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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Oct. 29, 2021 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
The Grand Island man arrested after sending a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner will serve no more jail time.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 3:20 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
The Nebraska State Patrol released the names of the two victims who were killed in a shooting Thursday at Agrex. Inc in Superior.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Three dead, including shooter, in workplace killing in Superior, NE.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A California man was convicted of manslaughter Tuesday in connection with three traffic deaths from a September 2019 crash on Interstate 80 near Gibbon.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2021 at 10:11 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
An eviction court hearing against a Grand Island veteran has been dismissed, but may be argued in a higher court.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A pilot from Arkansas walked away after his plane crashed Friday morning in a Nebraska cornfield.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 10:51 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man convicted of sex trafficking in June is getting a new trial because of a judge’s mistake.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Kearney man connected to two domestic violence cases is charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A North Platte man is going to prison for his part in a shooting incident last summer in south Kearney.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2021 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A man wanted for a 2016 child abuse death case in Grand Island was arrested last week in Guatemala.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 3:34 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Lincoln man stands convicted of four felony crimes in connection with an April 2020 shoot-out with law enforcement officers in Clay County.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2021 at 5:08 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A McCook woman who said she suffered physical abuse for 30 years will be sentenced next month for killing her husband.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Buffalo County workers will benefit from the newly declared federal holiday.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 8:06 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Country singer Riley Green will perform at the Adams County Fair Friday night July 16.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 9:46 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Prosecutors charged a man with vehicular homicide in connection with a March incident that killed a Kearney woman.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Third District Representative Adrian Smith Wednesday voted against creating a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: May. 18, 2021 at 1:49 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
JBS USA says nearly 70% of its Grand Island work force is fully vaccinated.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Local4 reached out to each of Nebraska’s three Republican congressmen to ask how they voted.
Updated: May. 6, 2021 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Tejani Abdalla is going to prison for shooting at a Grand Island police officer.
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 1:51 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2021 at 2:45 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Jaimee Williams appeared in Buffalo County District Court on Friday where he learned his sentence.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 4:53 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 2:40 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 1:37 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
JBS USA says it will pay each of its workers $100 if they get a COVID-19 vaccination.
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: 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 12:00 PM CST
|By Mark Baumert
Former Nebraska State Fair Finance Director Patrick Kopke has pleaded not guilty to felony theft.
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. 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: Oct. 21, 2020 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A UNK freshman from Grand Island is in jail accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old last weekend on campus.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 5:56 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
A Grand Island man is headed to trial court for sending a suspicious package which forced the evacuation at the Hall County Administration Building.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
The Nebraska Supreme Court Friday rejected a Hastings man’s argument that the state’s no-fault divorce law was unconstitutional.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 11:46 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Nebraska State Fair and Aksarben officials responded Tuesday night to the reported firing of Aksarben Stock Show manager Greg Harder.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Sheriff’s deputies Friday arrested the man they believe sent a suspicious package to the Hall County Election Commissioner earlier this month.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
“We have a responsibility to our students, families, and educators to take this seriously."
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Three teenage boys are in prison for convictions related to a vicious beating last winter at the Kearney YRTC.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 5:13 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
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.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 12:46 PM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
The Nebraska Attorney General’s office Monday charged former Nebraska State Fair Finance Director Patrick Kopke with felony theft.
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