Category: Local News - Platte River Radio

City of Hastings Removes Mask Requirements in City Facilities

HASTINGS - The City of Hastings is suspending mask requirements in its city buildings after new COVID-19 guidance was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The change is effective immediately and will apply to all city facilities including City Hall, Hastings Public Library, Hastings Museum, the Hastings Utilities Department, the Hastings Police...

South Heartland District Health Department Reports Decrease in Cases and Positivity

HASTINGS - South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported just 13 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past seven days (May 10 – May 17), averaging under 2 cases per day and bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 4,898. The new confirmed cases for the seven-day period were 10 in Adams County,...

Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office and KPD to Participate in Click It or Ticket

KEARNEY - The Nebraska Office of Highway Safety has approved the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office and the Kearney Police Department for a selective traffic enforcement grant. The grant allows them to utilize extra deputies for participation in the National Click It or Ticket Mobilization. The extra traffic enforcement will be conducted May 24 through June 6...

$2,000 Cash Reward Being Offered by KPD for Information That Leads to Arrest

KEARNEY - A two thousand-dollar ($2,000) cash reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for a shooting incident that occurred early Saturday morning (05/15/21), in the 800 block of W. 27th Street. Kearney Police Investigators are continuing to follow up on leads from this early...

Inspections for Power Poles, Transmission Lines Planned for This Week

HASTINGS - The Hastings Utilities Department has hired a Denver-based company to inspect power poles and transmission lines across a portion of the city beginning next week. Utility Asset Management Inc. is expected to begin inspections at 7 a.m. on Monday, May 17, and is expected to be finished by May 21, weather permitting. The...

South Heartland District Health Department Holding Vaccine Clinics

HASTINGS - South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) will be holding three COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week for individuals ages 12 and older. SHDHD Executive Director Michele Bever said the community vaccine clinics would be administering Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which earlier this week received FDA emergency use authorization for adolescents ages 12-15. The vaccine...

Two Rivers Public Health Department Holding More Vaccination Clinics This Week

KEARNEY - Two Rivers Public Health has been conducting COVID-19 vaccination clinics throughout the region over the past few weeks, and will be continuing to do so. Some of the mobile clinics will be held at the Two Rivers office in Kearney, and others are being conducted in surrounding communities. This week, clinics will be...

ALLO Offering Internet Service Through the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

HASTINGS - ALLO Communications has announced free 500 Mbps service and Wi-Fi router for households that are eligible under the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a new Federal Communications Commission program. A household is eligible if one member of the household meets at least one of the requirements. Those requirements are that they must have an...

South Heartland District Health Department Reports COVID Risk Dial Increase

HASTINGS - South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) executive director Michele Bever reported another COVID-related death in the health district, bringing the total deaths to 91. The death was an Adams County man in his 90s. SHDHD does not report deaths attributed to COVID-19 until confirmed by death certificate. “We extend our sympathies to the...

Hastings College’s 135th Commencement set for Saturday

HASTINGS - The 135th Hastings College Commencement is this Saturday, May 15, at 10:00 a.m. at Lynn Farrell Arena (800 E. 12th St.) on campus. Commencement is open to graduates and up to four guests per graduate (via tickets issued to each student). During the ceremony, the College will award undergraduate degrees to 215 students...