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.
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Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 3:28 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The man who started a political action committee which backed three new members of the Grand Island school board said Monday he was pleased that Superintendent Tawana Grover was resigning.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Grand Island Public Schools Superintendent Tawana Grover announced Friday that she’s resigning effective Jan. 11, 2023.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 4:30 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Adams Central school board election is final after a state-mandated recount a month after the general election.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 3:44 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Adams Central school board election is final after a state-mandated recount a month after the general election.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 10:37 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Grand Island City Council Tuesday rejected Mayor Roger Steele’s choice for city administrator.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 4:09 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A judge has sentenced a Kearney man to prison for convictions on violent crimes against two separate victims.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 5:06 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A razor thin margin of three votes separate two candidates who want to be on the Adams Central Board of Education. That means an automatic recount on December 7th.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 11:12 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Kearney woman is facing felony charges accused of setting fire to a bedroom in her apartment and endangering her baby.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 9:33 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A weekend review of the November 8th votes in Hall County appears to confirm that two write-in candidates beat two incumbents for two seats on the Grand Island School Board.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 5:20 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
It will be next week before provisional ballots impacting a Grand Island school board race are determined to be valid.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 4:40 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Adams Central school patrons may have to wait before they learn who will sit on the school board.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 1:50 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Outstanding provisional ballots may influence who sits in one of the seats on the Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 8:42 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Two write-in candidates backed by a political action committee critical of Grand Island Public Schools were leading vote-getters in one of the district’s school board races.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 1:48 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Drivers past the Stuhr Museum Thursday afternoon saw big plumes of smoke. Fortunately, it wasn’t a wildfire.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Bayley Bischof and Mark Baumert
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified remains found near Harvard as 25-year-old Jasmine Garnett, of Columbus. Garnett had been missing since September 16.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Kearney man faces sentencing in November for convictions on violent crimes against two separate victims.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 1:54 PM CDT
|By Kasey Mintz and Mark Baumert
Seven teachers formerly classified as substitutes are getting one-time back pay and will be considered full-time employees going forward if they continue to work for the district.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 2:09 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Registration is open for Grand Island’s Harvest of Harmony parade this fall.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man, facing two rape charges, has now formally pled not guilty to both.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Burwell woman will go to state prison for a 2019 car crash which killed an Ord woman.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 4:50 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
The Kearney city council is meeting Wednesday night to discuss and make a recommendation for a new airline to serve the Kearney airport.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon caused a traffic back-up on Highway 281.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 10:33 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Business at Grand Island restaurants, bars and hotels is better now than it was last year.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man said on Tuesday he was not guilty in one of the two sexual assault cases in which he’s charged.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 1:43 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A judge has transferred the case of a Grand Island teenager charged with felony sexual assault to trial court.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
One person had to be taken to the hospital for injuries suffered in-flight when a plane hit turbulence while descending into the the Grand Island airport.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
If you missed voting in the Primary, here are the dates to know to vote in the General Election in November.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Chief Robert joined the Grand Island Police Department in 1986.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
At least one whooping crane has stopped in Nebraska during its migration north.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
It was a close call for a local firefighter in Clay County Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Preschool children in Hastings will have a new playground soon.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Student musicians in Grand Island Public schools may be getting some new instruments to play.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man who police said tried to kill someone in a used car parking lot is going to prison.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 12:15 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Skywest Airline’s announcement about cancelling air service will have a “huge impact on local communities,” according to Kearney Mayor Stan Clouse.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:20 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Charles Herbster, considered to be one of the leaders in the race for Nebraska governor, has now formally registered as a candidate for that office.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 5:39 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
State Senator Dave Murman of Glenvil is running for a second term in the legislature.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 3:22 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
As promised, the Kearney Public School district has created its own health curriculum standards. The school board approved them at Monday night’s meeting on a 7-0 vote.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 at 11:43 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
There are now three people running for Grand Island Mayor leading to the May primary election.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 3:01 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Store clerks and customers had to evacuate a truck stop Thursday morning because of a bomb threat.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 4:58 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
An OSHA spokesperson Tuesday confirmed that the agency’s investigation into a death at a Grand Island meatpacking plant is in progress.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 1:31 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A judge sentenced a Kearney man to jail in connection with a Kearney traffic death last March.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2022 at 5:26 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is investigating the Friday death of a worker at the JBS Swift meatpacking plant in Grand Island.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 5:30 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Leadership Hastings learned about local TV, radio and newspaper coverage Wednesday afternoon at the Hastings Tribune office.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 4:33 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The man accused of killing two teenagers in a car crash near Hastings was alone in his vehicle at the time according to court records and the Adams County Attorney.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 11:06 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A judge convicted a Grand Island man on assault and weapons charges in connection with a May 24 fight at a Grand Island car dealership.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:27 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
An Adams County Sheriff’s spokesman told Local4 Monday that a teenage girl from Superior was one of two people killed in a Dec. 12 car accident just east of Hastings.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 5:12 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Adams County Attorney told Local4 that 32-year-old Anthony Pingel of Hastings was arrested after a crash that killed two people at a county road intersection just east of Hastings early Sunday morning.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 11:12 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The crash happened in September 2019 crash on Interstate 80 near Gibbon.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 9:10 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Adams County authorities are waiting for reports from a medical examiner investigating Sunday’s fatal crash just east of Hastings.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 2:57 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A homeless man was sentenced to three years in prison in connection with a burglary case involving the Shirt Shack in downtown Hastings.
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