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LDWF congratulates Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Team National Championship victory
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) would like to congratulate the Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Team for winning the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championship in Grand Island, Nebraska, last week. It is Louisiana’s fourth national championship in the last five years. The Louisiana team won first place...
Grand Island neighbors: Obituaries for July 5
Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.
Holloway leads muzzleloading team to third-place finish at National Shoot
Recent Greybull High School graduate Jeremy Holloway tied for 12th place as an individual and his Wyoming team captured third place overall at the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships held last week at the Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, Neb. Hosted by Nebraska 4-H. the weeklong event attracted...
Griess Earns CSC Academic All-District Honors
ANNAPOLIS, Md. // Navy water polo player Caden Capobianco (Sr / Laguna Beach, Calif.), women's lacrosse player Tori DiCarlo (Jr / Rosemont, Pa.), wrestler Grady Griess (Sr / Grand Island, Neb.), rifle athlete Clarissa Layland (Sr / Granbury, Texas), women's golfer Stephanie Lee (Sr / Southlake, Texas), men's lacrosse player Jackson Peters (Sr / Darien, Conn.), gymnast Matthew Petros (So / Broadview Heights, Ohio), women's rower Tenlea Radack (Jr / Washington, D.C.), women's rowing coxswain Maeve Swick (Sr / Annapolis, Md.) and men's golfer Benjamin Valdez (Jr / Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) earned Academic All-District accolades for at-large sports from the College Sports Communicators (CSC) this week. Nine of the 10 will advance to the national ballot that will determine CSC's Academic All-America Teams, which will be announced July 16 (women) and 17 (men).
Crowd attends Fourth of July celebration at Stuhr Museum
GRAND ISLAND – Approximately 500 people attended the July 4 celebration at the Stuhr Museum. The celebration was set in the year 1894. Alexandra Bird, assistant director of interpretative resources at the museum, said people attended concerts, parades, horse races, and other events on July 4, “anything that will help celebrate Independence.” Civil War veterans would have been present.
Grand Island Police Department launches new badge design
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - It’s a brand new era for Grand Island Police complete with new graphics on cars and a new badge, and there’s a special message behind both. The new patch pays homage to Grand Island’s position in the state, and has the Nebraska staple, corn. Grand Island Police Chief Kevin Denney said he worked with a graphic designer to make the new patch.
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