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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A judge has transferred the case of a Grand Island teenager charged with felony sexual assault to trial court.
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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.
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If you missed voting in the Primary, here are the dates to know to vote in the General Election in November.
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Skywest Airline’s announcement about cancelling air service will have a “huge impact on local communities,” according to Kearney Mayor Stan Clouse.
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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.
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An OSHA spokesperson Tuesday confirmed that the agency’s investigation into a death at a Grand Island meatpacking plant is in progress.
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A judge sentenced a Kearney man to jail in connection with a Kearney traffic death last March.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Adams County authorities are waiting for reports from a medical examiner investigating Sunday’s fatal crash just east of Hastings.
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A shipment of soybean oil went off the tracks Tuesday afternoon near the Chief Ethanol plant just east of Hastings.
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The Grand Island man arrested after sending a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner will serve no more jail time.
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The Nebraska State Patrol released the names of the two victims who were killed in a shooting Thursday at Agrex. Inc in Superior.
Three dead, including shooter, in workplace killing in Superior, NE.
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A California man was convicted of manslaughter Tuesday in connection with three traffic deaths from a September 2019 crash on Interstate 80 near Gibbon.
A plea bargain is expected in the case of a California man charged with three traffic deaths from a September 2019 crash on Interstate 80 near Gibbon.
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A Lincoln man was sentenced Tuesday to 22-30 years in prison for his part in a shootout with law enforcement officers last year in DeWeese.
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An eviction court hearing against a Grand Island veteran has been dismissed, but may be argued in a higher court.
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Starting Wednesday, Hastings Public schools will base its mask policy on absence rates on a building-by-building basis.
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Grand Island police Tuesday arrested a man who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity for a 1996 Omaha murder
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A pilot from Arkansas walked away after his plane crashed Friday morning in a Nebraska cornfield.
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A Grand Island man convicted of sex trafficking in June is getting a new trial because of a judge’s mistake.
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A Kearney man connected to two domestic violence cases is charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder.
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A man wanted for a 2016 child abuse death case in Grand Island was arrested last week in Guatemala.
A Lincoln man stands convicted of four felony crimes in connection with an April 2020 shoot-out with law enforcement officers in Clay County.
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A homeless man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges related to a burglary at the Shirt Shack.
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A McCook woman who said she suffered physical abuse for 30 years will be sentenced next month for killing her husband.
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Buffalo County workers will benefit from the newly declared federal holiday.
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Superintendent Kent Edwards said Wednesday that Kearney Public Schools will conduct its own review of the district’s health curriculum standards and prepare its own draft for school board approval.
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Country singer Riley Green will perform at the Adams County Fair Friday night July 16.
A Grand Island man accused of drugging and beating women he sold for sex has been convicted on two felony charges.
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A Grand Island man charged with attempted murder, assault and weapons charges is now going to trial court.
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At least for the time being, Dr. Tawana Grover will remain the Grand Island Public Schools superintendent.
A Hastings man is headed to trial court on two felony charges related to a burglary case in late March.
Prosecutors charged a man with vehicular homicide in connection with a March incident that killed a Kearney woman.
A Grand Island man who was already charged with attempted murder is now also charged with felony assault and false imprisonment in a separate incident.
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A judge has granted a prosecutor's request that a Holdrege man accused of two murders be examined before trial.
The superintendent of Grand Island Public schools is a finalist for a similar position in Kentucky.
Prosecutors Tuesday charged a man with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing Monday afternoon in central Grand Island.
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Third District Representative Adrian Smith Wednesday voted against creating a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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After a six-day trial, a Grand Island jury found a Lincoln man guilty on seven of eight charges related to a May 2020 shooting in Grand Island.
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JBS USA says nearly 70% of its Grand Island work force is fully vaccinated.
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Local4 reached out to each of Nebraska’s three Republican congressmen to ask how they voted.
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Tejani Abdalla is going to prison for shooting at a Grand Island police officer.
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A Phillips man is charged with felony theft and a weapons charge after a bizarre series of events Monday and Tuesday in Kearney and Grand Island.
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A Minden woman may be kicked off the school board over her refusal to wear a mask during a recent board meeting.
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A Grand Island man convicted of drugging and beating women he sold for sex is facing a lengthy prison term.
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A Hastings man faces four felony charges in connection with offenses which court documents indicate were committed Saturday.
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.