The Grand Island Independent
Grand Island Northwest preschool moves to Chapman
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- Grand Island Northwest preschool moves to Chapman
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Today was 27 preschoolers were the first to attend Grand Island Northwest preschool in Chapman. Previously, the school had been in Lockwood and St. Libory. Principal Jeff Ellsworth said there are many advantages to having the school in Chapman, and the staff is excited to be a part of the Chapman school system.
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- Oh, yeah! Hastings kicks off Kool-Aid Days
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- About 30 youth ages 5-12 got to show off their creative sides Friday during the Jammers Boat Races, one of several events slated to take place in the Adams County community this weekend to celebrate Kool-Aid Days, the soft drink invented in Hastings.
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- Ticket to Win earns Winder $15,000 at fundraising event
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- CHI Health St. Francis held Ticket to Win Thursday, August 2. Amanda Winder held the ticket to $15,000. Along with the raffle, there was a live auction with items such as cruises and Husker memorabilia. Proceeds from the event will go to area first responders and the Breathe Right Project.
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- GIPS gives update on Jefferson, Stolley Park construction
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Grand Island Public schools officials and board of education members were able to get a glimpse of the district’s future at a construction tour Wednesday evening. Dan Petsch, GIPS’ director of buildings and grounds, led a district-sponsored tour of both Jefferson and Stolley Park Elementary Schools.
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- GICC band hits marching fundamentals
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- GICC takes a week to hit the fundamentals of marching band. Band director Brigit Baglien says there are many members who have never marched before, so it is important to work on posture, spacing and footsteps during their week-long camp.
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- Sneak peek of the newly renovated Husker Harvest Days facility
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- After years of discussion, the Husker Harvest Days facility renovation is complete. The $7.5 million project includes paved roads, additional parking lots, a new drainage system and retention pond and improved technology on the site. The 2018 Husker Harvest Days will be September 11 through the 13.
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- Donors give school supplies to benefit students in need at event Thursday
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- GIPS hosts a two-day event where people can purchase school supplies and donate them to the Stuff the Bus project. The supplies will be put in backpacks and distributed to local children in need of new school supplies, Stuff the Bus was Thursday, July 26 and Friday, July 27.
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- City tests the power of solar energy
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The City of Grand Island is installing solar panels in a 10-acre plot of land on the edge of town. This is a pilot project as solar energy is becoming a popular source of renewable energy. Utilities director, Tim Luchsinger gives some insight on the project.
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- G.I. Library breaks ground on renovation project
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Grand Island Public Library rang in a new era Tuesday afternoon by breaking ground for its renovation project. Mayor Jeremy Jensen, City Administrator Marlan Ferguson, library director Steve Fosselman, library board president Ed Meedel and library staff helped break ground near the front of the library during a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday. Jensen broke ground with a shovel used by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1903 for the groundbreaking of the Carnegie Library.
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- Educators learn to think, make, create at makerspace session
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Educators from Grand Island Public Schools and across the state learned more about how to integrate makerspace and technology into their classroom curriculum during a session at the GIPS Summer Institute Monday afternoon at College Park. GIPS educators Chandra Kosmicki, Krystal Spilger and Jason Weseman spoke about integrating makerspace in the classroom.
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- Farmers market produces summer-time favorites
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Grand Island Farmers Market is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day through October at 1704 W. Third St. Two regular sellers, Mel Kutschkau and Donald Bonczynski explain why they keep coming back to sell their items.
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- Girls and Pearls helps support local families
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On Thursday, July 19, more than 120 ladies went to “Girls and Pearls: A night of giving,” which was held at Riverside Golf Club. The event, organized by The Grand Island Independent, was a benefit for two local families affected by cancer. Alex Bartolotta and Taylor Callahan’s families benefited from the live auction and ticket sales. Bartolotta, 4, has leukemia and Callahan, 21, has Hodgkins Lymphoma. Several local vendors displayed their products for guests.
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- Speed events get horses, riders working together
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The State 4-H Horse Expo was held at Fonner Park on Wednesday, July 18. Many youth competed in the junior and senior pole bending competition. Two riders give a little insight in their success.
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- Speaker defends importance of beef to health, economic vitality
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Restaurant owner and rancher Jim Jenkins addresses misconceptions about the beef industry and speaks of the importance of Nebraska's beef industry in feeding the world at the Grand Island Rotary Club meeting Tuesday, July 17.
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- 2018 Hero Flight - Welcome Home
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- 4:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Sights and Sounds from the 2018 Hall County Vietnam Hero Flight - Welcome Home Ceremony
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- GISH students conduct "walk-in" to show love, unity to one another
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- One month after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students at Grand Island Senior High wanted to honor the 17 victims by showing love and kindness to one another.
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- Athlete of the Week: February 12-18, 2018 Burwell's Thomas Hughes
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Burwells Thomas Hughes was selected as this weeks Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week in the Nebraska state wrestling tournament. Hughes won his second career state title at the event to help the team to back-to-back state titles.
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- Local artist to compete in national competition
- Runtime
- 5:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Taylin Murphy will compete in the 2018 National Fine Arts Festival in Houston in late July/early August.
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- Athlete of the Week February 12-18, 2018 Hastings High School's Connor Laux
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Hastings High School’s Connor Laux was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week in the Nebraska state wrestling tournament. Laux won his third career state title at the event.
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- Sneak peak inside the new Fresh Thyme Farmers Market
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Fresh Thyme Farmers Market opens at 7 a.m. Wednesday.
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- Athlete of the Week February 5-11, 2018 Grand Island Senior High's Kolton Sliva
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Grand Island Senior High’s Kolton Sliva was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week in the A-1 district tournament. Silva won the meet to claim back to back district champion.
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- Athlete of the Week: January 29-February 4, 2018 GICC's Mayra Almayra
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Grand Island Central Catholic’s Mayra Almayra was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week in their games against Wahoo and Lexington. Almayra had 32 points and 17 rebounds against Lexington Friday night followed by 26 points and 8 rebounds against Wahoo Saturday night.
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- Veterans home resident locked in his room
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In a phone call to The Independent, the man identified himself as John Huebner.\n\nHuebner, 60, says he is being forced out of his home. A North Platte native, he has lived at the Veterans Home for 16 years and eight months.
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- Athlete of the Week January 22-28, 2018 Ord's Harrison Benton
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Ord’s Harrison Benton was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week in games against Wood River and Doniphan-Trumbull. Benton had 24 points and 13 rebounds against Doniphan-Trumbull. He followed that performance up with 31 points and six rebounds against Wood River.
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- 2018 Heartland Hoops Classic Preview
- Runtime
- 38:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Bobby Mills, Bill Gavers and Tino Martinez talk about the 2018 Heartland Hoops Classic
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- Athlete of the Week: Aurora's Caleb Badura, May 21 - 27, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Aurora's Caleb Badura was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week at the Nebraska State Golf meet at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus. The recent graduate finished with a 70 and recorded a two-day total 142 to win his second individual title for Class B state champion. Badura will play golf at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa next year.
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- Athlete of the Week: Giltner's Reagan Janzen, May 14 - 20, 2018
- Runtime
- 5:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Giltner's Reagan Janzen was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week because of her performance last week at the Nebraska State Track meet in Omaha. Janzen, a graduated senior, was part of Giltner's 1,600 and 3,200 relay victories and finished third in the 400 and 800 to help the Hornets to their fourth straight title.
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- Athlete of the Week: Ravenna's Josh Bauer, May 14 - 20, 2018
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Ravenna's Josh Bauer is this week's Athlete of the Week because of his performance at the Nebraska State Track meet in Omaha last weekend. Bauer, who graduated this year, won the Class C high jump by going 6-9, which tied the Class C state meet record.
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- Athlete of the Week: GISH's Gage Rose, May 7 - 13, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Gage Rose was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week for his performance at the State Baseball Tournament against an Elkhorn South team that had beat the Islanders twice earlier in the season. The senior allowed only one earned run as he pitched a complete game, with the Islanders winning 7-2. The win took Rose's season record to 5-1.
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- Athlete of the Week: Aurora's Kyla Carlson, May 7 - 13, 2018
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Aurora's Kyla Carlson was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week for her performance last week at the District B-5 track meet at Aurora High School. Carlson, a sophomore, won the 400 and high jump. She was also part of the Huskies 1,600 and 3,200 relay team wins to help Aurora win the meet.
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- Athlete of the Week: Fullerton's Brent Wetovick, April 23 - 29, 2018
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Fullerton junior Brent Wetovick was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week because of his performance at the Goldenrod Conference Meet Friday at Fullerton.
He won four events: 200, 400, 800 and 1,600 to help the Warriors capture the Goldenrod Conference Meet.
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- Athlete of the Week: Hastings St. Cecilia's Justin Vrooman, April 16 - 22, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Hastings St. Cecilia's Justin Vrooman was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week because of his performance Monday at the Central Nebraska Track and Field Championships at Northwest High School. Vrooman, a senior, repeated as the distance champ in the CNTC, winning both the 1,600 and the 3,200. He was named as the CNTC boys athlete of the meet. Vrooman said he will study at the University of Nebraska at Kearney next year and will run track and cross country as a Loper.
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- Athlete of the Week: Riverside's Alix Bloom
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Riverside's Alix Bloom was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week because of her performance Monday at the Central Nebraska Track and Field Championships at Northwest High School. Bloom, a junior, was selected as the most outstanding girls athlete of the meet. She was victorious in the 100 (12.76), 200 (26.50) and the long jump (17-5). This was Bloom's second year being named the meet's outstanding girls athlete.
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- Athlete of the Week: Grand Island Senior High’s Cade McCallum, April 9 - 15, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Grand Island Senior High golfer Cade McCallum is this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week at the Hastings Invitational.
McCallum fired a 6-under-par 66 at Lochland Country Club to take individual medalist honors by six strokes. The Islander senior’s score is a school record and a career-best round. He has committed to play golf next fall at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.
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- Athlete of the Week: Northwest’s Lukas Girschick, April 2 - 8, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- This week’s Athlete of the Week is Northwest’s Lukas Girschick because of his performance in a 6-0 win against Grand Island Central Catholic last week. Girschick, a foreign exchange student from Berlin, Germany, scored two goals in that game. As of April 10, he has scored 9 out of the 14 goals Northwest has made this season.
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- Athlete of the Week: Adams Central's Sophia Conant, March 26 - April 1, 2018
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Adams Central’s Sophia Conant was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of her performance last week at the Grand Island Central Catholic Howard Schumann Invite. The senior has ran the 3,200 in almost every meet she’s competed in, but at this invite she ran the 800, the 1,600, the 1,600 relay and the 3,200 relay.
Conant claimed the 800 (2:27.52), the 1,600 (5:33.68) and joined Caitlin Tibbs, Jayna Stroh and Hannah Lonowski on the winning 1,600 relay (4:23.08). She also joined Tibbs, Grace Reiman and Karis Huyser on the 3,200 relay that finished second (10:27.89). For her efforts, Conant was also named the girls track athlete of the meet. That also helped the Patriots take the girls title with 134 points, 36 more than runner-up Wood River.
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- Athlete of the Week: Riverside's Tredyn Prososki, March 5-11, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Riverside’s Tredyn Prososki was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week in the Nebraska boys state basketball tournament in Lincoln. Prososki, a sophomore on the No. 1 ranked Class D-2 team, scored 25 points in the game against Wynot. In the semifinal game against Mullen, he scored 22 points. In the final against Falls City Sacred Heart, Prososki scored 23 points. Riverside took runner-up in the tournament, losing in the final 59-42.
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- Athlete of the Week: Ravenna's Jordyn Fiddelke, February 26 - March 4, 2018
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Ravenna's Jordyn Fiddelke was selected as this week's Athlete of the Week because of her performance last week in the Nebraska girls state basketball tournament in Lincoln. Fiddelke, a junior guard, scored 32 points in the first round of the Class C-2 tournament against North Platte. In the semifinal round against Hastings St. Cecilia, Fiddelke had four assists and scored 15 points. In the final against Superior, Fiddelke scored 13 points. The Bluejays took second in a loss to Superior of 42-39.
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- Athlete of the Week: Grand Island’s Jonathan Novinski, February 19-25, 2018
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Grand Island Senior High swimmer Jonathan Novinski was selected as this week’s Athlete of the Week because of his performance last week at the Nebraska state swim meet. Novinski, a freshman student at Grand Island Central Catholic, won his first state gold medal at the meet. The GISH swimmer won gold in the 500-yard freestyle with an eight second lead on the second place finisher. He was the first freshman to win the event since 2005. Novinski also took third place in the 200 freestyle and was the only freshman in the final. He also was part of 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, and 400 freestyle relay teams which finished in 11th, 14th and 15th places. That was the first time in program history all three boys relays made it the second day of the meet.
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- Wood River sophomore taught herself to play ukulele
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Raw video: Shooting at Continental Garden Apartments
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Belgrade man breaks Nebraska record
- Runtime
- 6:50
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Athlete of the Week: January 15-21, 2018 Aurora's Henry Penner
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Timelapse of January 22, 2018 blizzard
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Athlete of the Week December 25-31, 2017 Hastings High School's Damen Pape
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Bobby Mills Independent Sports Talk Show: Northwest's Diane Rouzee
- Runtime
- 39:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Athlete of the Week: January 1-7, 2018 Ansley-Litchfield's Sarah Lewis
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Athlete of the Week: January 8-14, 2018 Centura's Joe Carey
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Bobby Mills Independent Sports Talk: The 2017 Islander Boys basketball team
- Runtime
- 19:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
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- Athlete of the Week: December 11-17, 2017 Northwest's Grady Griess
- Runtime
- 3:29
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- For the latest news go to http://video.theindependent.com
