Grand Island News

Nebraska State Fair board members are speaking out about the Fair's move to Grand Island...Board members said the new location will be more technologically advanced. It will offer high speed internet access, a state of the art sound system and...

Anti-smoking advocates in Hall and Buffalo counties are teaming up on their advertising campaign for the first time, aiming to bring attention to the dangers to children of second- and thirdhand smoke. Tobacco Free Hall County and the Buffalo County...

While lots of workers are grumbling about pay freezes during these tight economic times, employees of a tax-supported entity in Nebraska actually are asking for no raises this year. Central Platte Natural Resources District staff members asked their board of...

Gary Schmidt has been throwing his weight around with his buoyant personality all his life — for the last 15 years selling his Napa Valley Savings Book. When he turned 50 six years ago, the Santa Rosa resident decided it...

There is a new proposal in the works that could change when Nebraska kindergartners start school...The group wants to require kids to be 5 years old by July 31's in order to start Kindergarten...That leads to classes mixed with students...

Hall County Supervisors and officials at the Grand Island Public Library said there are no hard feelings. The Library and the Board of Supervisors had been at odds since August when the county decided to cut library funding...Then this week...

The bride-elect graduated from Central Community College, Grand Island, Neb., and is a registered nurse at St...The bridegroom-elect graduated from Barton County Community College, Great Bend, and Fort Hays State University. He is a CT/MRI technologist at Good Samaritan Hospital...

Neb. — Hall County is going to offer the bookmobile to the Grand Island Public Library. The County Board met Tuesday and decided to make the offer — hopefully in lieu of the city library’s charging a library card fee...