Boy Scout Troop 120 will have a soup supper from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church.

The Pawnee District Scout-O-Rama will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Conestoga Mall.

SHELTON — Dozens of firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a grass fire on an island in the Platte River near Shelton.

For Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity volunteer Randy Gunn, watching a family get their keys and walk into their new house is worth all the work.

WOOD RIVER — It didn’t take long for desperation to manifest itself during Wood River Rural High School’s poverty simulation Monday afternoon.

Public Works Director Steve Riehle is putting Grand Island residents on notice.

BURWELL — The Burwell Economic Development Board plans to hire a New Jersey marketing executive as its new director.

All of Hall County’s money is accounted for and safe, but a recent audit did recommend some money handling changes for four county departments.

A Grand Island man who was sentenced while in his teens to firing a pistol into a house and striking a young girl is among Central Nebraskans up for parole.

Fredda Bartenbach of Grand Island has been selected as the 2009 Mother of the Year by the Nebraska Mothers Association