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Hedde converted the Independent from a weekly to a daily in 1884; [9] in 1885, he changed its name to the Grand Island Daily Independent. [12] In 1900, the octogenarian Hedde's health was failing, prompting him to turn the newspaper over to a group of Grand Island businessmen, [8] who formed the Independent Publishing Company. A.
Grand Island is the principal city of the Grand Island metropolitan area, which consists of Hall, Merrick, Howard and Hamilton counties. The Grand Island metropolitan area has an official population of 83,472 residents. [5] Grand Island has been given the All-America City Award four times (1955, 1967, 1981, and 1982) by the National Civic League.
Fonner Park is a 5 ⁄ 8-mile (1,000 m; 5.0-furlong) dirt oval. [1] The Fonner Keno Casino and Finish Line Restaurant offers keno and off-track betting. [2] In July 2019, the facility received authorization from the Nebraska Racing Commission to install historical Instant Racing machines, [3] [4] but in February 2020 their installation was delayed due to a pending lawsuit over their legality.
The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. [3]The World-Herald was the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States from 1979 until 2011: Omaha construction magnate Peter Kiewit bought the newspaper and its television station, the local ABC affiliate, in 1962 for $40.1 million from Omaha-based World ...
It is located 6 miles (10 km) west of Grand Island, Nebraska. It is currently an EPA Superfund site because of groundwater contamination by explosives and soil contamination by explosives and heavy metals. [2] The plant occupies 12,042 acres (4,873 ha). [clarification needed]
Northwest High School is a secondary school in Grand Island, Nebraska built in 1962. [1] The school's student newspaper, the Viking Saga, began publication in 1968, [ 2 ] running for 54 years. [ 3 ] In 2022, the last year of publication, student journalists from Northwest Public Schools district finished in third place in the Nebraska School ...
The Grand Island Independent is the city's primary newspaper, published daily. Other newspapers published in Grand Island include: Buenos Dias Nebraska , Spanish language paper, twice monthly [2]
The Independent Man was designed by George Brewster, a Massachusetts sculptor who taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, and installed on top of the State House in 1899.