Category Archives: KGFW News

Runza Managing Partner, Tim Higgins, plans to retire after today.
Tim Higgins has had a lengthy career with Runza Restaurants and has set plans in motion to retire after 40 years on August 1, 2022. Tim started as a part-time employee at the age of 19 and was quickly...
Mark Reid Jul 18, 2022

KGFW News Update 7-18-22
Two men from Grand Island were arrested Thursday night for an assault. Scottsbluff police department captured an escaped inmate Sunday. A Cozad woman died after a crash on I-80 Thursday night. Kearney...
Alex Salmon Jul 18, 2022

USDA Accept 3.1 Million Acres in Grassland Signups
The USDA is accepting offers for more than 3.1 million acres from producers and private landowners as part of the Conservation Reserve Program. The program allows producers and landowners to continue ...
Mark Reid Jul 15, 2022 Srikanth Peetha / Unsplash

Fire Crews Continue to Battle Wildfires
Red Willow Western Firefighters and mutual aid are still continuing to battle two wildfires. At about 12:30am this Friday morning Red Willow Western Rural Fire department said through a Facebook post ...
Mark Reid Jul 15, 2022 Max Kukurudziak / Unsplash

KGFW News Update 7-15
Red Willow Firefighters and mutual aid are still continuing to battle two wildfires. Work will continue on the mile marker 26 fire, which has already burned over 700 acres. The smaller fire Road 383, ...
Mark Reid Jul 15, 2022

CCC Marks Second Year of Metallica Scholar Program
By Scott Miller GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - Central Community College returns for the second year as part of the Metallica Scholar program to receive $50,000 to transform the future of students in the commun...
Mark Reid Jul 14, 2022 Man Alive! / CC

Student Loan Relief for Qualified Medical Providers
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is offering two incentive programs providing up to $200,000 in student loan repayment for qualified medical care providers who agree to work...
Mark Reid Jul 14, 2022 MedicAlert UK / Unsplash

New Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Line
After two years of planning and preparation, the new three-digit suicide prevention line, 988, will go live on Saturday, July 16. In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to operate throu...
Mark Reid Jul 14, 2022 Petr Macháček / Unsplash

KGFW News Update 7-14
The cause of a Tuesday mobile home fire at East Lawn Trailer Court has been determined to have been from a recently used lawn mower that was placed underneath the wooden deck of the home and sparked t...
Mark Reid Jul 14, 2022

Update: Cause of Structure Fire at East Lawn
UPDATE: The cause of the fire was determined to have been caused by a lawnmower that was recently used that was stored underneath the wooden deck of the mobile and sparked the fire. The State Fire Mar...
Mark Reid Jul 13, 2022 Courtesy Mid-Nebraska Scanner
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