Grand Island News

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.

A new assistant city manager has been hired for the city of Hays to fill a position vacated in August.

The road to recovery could be a long one for Chad Mertz, an Aurora police corporal who suffered a brain injury while off duty earlier this month.

A Guard news release says there are about 750 Guardsmen assigned to the 67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, which has subordinate units spread across Nebraska .

Central Nebraska authorities have identified a 74-year-old Grand Island man fatally injured when two pickups collided at a rural Hall County intersection.

Grand Island firefighters received an odd call Sunday afternoon - a fire hydrant on fire.

Early October is usually the time for pumpkins, not snow, but these folks braved the cold to have some unique fun at Helgoth's Pumpkin Patch just north of Grand Island.

When the call comes in, firefighters and emergency responders head out, never knowing what risks they'll face.

Surveillance systems are on the way to four Grand Island elementary schools. A grant is funding the security, as part of the COPS Secure Our Schools Program.

A legislative committee is coming to Grand Island Friday to tour the Grand Island Veterans Home and hold a hearing on the home's future needs.

A 3 1/2 year-old girl was left on a Grand Island Public Schools Bus. She was on the bus from around 8 A.M. till 11 A.M, according to school officials.