Twister damage reported in Burr Oak

Early Tuesday morning a small twister tore through the southeast part of Burr Oak upending trailers, damaging buildings and downing trees and limbs. A harvest trailer owned by Sandy, Matt and Travis...

District court clerk submits resignation

Nuckolls County will soon have a new district court clerk. Royce Gonzales, the current district court clerk, has submitted his resignation effective May 9. State statue directs the county commissioners to accept applications and chose a successor...

"Rebuilding" work continues on Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence

Many people have been interested in how the large stained glass window on the south end of Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence would be cleaned after the fire of Oct. 7, 2023 covered everything inside...

Bequests stabilize museum finances; fund needed facility improvements

There was good news to report when the Nuckolls County Historical Society annual meeting was held Sunday afternoon in Pioneer Hall. Often the annual reports have shown expenses exceeding income but that wasn’t the case for this year. The society...

Spring program delivers big finale for Superior Elementary music teacher

To say that Tierney Casper went above and beyond for her final elementary performance would be accurate. Titled The Day the Crayons Quit, the program began with the preschool students who performed...

Superior community garage sales next week

Hopefully Superior area residents have been cleaning and organizing their garages and storage spaces in preparation for the arrival of the spring time round of garage sales. For some folks, this is the time to sell their surplus and unwanted goods....

Building Permit from historical society approved

The regular meeting of the Mankato City Council was called to order by Mayor Justin Schoonover on April 2. Councilmembers present were Sam Becker, Kevin Ost, Stuart Boyles, George Hennion and Rodney Payne. Also present were Anthony Roy, city...

49 people respond to Red Cross Bloodmobile visit

The American Red Cross returned to Lawrence Friday in another plea for that precious item only people can give. That item is a small amount of blood. Seems that 47 people responded to the plea. Two people were deferred for medical reasons. The Red...

Weather delivers wild few hours

Area residents had more than a few rocky hours Monday night and Tuesday as a series of spring storms rolled through the area. Record breaking or at least near record breaking temperatures had preceded the arrival of the unsettled air on Monday. The...

April  Monthly Chamber of Commerce Minutes

Fifteen members attended the Mankato Chamber of Commerce regular monthly meeting on April 10. President Jason Ortman called the meeting to order. Haley Nelson read the March minutes. One change was made. Haley Nelson also gave the treasurer’s...

Superior Invite postponed because inclement weather

With the expectation of additional rain later in the day, the Superior Invite planned for Tuesday afternoon was postponed Tuesday morning. Hopefully, it can be...

SHS track at Deshler

The Superior High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Del Wicks Invitational at Deshler High School Thursday. The girls team took first place, with 113 points, in the nine...

Raider Golfers busy at Red Cloud

The Golf Team from Lawrence- Nelson High School spent several days last week at the Red Cloud Golf Course. They enjoyed a Tri-angular Meet followed with a 14 team tournament. RED CLOUD INVITATIONAL: On Thursday, April 11, 14 teams came together for...

Boys SHS golf finish 10th at Red Cloud

The Superior High School golf team competed at the 18-hole Bob Bohrer Invitational match at the Red Cloud Golf Course last Thursday. Superior finished in 10th place, with 438 strokes, in the 14 team field of Doniphan-Trumbull, Sandy Creek, Red...

RHHS track at Deshler meet

The Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Del Wicks Invitational at Deshler High School Thursday. The girls team took fourth place, with 70 points, in the nine team field of Deshler, Meridian, Superior, Thayer...

L-N golf at Red Cloud

The Lawrence-Nelson golf team competed at the Bob Bohrer Invitational played over the Red Cloud Golf Course and hosted by Red Cloud High School Thursday. The Raiders finished in eighth the place, with 402 strokes, in the 14 team field of...

L-N track at Deshler

The Lawrence-Nelson boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Del Wicks Invitational at Deshler High School Thursday. The girls team took seventh place, with 31 points, in the nine team field of Deshler, Meridian, Rock Hills, Thayer...

Editorʼs Notebook

The Nebraska Press Association annual meeting is scheduled for later this month in Lincoln, Nebraska. Program topics will include “Creative Ways to Cover Your Community,” Maximizing Digital Ad Revenue,” “Reviving Rural News,” and “Niche...

The Moser Minute

Here’s the latest list of bills signed by Governor Kelly since my last Moser Minute. HB 2781: increasing compensation, services and support for victims of crimes. HB 2628: Requires the Department for Children and Families secretary to release...

Senate Scene Weekly overview

This week was the last week of legislative activity before VETO session. Early Saturday morning, the Senate gaveled out for adjournment and will reconvene on Thursday, April 25. When we return, the legislature will consider any items the governor...

Puffs

I have attended what I consider “my fair share” of funerals over the years. There are several that stand out to me for one reason or another. Funerals of family members, of course, maybe stand out the most, but one of the first one I remember...

Love my crazy life

It’s a nice warm blustery Monday and I’m waiting for the weather radio to tell me we are in one type of severe weather watch or the other for it feels like that kind of day. I was hoping for more spring-like weather, like 60 degrees during the...

Senate Scene Weekly overview

This week was the last week of legislative activity before VETO session. Early Saturday morning, the Senate gaveled out for adjournment and will reconvene on Thursday, April 25. When we return, the legislature will consider any items the governor...

Country Roads

In the days before children’s attention was drawn to playing computer games and they had their faces buried in their cell phones, there were some pretty interesting youth games played. Growing up, some of my generation played many physical games...

Ask a Pastor Column

Q: What does the Bible have to say about anger? Is it a sin to be angry? A: The Christian’s ultimate standard for right and wrong is the character of God Himself (see Matthew 5:48 for one example). This gives us a solid basis for saying that it...

Jewell Trinity Methodist Church Celebrates 150 Years

The history of Methodism in Jewell is almost simultaneous with the founding of Jewell City when the townsite was filed May 6, 1870. Services were held by local preachers, often outdoors under a shade...

Gayle Waugh

Gayle's obituary was written by her granddaughter Kaylee. Gayle Lynne Waugh was born on April 7, 1954, in Superior, Nebraska, to Richard R. and Mildred Joan (Blacker) Waugh. She passed away with her...

Henrietta Grauerholz

Henrietta S. Grauerholz, 94, of rural Hardy, died April 15, at her residence. Her funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, rural Byron with interment at St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 7...

Leonard Wortman

Leonard Henry Wortman died April 8, 2024, at home, at the age of 93 years, 9 months 17 days. He was born to Henry and Johanna (Stolnow) Wortman on June 22, 1930, at the family farm at Ruskin,...

Mike Pearce

Michael Eugene Pearce, the son of Locuis and Wanda (Walden) Pearce, was born on March 28, 1941, in Superior, Nebraska. He died on April 7, 2024, at the Superior Good Samaritan Society at Superior,...

Troy Covey

Troy Covey, 53, of Belton, Missouri, died at his home on April 6, 2024. He was born in Minden, Nebraska on Nov. 19, 1970, to Diana (Kindscher) and Gary Reiss, and was later adopted by Duane Covey. Troy attended Broken Arrow High School in Broken...

Delmar Roberson

Delmar Louis Roberson died April 4, 2024 at his home in Manhattan Kansas. Delmar was born on the family farm north of Burr Oak in Jewell County, Kansas, on June 7, 1937, the youngest of four children...

Max Hawkins

Max Dean Hawkins of Gladstone, Missouri, died at the North Kansas City Hospital, Oct. 20, 2023. The only child of Reeve and Dorothy Foster Hawk- ins, Max was born March 26, 1931, at St. Joseph Hospital in Concordia, Kansas. Max was a Boy Scout,...

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