Grand Island
Americannoun
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Sinai Savon Salazar, a 32-year-old Cuban immigrant, and her husband found jobs at the JBS meatpacking plant about 90 miles east in Grand Island, Neb., and expect to move soon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Last week he “debated” an empty chair at a Grand Island brewery while Fischer complained about how debates don’t leave the speakers enough time for any nuance.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2024
Rather, an influx of German immigrants settled this area in the 1800s and likely named the place after Worms, Germany, according to Nebraska’s The Grand Island Independent.
From National Geographic • Nov. 20, 2023
The agency found that at least 27 children cleaned a JBS Beef Plant in Grand Island, Neb.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023
In less than a month, crossing the Nebraska plains in the yellow school bus and going to school in Grand Island had become a familiar routine.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
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