Mark Baumert
News Director
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Mark is a native Nebraskan and has lived in Central Nebraska more than 30 years.
Mark's track record includes the development of successful news programs, extended live coverage of community events, and internal development and training of broadcast journalists with whom he has worked.
Mark believes that every community, regardless of size, deserves top-notch news coverage from its local TV station. That principle guides the decisions he makes in daily news coverage. Mark is grateful for the many professional relationships he holds with community leaders in Central Nebraska. More than that, he appreciates the friendships he's built along the way with Central Nebraska TV viewers.
Enthusiastic....but mediocre...golfer.
Firefighters from at least five volunteer departments Thursday were trying to stop a fire driven by 50 mile an hour winds in south central Nebraska.
Two years ago, 200 cattle were found dead on an Exeter man’s feedlot. Now he’s going to prison for trying to sell cattle he didn’t own and for cruelty to animals.
Grand Island airport and city officials have to choose an airline to provide federally subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) to the Central Nebraska Regional Airport.
The Nebraska Court of Appeals Tuesday denied an appeal from a Hastings man who was sentenced for robbery in connection with the September 2017 shooting death of Jose Hansen.
A Shelton woman is awaiting trial in March, eight months after a crash that killed a Grand Island man at a Hastings park.
The driver of a semi-trailer truck died after his rig crashed with a pick-up Monday morning in south Grand Island.
Statistics provided by Mary Lanning Healthcare indicate decreasing numbers of COVID-19 patients.
A suspect who may have incriminated himself in a Snapchat photo stands convicted of robbing a Kearney pizza delivery person.
A sailor from Harvard, NE, killed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, has been accounted for after 79 years.
Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele Tuesday praised his city employees and the community’s citizens for doing the right thing during a year made difficult by COVID-19.
Mary Lanning Healthcare announced Monday that it expects to get its first round of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday for distribution to frontline workers.
CHI Health officials said Monday that the first shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine should arrive at St. Francis tomorrow.
The Grand Island School Board has approved a purchase agreement to buy the Principal Financial Building.
The director of the Central District Health Department is “somewhat hopeful” about a recent decline in COVID-19 cases, but remains concerned.
A Hastings man is in jail after a Sunday-night incident where a man was threatened with a knife at a Hastings motel.
Incumbent Terry Brown last month lost his race for re-election to the Ward A seat on the Grand Island School Board. But he will remain on the school board anyway.
A positive COVID test means that about 70 high school students will switch to remote learning for the next two weeks.
A Cairo businessman will fill out the rest of the term vacated when Hall County Commissioner, Dick Hartman, died in October.
Grand Island’s largest employer is going to pay all COVID-19 related medical costs for its employees.
A teenager who was already connected to a Grand Island murder case has also been indicted for drug investigations done over the last two years.
Citing Governor Ricketts’ rejection of repeated requests for a mask policy, the Central District Health Department threw its support behind a proposed mask mandate for the city of Grand Island.
The man behind a bizarre home invasion robbery last spring in Bladen is getting jail and probation for a felony robbery conviction.
The mask mandate will take effect Monday, November 23 at 12:01 a.m.
The Nebraska Public Service Commission Tuesday, dismissed a complaint against Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad for blocking a cross in the north part of Grand Island.
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Former Nebraska State Fair Finance Director Patrick Kopke has pleaded not guilty to felony theft.
Two meetings are scheduled Tuesday afternoon which could lead to mask mandate in the city of Kearney.
A Grand Island man accused of mailing a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner wants his case thrown out of court.
A Tuesday recount determined that David Hulinsky beat Tim Mayfield for a Ward B seat on the Grand Island school board.
A man from the Dominican Republic is getting six years in prison after a trooper found a record-breaking amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl during a drug bust on Interstate 80.
The Nebraska Appeals Court says a 15-year-old Grand Island boy charged with attempted murder should be handled in juvenile court.
Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet said Monday that an automatic recount for the Ward B seat on the Grand Island school board was scheduled for later in the week.
A Central Nebraska task force investigation leads to Grand Island man going to federal prison.
In an effort to fight a spiraling rate of COVID-19 infections, the Two Rivers Health Department wants to meet residents in the Holdrege, Kearney and Lexington areas.
Hastings voters narrowly denied a plan to rebuild the controversial 16th Street viaduct. The vote was 5,200 against the repairs and 5,132 for the $12.8 million project.
The Central District Health director is imploring people to wear masks to stop a rising curve of COVID-19 cases in the Grand Island area.
The student at the center of a Grand Island human trafficking and child porn investigation Thursday pleaded guilty to a federal charge of receiving and distributing child pornography.
A Grand Island man accused of drugging and beating women he sold for sex stands convicted and may be facing a long prison term.
Brooks, Gollner, Schneider, and Boeve will continue on the school board and the new face on the board will be Chris Shade.
Incumbent Mike Paulick defended his Ward Four seat on the Grand Island city council Tuesday night.
Joy Huffaker will join the Hastings City Council in December.
Incumbent Chuck Haase successfully defended his Ward Five seat on the Grand Island City Council.
State Senator Dan Quick lost his seat in the legislature to challenger Ray Aguilar.
Michelle Fitzke won the Ward One Grand Island city council race over Jack Sheard.
The Hastings City Council picked up another new face when Shawn Hartmann beat Robin Vodehnal .
Karen Bredthauer defended her seat on the Hall County board Tuesday.
Incumbent Terry Brown lost his seat on the Grand Island school board to Lindsey Jurgens.
Incumbent Gary Quandt kept his seat on the Hall County Board Tuesday night.
Paul Mader, Artie Moeller and Bill Buettner were elected Tuesday to the Grand Island Northwest school board.