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The Twin Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament was held last week at Wilcox-Hildreth. The L-N Raiders was a bit short handed as only two wrestlers competed at the event. Leslie Corman competed in the 144 pound class but lost both of his matches. Augustus Harrison competed in the 157 pound class but also lost both his initial matches. The end of the year district tournaments will be held this week at Rising City....
Lonnie E. Jones, 82, of Kearney, died Jan. 30, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society St. Luke's faciltiy in Kearney. A graveside service was at 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, at the Pleasanton Cemetery in Pleasan-ton, Nebraska, with Pastor Dean Hanson officiating. Military rites were provided by the Nebraska National Guard Funeral Honors Team, Leo & Clinton Krotz V.F.W. Post No. 9481, and Roy Eaton American Legion Post No. 321. Memorials are suggested to Tabitha Hospice. Please visit http://www....
John Edward Keelan, the only son of John and Ruth (Leslie) Keelan, was born on June 12, 1935, in Johns- town, Pennsylvania. He died Feb. 2, 2024, at Brodstone Healthcare at Superior, Nebraska, at the age of 88 years, 7 months, 21 days. John was baptized in the Catholic faith and confirmed. He grew up in Pennsylvania, graduating from Johnstown High School and attended Kansas State University and Washburn. He played football for Kansas State from 1954 to 1958. He was honored as an All American, Al...
The L-N girls' basketball team earned the number six seed for the Conference tournament last week. In their first game they had a repeat showdown with Silver Lake and then managed a "make-up" game with Axtell on Saturday. They lost to Silver Lake in the tournament, but won the Axtell game on Monday evening. Game summaries: L-N – SILVER LAKE: 26-37: The Lady Raider had a tough start to the tournament games, scoring only seven points in the first 16 minutes of play against Silver Lake. However, i...
Lenden Worm, a Superior High School junior, qualified for Nebraska State Class B singles bowling competition. He is the first Superior student to qualify for state competition since the program started a few years ago. He placed fifth in Class B-5 district competition with a score of 546. Of the five qualifying students, three were from York: Logan Handy was in first place with a score of 603. Schuyler Handy scored 559 and Parker Friedrichsen 553. The other qualifier was from Northwest: Owen Pieper with a score of 564. Monday morning, Worm...
Wildcat boys played an awesome game at home Monday night against the Smith Center Red Men. They scored nearly twice a many points as their season average, while playing strong defense. For a portion of the third quarter the Cats lead by five. Eleven, three point shots propelled the Wildcat score, while the Red Men scored nine, three-point shots. Cody Butler once again led the Cats in scoring with a season high. Mason Korb followed. When the game was over, the Wildcats lost to the Red Men with...
The Superior High School girls basketball team gave it all they had against C-1 powerhouse Milford at Superior in their opening round game of the Southern Nebraska Conference last Tuesday at Superior. In the end, the Wildcats came up two points short, 44-42. They picked up a win against Fairbury Thursday, 34-25, in a game that was nowhere near as close as the final score indicates. Milford held a 22-19 lead at the half. The Wildcats opened up a 33-29 lead going into the final quarter. Defensive...
Priscilla Hollingshead, 92, of Red Cloud, died Feb. 3, at the Heritage Care Center in Red Cloud. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Williams Funeral Home in Red Cloud with the Rev. Dan Benedict officiating. Interment will be in the Riverton Cemetery at 1:30...
Donna Louise Davidson Jones, 93, was born Feb 5, 1930, in Byron. She died Feb. 1, at Republic County Hospital in Belleville. She spent her childhood in Byron until she graduated high school. Donna was in nursing school when she married Victor M. Jones, June 5, 1949, but had to stop as married women were not allowed in nursing school at that time. Never the less, she was a gifted care-giver. Donna was an extraordinary musician and vocalist. She saw all of life through song. Music was her ministry to the Lord and outreach to people. She played...
Jean Crouse, 88, daughter of Clay Davenport and Lela (Hazen) Davenport, was born at home in Chester on April 12, 1935, along with twin sister Joan. Jean died Jan. 29, in Salina. Jean first attended rural school near Chester and later attended Chester Public School, graduating in 1952. After high school, Jean studied at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma for one year. She then taught at a rural school for a year before she and Wilbert Crouse were united in marriage on Aug. 15, 1954, in Chester. Seven children were born to this union. Jean...
Joseph Edgar Delimont, 91, the son of Eli and Marvel M. (Wilson) Delimont, was born Feb. 3, 1932, on a farm in rural Almena and died on Jan. 26, at the Mitchell County Hospital at Beloit. Joe grew up on the family farmstead in Norton County near Almena, where he attended a rual school and later moved into town and attended Almena schools. He joined the United States Army in July 1955, and served until 1957. He worked as a mechanic and owned and operated Joe’s 66 Service Station at Lebanon....
Lois Ruth Vance, 87. the daughter of Jake and Katy (Yelken) Berdine, was born Oct. 17, 1936 at Lincoln, Nebraska. She died Feb. 1, at the Heritage Care Center in Red Cloud. Lois grew up in Franklin, and graduated from the Franklin High School with the Class of 1954. She continued her formal education attending summer school at Kearney State College, receiving her certificate in normal training and became a teacher in a country school south of Macon, for two years. Lois then went to work with the Franklin newspaper and later moved to Lincoln...
Gerald L. Schiermeyer, 98, of Seven Lakes and formerly Warrenton, Virginia, died at the FirstHealth Hospice House on Friday, Feb. 2. Born in Superior, Aug. 6, 1925, he was the son of the late William and Martha (Grummert) Schiermeyer. After his high school graduation from a one room schoolhouse, Gary went on to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to the family farm in Nebraska and soon attended the University of Nebraska, earning his bachelor of science in agriculture in 1956. Gary...
Velene Sporhase, the daughter of Dale and Minnie (Root) Stall, was born on May 6, 1947, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She died on Feb. 3, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society’s Superior, Nebraska, home at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 28 days. Velene grew up in Eagle, Nebraska. She was a high school graduate and attended college. Family was her life, she truly loved spending time with them and also finding that favorite fishing hole. For a time, she lived in Eagle. She entered the Superior Good Samaritan Society in 2022 where she lived until her d...
Community promoters sometimes wish Superior was located on a four-lane highway like Aurora or Belleville. To be on a four-lane might be okay but this week most agree that routing four-lane traffic over our two-lane highways is not good. Monday the Nebraska Department of Transportation closed the south bound lanes of U.S. Highway 81 north of Hebron to allow for the emergency repair of a failing culvert. Monday¹s designated detour route was west on Highway 4 to the intersection with Highway 5,... Full story
