The grant comes from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. The housing corporation is targeting assistance to families who are living at or below 80 percent of the median income for Hall County.
Affordable housing is one of the important ways to help Grand Island grow into a healthy future.
Rathman played his prep football at Grand Island Senior High. He owns the fullback rushing record of 881 yards in one season. Two Barr Middle School students have put together a folder of basic phrases in Spanish and Serbo-Croatian that paramedics can use when communicating with patients during emergencies. The students are Anna Arroyo, who moved from Mexico City, and Natasha Glisic, who moved from Visoko, Bosnia. Central City Police Chief Dennis Wagner, who is retiring from the Central City Ambulance Association after 18 years of service, has earned the EMT of the Year Award from the Nebraska Emergency Medical Services Association.