Category Archives: KGFW News

KGFW News Update 3-14-23
A Grand Island Walgreens was evacuated Friday after a woman claimed a man with a gun was in the store. The Grand Island Fire Department responded to an overnight fire early Monday. A Lincoln Man was a...
Alex Salmon Mar 14, 2023

Lincoln man arrested for laser strike on helicopter
A Lincoln man was arrested for multiple laser strikes on a Nebraska State Patrol helicopter. On Friday at 10 p.m. NSP pilots launched from the Lincoln Airport to assist the Lincoln Police Department i...
Mark Reid Mar 13, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Hastings Fire and Rescue hold swear-in ceremony
Hastings Fire and Rescue held a swear-in ceremony for four new firefighters Friday. On Friday, HFR swore in Academy Graduates Nathan Bloomquist, Alexis Ciprian, Reid Hoffmann and Carla Scheierman. Als...
Mark Reid Mar 13, 2023 Courtesy of Hastings Fire and Rescue Department

KPS Principals Transferring to New Schools in the Fall
This fall, there will be a new face at Windy Hills Elementary, Buffalo Hills Elementary, and Emerson Elementary. Jason Calahan, the current Buffalo Hills principal, will move to Windy Hills Elementary...
Tori Stofferson KPS Communications Mar 13, 2023

Missing elderly Aurora couple found deceased
A missing elderly Aurora couple has been located deceased in Buffalo County. According to a news release, on Saturday March 11, at 3:15 p.m. a concerned citizen called the Buffalo County Sheriff's Off...
Mark Reid Mar 13, 2023

KGFW News Update 3-13-23
A missing elderly Aurora couple has been found deceased in Buffalo County. A Nebraska grain company faces a large proposed fine from OSHA after a worker suffocated in a corn silo. Two Kearney Public S...
Alex Salmon Mar 13, 2023

GIPD arrest second suspect connected to homicide investigation in Fonner Park
Grand Island Police have arrested a second suspect in an investigation into a homicide that happened at Fonner Park. GIPD arrested second suspect Austin Kelly, 16, for his role in the robbery, assault...
Mark Reid Mar 10, 2023

NSP K9s Receive Donation of Body Armor
Nebraska State Patrol K9's Jerry, Amos, Chase, Ezra, Fahn, Gable, Havik, Lee, Malloy, and Tilt have received bullet and stab protective vests thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organizati...
Nebraska State Patrol Mar 10, 2023

Everyone wins during UNK Measurement Olympics
KEARNEY - Dittrick McKillip watched intently as the plastic straw sailed across the classroom before landing under a student's desk. "I can't believe I actually made it that far," he said with excitem...
Tyler Ellyson UNK News Mar 10, 2023 UNK teacher education student Tessa Eldridge leads an activity Thursday during the Measurement Olympics at Emerson Elementary School in Kearney. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)

Kearney's Amazing Race
The Kearney Park and Recreation Department is coordinating Kearney's Amazing Race on Saturday, April 1, from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Registration and pre-event instruction will be from 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. on t...
City of Kearney Mar 10, 2023
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