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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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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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 North Platte man is going to prison for his part in a shooting incident last summer in south Kearney.
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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 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.
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Prosecutors charged a man with vehicular homicide in connection with a March incident that killed a Kearney woman.
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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.
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.
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Jaimee Williams appeared in Buffalo County District Court on Friday where he learned his sentence.
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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.
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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.
JBS USA says it will pay each of its workers $100 if they get a COVID-19 vaccination.
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A sailor from Harvard, NE, killed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, has been accounted for after 79 years.
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The mask mandate will take effect Monday, November 23 at 12:01 a.m.
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Former Nebraska State Fair Finance Director Patrick Kopke has pleaded not guilty to felony theft.
A Grand Island man accused of mailing a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner wants his case thrown out of court.
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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.
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A UNK freshman from Grand Island is in jail accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old last weekend on campus.
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A Grand Island man is headed to trial court for sending a suspicious package which forced the evacuation at the Hall County Administration Building.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court Friday rejected a Hastings man’s argument that the state’s no-fault divorce law was unconstitutional.
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Nebraska State Fair and Aksarben officials responded Tuesday night to the reported firing of Aksarben Stock Show manager Greg Harder.
The student at the center of a Grand Island human trafficking and child porn investigation has been removed from his parent’s house and put in jail for alleged violations of his bond.
Sheriff’s deputies Friday arrested the man they believe sent a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner earlier this month.
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“We have a responsibility to our students, families, and educators to take this seriously."
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Three teenage boys are in prison for convictions related to a vicious beating last winter at the Kearney YRTC.
A man who is currently sitting in the Lincoln County Jail in North Platte has been arrested for a shooting incident last week in south Kearney.
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The Nebraska Attorney General’s office Monday charged former Nebraska State Fair Finance Director Patrick Kopke with felony theft.
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Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele is quarantining. Director Teresa Anderson of the Central District Health Department announced late Tuesday morning that Steele was quarantining because of possible exposure to the coronavirus.
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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) received a report of a death related to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a disease carried by ticks.
A suspect who may have incriminated himself in a Snapchat photo says he’s not guilty of robbing a Kearney pizza delivery person.
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Grand Island police Friday named the officers who were involved in the August 10 shooting death of Americo Reyes.
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The Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced that fall sports have been suspended until January 1.
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The University of Nebraska at Kearney suspended sports workouts last month when a number of athletes and coaches tested positive for COVID-19.