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.
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Mario Chavez pleaded no contest to two felony charges on Wednesday.
World War II veteran Jack Wilson will be able to stay in his apartment at Regency Retirement Homes until at least the end of June.
Grand Island Public Schools officials are expected to reveal a strategic plan called “On Track to Thrive in 2025″ at tonight’s school board meeting.
A Grand Island man convicted of drugging and beating women he sold for sex is facing a lengthy prison term.
Grand Island health officials hope to vaccinate 70% of the work force at the JBS meat-packing plant by the end of this week.
A Hastings man faces four felony charges in connection with offenses which court documents indicate were committed Saturday.
The Sherman County courthouse in Loup City was closed for a time Friday morning as law enforcement officers investigated a threat.
David Driver lost an appeal on his kidnapping conviction and sentence for 2019 stand-off.
There are two new developments in the case against a Grand Island man accused of sending a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner.
The Grand Island firefighters union honored a Local4 reporter for an award-winning story about firefighter safety.
A historic and prolonged cold snap Monday put great pressure on the power grid and prompted central Nebraska utilities to ask their customers to save electricity.
Jaimee Williams appeared in Buffalo County District Court on Friday where he learned his sentence.
Jack Bowe, former News Director of KHAS-TV, passed away Tuesday at age 78.
A man from the Dominican Republic is getting 13 years in federal prison after a trooper found a record-breaking amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl during a drug bust on Interstate 80.
The man accused of burning down the Zion Lutheran Church in rural Buffalo County just before Christmas 2019 was ruled not responsible by reason of insanity.
A murder plot gone wrong has led to prison for a St. Paul man.
Custer County authorities have charged a Broken Bow woman with felony theft accusing her of stealing more than $45,000 from the Broken Bow Booster Club.
The Kearney Area Community Foundation (KACF) touted the huge success of the 2020 “Give Where You Live” campaign.
JBS USA says it will pay each of its workers $100 if they get a COVID-19 vaccination.
A man who claims he was insane at the time he burned down a rural Buffalo County church goes on trial next month.
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.