Category Archives: KGFW News
UNK Sapphire Dance Camp
The Kearney Park and Recreation Department is now taking registrations for the UNK Sapphire Dance Camp for kids 6-9 years old. The camp will be held from 10:30am-11:45am, July 12-14, at the Harmon Par...
Jun 07, 2023 UNK Athletics
Mari Sandoz Society in Kearney and UNK's Growing Public History Program
The Mari Sandoz Society and the Buffalo County Historical Society/Trails & Rails Museum would like to invite the general public on Friday, June 16 to come learn about the famed author, Mari Sandoz...
Jun 07, 2023 Courtesy of the Mari Sandoz Society
Authorities identify pilot killed in Friday plane crash
Authorities have identified a pilot killed in a Friday morning plane crash. The pilot was identified as John G. Reading,69, of Broomfield, Colorado. Reading was traveling from Denver to Red Oak Iowa, ...
Jun 07, 2023
KGFW News Update 6-7-23
Authorities have identified a pilot killed in a Friday morning plane crash. The first case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Nebraska. The Nebraska Farm Bureau has partnered with SpaceX to brin...
Jun 07, 2023
SpaceX expanding Starlink internet to Nebraska
The Nebraska Farm Bureau has partnered with SpaceX to expand Starlink internet access to rural Nebraska. Mark McHargue, Nebraska Farm Bureau president says "Starlink's model of providing quality broad...
Jun 06, 2023 Athena Iluz / CC
Harmon Park Sonotorium back and ready
The Harmon Park Sonotorium is now officially back and ready for Kearney. On Sunday the public was invited to celebrate the rededication of the Sonotorium with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Despite the gr...
Jun 06, 2023
KPS announce over $7 million in construction projects
KPS have announced over $7 million in construction projects over the next two years, using a number of different funding sources. A significant renovation, costing $3.3 million, will be undertaken at ...
Jun 06, 2023 David Spinks / CC
NSP Troopers arrest over 60 impaired drivers during Click It or Ticket campaign
NSP Troopers arrested over 60 impaired drivers during the annual Click It or Ticket campaign. During the campaign which ran from May 15th through June 4th, troopers arrested 65 for driving under the i...
Jun 06, 2023 Scott Davidson / CC
KPS summer meal program offers free breakfast and lunch
Kearney Public Schools Bearcat Diner will be providing free breakfast and lunch as part of its summer meal program. Those 18 years and younger can receive a free breakfast and lunch without income req...
Jun 06, 2023 Isabella Fischer / Unsplash
NU and DPAA create new agreement that expands efforts to locate missing service members
The University of Nebraska System and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency have created a new agreement which will expand collaborative efforts to identify U.S. service members missing or unaccounted...
Jun 06, 2023 Signing ceremony for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency agreement with the University of Nebrasaka. Hosted by UNMC, the event was held in the Olson Atrium of the Wigton Heritage Center on Thursday, May 25, 2023.