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: Jan. 20, 2021 at 3:58 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A man who claims he was insane at the time he burned down a rural Buffalo County church goes on trial next month.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2021 at 6:15 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 11:34 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 3:45 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:59 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Shelton woman is awaiting trial in March, eight months after a crash that killed a Grand Island man at a Hastings park.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 3:35 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The driver of a semi-trailer truck died after his rig crashed with a pick-up Monday morning in south Grand Island.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Statistics provided by Mary Lanning Healthcare indicate decreasing numbers of COVID-19 patients.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 at 1:31 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A suspect who may have incriminated himself in a Snapchat photo stands convicted of robbing a Kearney pizza delivery person.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 at 11:28 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A sailor from Harvard, NE, killed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, has been accounted for after 79 years.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 at 5:52 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 3:57 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Mary Lanning Healthcare announced Monday that it expects to get its first round of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday for distribution to frontline workers.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 3:04 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Grand Island Police are warning against another telephone scam.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 11:49 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
CHI Health officials said Monday that the first shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine should arrive at St. Francis tomorrow.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2020 at 10:27 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Grand Island School Board has approved a purchase agreement to buy the Principal Financial Building.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 at 4:13 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The director of the Central District Health Department is “somewhat hopeful” about a recent decline in COVID-19 cases, but remains concerned.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 2:40 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Hastings man is in jail after a Sunday-night incident where a man was threatened with a knife at a Hastings motel.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2020 at 6:04 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A positive COVID test means that about 70 high school students will switch to remote learning for the next two weeks.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2020 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Cairo businessman will fill out the rest of the term vacated when Hall County Commissioner, Dick Hartman, died in October.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2020 at 3:43 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Grand Island’s largest employer is going to pay all COVID-19 related medical costs for its employees.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2020 at 5:57 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2020 at 6:06 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 3:13 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The man behind a bizarre home invasion robbery last spring in Bladen is getting jail and probation for a felony robbery conviction.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 8:13 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert and Alicia Naspretto
The mask mandate will take effect Monday, November 23 at 12:01 a.m.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 2:36 PM CST
|By Alicia Naspretto and Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Former Nebraska State Fair Finance Director Patrick Kopke has pleaded not guilty to felony theft.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2020 at 12:26 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Two meetings are scheduled Tuesday afternoon which could lead to mask mandate in the city of Kearney.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 2:05 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man accused of mailing a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner wants his case thrown out of court.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 7:01 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Tuesday recount determined that David Hulinsky beat Tim Mayfield for a Ward B seat on the Grand Island school board.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 5:33 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 3:24 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Nebraska Appeals Court says a 15-year-old Grand Island boy charged with attempted murder should be handled in juvenile court.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2020 at 4:29 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2020 at 5:27 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Central Nebraska task force investigation leads to Grand Island man going to federal prison.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2020 at 5:26 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2020 at 3:45 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2020 at 12:33 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 4:07 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The reason it’s taking a while to finish counting votes for this year’s election races is there were a lot of votes to count.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 4:06 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 11:51 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man accused of drugging and beating women he sold for sex stands convicted and may be facing a long prison term.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:57 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Brooks, Gollner, Schneider, and Boeve will continue on the school board and the new face on the board will be Chris Shade.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:46 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Incumbent Mike Paulick defended his Ward Four seat on the Grand Island city council Tuesday night.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:46 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Joy Huffaker will join the Hastings City Council in December.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:46 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Incumbent Chuck Haase successfully defended his Ward Five seat on the Grand Island City Council.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:45 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
State Senator Dan Quick lost his seat in the legislature to challenger Ray Aguilar.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:44 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Michelle Fitzke won the Ward One Grand Island city council race over Jack Sheard.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:42 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
The Hastings City Council picked up another new face when Shawn Hartmann beat Robin Vodehnal .
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:40 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Karen Bredthauer defended her seat on the Hall County board Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:39 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Incumbent Terry Brown lost his seat on the Grand Island school board to Lindsey Jurgens.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 12:37 AM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Incumbent Gary Quandt kept his seat on the Hall County Board Tuesday night.