afternoon of Oct. 11 LaVonne Ammeter received a phone call from her great-grandson Eric Magette of Eudora.

Hands fly as students make close contact in gym class, despite fears over flu and flu like illnesses that have at times kept 15 percent of kids in Aurora home.