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One hundred years ago today my father was born in a farm house a couple miles or so north of Abdal, Nebraska. He was his parents fourth and last child. I don’t remember Dad or his parents talking about the circumstances surrounding his birth. But they did talk about the day they found their baby boy drinking kerosene. Grandmother was on a ladder painting the farmhouse porch when she looked down to see her youngest trying to drink the kerosene she planned to clean her brush with. The doctor was summoned from Nelson, My grandparents told a v...
The cold, freezing and snowy weather we have been enduring made me think of the winter days at Oak Creek Country School where my sister and I attended years ago. Some of the students in today's schools would not understand what it was like to attend school during the winter months in that little one room schoolhouse. No, we didn't have to walk three miles to and from school each day as some had to in years before. We were blessed to have a little Jeep bus that picked us up at our homes and...
I suspect that most of you have heard the old phrase: "When Hell Freezes Over." Well folks, I think in this February of 2021 . . . we've gotten there. Yes folks, there is a "Hell" on this earth. The town is in Michigan, west of Detroit. Although this is not a recent picture . . . you get the idea. I've mentioned before that the Little Blue River just north of Pauline never seems to freeze in winter, and it is not freezing this year. However, for the first time in my life, this year that little p...
Word travels fast in a small community, so it’s likely not news to many of you that my husband and I had COVID. The hubby tested positive on Feb. 2, and me on the 5th. The teenager’s test came back negative. He has been isolated in his room. We all had to wear masks when he was out in the house’s common areas. I think it may have been better had he tested positive because now he will have to quarantine longer, seeing how he has been exposed. My symptoms were what I could only describe as severe hay fever and exhaustion. I’m not running a fever...
When the natural gas pipeline reached Superior in the 1920s, the natural gas supplier offered large users a better rate if they would agree to an interruptible contract. Potentially large users like the cement plant and creameries could buy gas for less if they agreed to use other energy sources when supplies were tight. For the cement plant, the alternative energy supply was coal. Before the plant closed, the cement company had teamed with Hastings Utilities to buy coal by the unit train. Before it closed, Mid-America Dairymen was using...
Monday South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 20 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the previous four days (February 12 – February 15), averaging five new cases per day and bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 4,409. The new confirmed cases for the four-day period include: 12 in Adams, three in Clay, five in Nuckolls and zero in Webster. By county, the new cumulative totals are: 2,866 cases in Adams, 719 cases in Clay, 488 cases in Nuckolls, and 336 cases in Webster. O...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Republic Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: • If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears. • Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water. • Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic ice maker. • Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clea...
Nikki Holling is returning home to Superior. The 2003 Superior High School graduate is now Nikki Femlee. She met her husband, Cortney, through the E-Harmony web site while residing in Colorado. Nikki is a stay-at-home mom for the couple's five children. Tyler is 15 years of age, Camden is nine, Keenston is four while Gracie and Blakely, who were both adopted from China, are seven and six years old respectively. Cortney is a freight broker. He is originally from the San Luis Valley area of...
Members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to two fire calls Monday morning. Fortunately, the calls to a residence on East Third Street did not result in property damage. In both instances failing batteries triggered the alarms. The batteries were replaced and everyone took a deep breath, thankful to not have had to deal with fires in below zero weather. The cold weather has also contributed to automatic alarms being triggered in public buildings....
The end of the regular season has arrived and the L-N Lady Raiders picked up another win and dropped the last game of the season. They were supposed to start sub-district play on Tuesday night depending (of course) on our good old Nebraska weather. L-N – HARVARD: 37-33: The L-N Lady Raiders were down to only two games left in the regular season . . . if the 2020-2021 season can be called "regular." What do they do? 1: They play one of their best eight minutes of basketball of the season to s...
"Time flies when you're having fun . . ." As the old saying goes. It didn't seem all that long ago when the Raiders seemed to be having trouble getting their game together and had a record of 5 wins and 10 losses. All of a sudden we're here near the end of the regular season and the Raiders have won six and lost one of their last seven games as they have been playing some of their best basketball of the season. The final regular season game is this Friday against a good Deshler team on the home...
Here in south-central Nebraska, we are no strangers to miserably cold winters and dry, cracked skin, but this winter is setting records for just how cold it can get. Right now, it's -23º, give or take, here in Nelson and 23º in Juno, Alaska. I've always said I would never live in Alaska but the last week has me rethinking that decision. The National Weather Service in Hastings has recorded record-breaking temperatures in the last week. On February 15, a new record low of -24º was recorded. Th...
Jewell County was established in the late summer of 1870. Its first election was held in September. The county was growing as more settlers arrived. Soddies and dugouts were built to house the settlers and their families. Getting the living quarters built happened quickly so farm and ranch work could begin. One can imagine the scene in the Kansas song, “Home, home on the range where the deer and antelope play. Where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day.” Yet, those early settlers had to face a lot of cha...
The Governor of Kansas awarded Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to 32 rural Kansas Communities. The City of Mankato was one of those cities that was selected to receive $600,000 for water system upgrades. For the past year, the Mankato governing body, city administrator, city staff, Regional Planning and the engineering group CES worked to ensure the deadlines for the application were met in September of 2020....
At approximately 9:45 a.m., Feb. 9, a white male approximately 6’ tall, medium build wearing all black and carrying a black rifle entered the Guaranty State Bank in Burr Oak. The suspect fled into rural Jewell County with an undisclosed amount of money. It was reported he was driving a silver flatbed that is believed to have been stolen from a Jewell County resident. There was a multi-agency search for the suspect. The suspect is believed to have fled the county. At 4:52 p.m., the Jewell County dispatch received a call about a pick up behind s...
President Kenny Mizner called the Feb. 8, regular meeting of the Board of Education for USD No. 107 to order in the meeting room at the district office. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Brenden Wirth, Brandon Hollerich, Lori Yelken, Marc Grout, Bobi Fogo (Zoom) Rex Boley, Sam Meyers and Janet Higer. Communication and administrative reports were given. With the heavy snow load, elementary gutters froze up. When it started to thaw, water leaked into a couple of classrooms on northwest side of the old addition. A lot of time was used cleaning the...
Midway Co-op Association in conjunction with Land O'Lakes donated $1,000 to the Mankato Endowment. Midway Co-op donated $500 and Land O'Lakes matched it for a total of $1,000. The Mankato Endowment uses the funds for Helping Hands Ministries. Helping Hands Ministries helps meet the needs of more financially distressed families in Jewell County. The money is used for the food pantry and provides supplies to families in need. Land O'Lakes is a regional cooperative that matches dollar-for-dollar...
Kimberly Dawn Mohlman, the daughter of Dianna (Parks) and Gary Land, was born May 31, 1991, at Gothenburg, Neb. She died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at Bryan-LGH West as the result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident earlier that day. Kim received her formal education attending the Brady public schools. While in both junior and senior high school, she successfully competed in a number of rodeo events in the area. After graduation, she was employed with Cozad South Central Development for a period of time. She later returned to school...
Sandra Sue Bothwell, the daughter of Nels and Marie (Hansen) Sorensen, was born on Sept. 3, 1939, in Superior, Neb. She died Feb. 7, 2021, at the Superior Good Samaritan Society at Superior, Nebraska at the age of 81 years, 5 months, 4 days. Sandra was a 1956 Hardy High School graduate. She continued her education earning her BSN degree in nursing at the University of Nebraska. On Sept. 30, 1961, she was united in marriage to Lawrence "Lefty" Bothwell at Fairbury, Neb. To this union was born...
Vernon Herman Kimminau, the son of George and Hilda (Brockman) Kimminau, was born Dec.25, 1932, near Mt. Clare, Neb. He died Feb. 7, 2021, at the Parkview Haven Nursing Home at Deshler, at the age of 88 years, 1 months, 13 days. Vern attended the St. Stephens Catholic School and was a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Superior since 1967. In 1957, he was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Drudik at Lawrence, Neb. To this union six children were born. Vern enlisted in the United...
Ted Arden Morrow, the son of Athel (Mitchell) and Arley Morrow, was born on Sept. 13, 1946, at Guide Rock. He died Monday, Feb. 8, as the result of a two-vehicle accident south of Blue Hill. Ted was affectionately known as Lucky by his family and friends. His nickname derived from his date of birth on Friday the 13th. He received his formal education at various country schools, including the now-defunct Rosemont and Eckley schools, and graduated from the Blue Hill High School with the Class of 1964. He was employed for a period of time with...
Yes, it has been cold outside! Temperatures around and below zero at night with wind chill readings even colder. It doesn't seem the days are much warmer. This stretch of cold is weather is a "cold spell." A cold spell is defined (dictionary.com) as a series of days with temperatures below 20 degrees. A cold spell is colder than a "cold wave." A cold wave means the weather is below freezing for several days. Both are colder than a simple "cold snap" which is just a brief period of colder than no...
Five Superior High School wrestlers advanced to the state tournament in Omaha from the Class D, District 2 meet held at Elkhorn Valley High School, Tilden, Saturday. Superior finished in sixth place, with 76.5 points in the 19 team field. Other schools at the meet were Southwest, Twin Loup, Elkhorn Valley, Burwell, Litchfiel‑d, Palmer, Freeman, Brady, Red Cloud-Blue Hill, Doniphan-Trumbull, Pope John, Meridian, Pleasanton. Shelton, West Holt, Osmond, St. Mary's and Niobara Verdigre. The state t...
Friday, the Lady Cats basketball team hosted the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders. It was the SHS Parent's Night. The Lady Cats' only senior to be honored was Sierra Blackburn. The Lady Cats outscored the Raiders in two out of four quarters: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Raiders 3 10 9 9 31 Lady Cats 10 8 17 5 40 Coach Nannen summarized the game: "We came out of the gates with excellent defensive intensity, holding the Raiders to three points in the first quarter. That really helped us set the tone for the rest of...
Five senior boy basketball players were honored during Parent's Night at Superior High School between varsity games with Lawrence-Nelson Friday night. Those seniors are: Conner Blackstone, Elijah Heusinkvelt, AJ Leibel, Zeke Meyer, and Jedd Whitmore. The Nuckolls County boys basketball rivalry took place in the SHS gym. Lawrence-Nelson went home with the win over Superior 44 to 33. "The Cats busted out of the gates with an early 10-3 lead. Lawrence-Nelson calmed the storm taking a 15-14 lead...
