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Grand Island
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
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Good morning, Grand Island. Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 1st of April.
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ Three juveniles were cited for assault—one was booked for first degree assault—after a fight on March 29 in Grand Island that left a man with a broken jaw and a friend with a laceration needing stitches. Central Nebraska Today
- ➤ A man impersonating Elon Musk defrauded a Grand Island woman of over $20,000 in bitcoin fraud. The Grand Island Independent
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Today, the Nebraska Department of Labor said that the state’s preliminary unemployment rate for February is 3.0 percent, up 0.1 point from the previous month and 0.4 point higher than last February. The labor force reached a record high of 1,077,890 and nonfarm jobs grew by 4,754 over the month—keeping Nebraska tied for the fifth lowest rate in the nation. Central Nebraska Today
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Second graders at Shoemaker Elementary took part in the 8th annual March Reading Madness where each class read two picture books a day and voted on their favorites. Teachers said the contest helped spark excitement for reading—encouraging many students to check out extra books from the school library to take home. KSNB
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Governor Jim Pillen praised the USDA’s plan to expand export access for American farm products by strengthening trade ties with Vietnam, Japan, India, Peru, Brazil, and the United Kingdom—an effort that follows his early trade missions to Vietnam and Japan. Central Nebraska Today
- ➤ Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele will honor World War II veteran Robert Hinrichs with a medal today at 1 p.m. at Tabitha at Prairie Commons. The medal is part of a state program by Governor Jim Pillen and the Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs to mark 80 years since the war ended. Central Nebraska Today
- ➤ The Grand Island Area Economic Development Corporation received an additional $1.2 million from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development’s Rural Workforce Housing Funds Program—its total revolving loan fund now stands at $6.7 million. The funds will help housing developers revitalize, repair, and expand local workforce housing. Central Nebraska Today
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