Category Archives: KGFW News
Kearney Family YMCA Breaks Ground on New Parking Lot and Pathway
KEARNEY, Neb. - The Kearney Family YMCA broke ground February 21, 2022, on a new parking lot and paved pathway, the first of many projects in the Healthier Tomorrows Capital Campaign. The refurbishmen...
Mar 01, 2022 Wan San Yip / Unsplash
Maintenance Work: Highway 30 and College Curves
The City of Kearney Public Works Department announces that the outside lane on eastbound Highway 30 near 9th Avenue (College Curves) will be closed beginning Wednesday, March 2, 2022 to facilitate gua...
Mar 01, 2022
Maintenance Work: University Drive
The City of Kearney Public Works Department on behalf of Nebraska Public Power District announces that beginning at 8:00 AM on Monday, February 28, 2022 canal maintenance will take place along Univers...
Feb 28, 2022
AirCare Celebrates 40 years with Virtual Event
KEARNEY-On March 4, CHI Health Good Samaritan will celebrate the 40th anniversary of AirCare's first flight. To honor the history of the air ambulance program, a blessing will be streamed live on the ...
Feb 28, 2022
Michael Morgan to Continue as Kearney City Manager
In light of extensive leadership changes in the community and the limited number of applications received for the city manager position, the Kearney City Council asked City Manager Michael Morgan to r...
Feb 28, 2022
Nebraska's Right to Repair: Farmer's Issues and What's to Come
Farmers, due to not being able to repair their own newer machinery, mainly because they're unable to access the more software dependent systems, are starting to turn towards older equipment, some as a...
Feb 25, 2022 Chafer Machinery / CC
Suspects Identified in Stolen Tire Investigation
On Monday, February 14, at approximately 10:20 a.m. Officers with the Kearney Police were called to Graham Tire at 5708 2nd Avenue. regarding the theft of tires from a fenced and secured area. Graham ...
Feb 25, 2022 Benjamin Brunner / Unsplash
Troopers Arrest Wrong-Way Driver After I-80 Pursuit
GRAND ISLAND, NEB. (NSP) - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person following a pursuit overnight in Hall County. At approximately 2:20 a.m. Thursday, a trooper observed an Acu...
Feb 25, 2022
Brown Bag History Series - "A Legacy Saved: Japanese and Japanese Americans in Nebraska" presented at the Kearney Public Library
Kearney Public Library and UNK-History Department welcome you to the history brown bag lunch series Wednesday, March 2 from noon-1:00 pm. Vickie Sakurada Schaepler will present A Legacy Saved: Japanes...
Feb 24, 2022 Elisa Calvet B. / Unsplash
UNK uses full-service approach to support health science students
By TYLER ELLYSON KEARNEY - There's an easy way to measure the quality of the University of Nebraska at Kearney's health science programs. Just look at the acceptance rates. Over the last three years, ...
Feb 24, 2022 Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications