Category Archives: KGFW News
NEBRASKAland Days Executive Director Fudge retiring 2024
NEBRASKAland Days Executive Director David Fudge will be retiring from his role. According to a press release Monday, Fudge will be retiring from his role after the 2024 festival. Fudge joined the Boa...
Aug 08, 2023
Inmate sentenced on Clay County charges gone missing
Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center - Omaha (CCC-O). Michael Detty #213356 left CCC-O today and his electronic monitor was found across the str...
Aug 08, 2023 Courtesy of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
UNK summer commencement Friday
On Friday, graduate and undergraduate degrees will be conferred for 210 summer graduates at University of Nebraska at Kearney summer commencement. The commencement will be held at 10 a.m. Friday (Aug....
Aug 08, 2023
KGFW News Update 8/8/23
A family stole thousands of dollars worth of devices from a Verizon store in Grand Island. NEBRASKAland Days Executive Director David Fudge will be retiring from his role. The University of Nebraska w...
Aug 08, 2023
Concrete work on turn lane near Qdoba
The City of Kearney announces that beginning today concrete work will be taking place in the westbound right turn lane on 25th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenues in front of Qdoba Restaurant. Work is ...
Aug 07, 2023 Cindy Shebley / CC
Ewing women sentenced on methamphetamine charges
An Ewing woman was sentenced on methamphetamine conspiracy. In federal court F, 40-year-old Lindsey Ann Rokahr was sentenced to 60 months' imprisonment for her participation in a methamphetamine consp...
Aug 07, 2023 Bill Oxford / Unsplash
Gov. Pillen Advocates for Cattle Producers Following Heat Loss Event
Governor Pillen had a phone call with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week to inform him of livestock losses recently experienced by cattle producers. The combination of extr...
Aug 07, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
NDOT asking for public input for road survey
The Nebraska Department of Transportation is seeking public input for their 2023 Vulnerable Road User Assessment Survey. Public input will be considered and utilized for the VRU survey, which will bec...
Aug 07, 2023 Kaitlyn Baker / Unsplash
Kearney Cultural Partners holds listening session
The Kearney Cultural Partners is hosting a listening session today. The public is invited to share their thoughts and comments for a new project that will benefit the arts and commerce in downtown Kea...
Aug 07, 2023 Sincerely Media / Unsplash
KGFW News Update 8-7-23
An Omaha man connected to the murder of a Kearney man is now facing a murder charge. A Grand Island Man was injured in a car-motorcycle accident. An Ewing woman was sentenced on methamphetamine conspi...
Aug 07, 2023