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After an explosion rocked the Superior East elevator operated by the Aurora Cooperative on Saturday afternoon, firefighters worked the better part of two days to contain the related fire. The Nuckolls County 911 dispatch center received a call reporting an explosion at the elevator at about 4:15 p.m. Saturday. That blast was heard throughout Superior. Prior to the explosion, the elevator was receiving grain as area farmers push to conclude the 2020 harvest. Several injuries were reported in...
Last Wednesday at the 93rd National FFA Convention and Expo at Indianapolis, Ind., Blake Kirchoff was named the 2020 American Star in Agribusiness winner. Kirchoff is the 35th Nebraska FFA member to be nominated for the award and only the 10th Nebraska FFA member to win the award. Each year at the National FFA Convention and Expo, four FFA members are honored with American Star Awards for outstanding accomplishments in FFA and agricultural education. The American Star Awards, including American...
Tuesday was general election day in all 50 states. In many Nebraska counties including Nuckolls, polls were open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and early indications were that the turnout in would be heavy because of the interest in the presidential race. Some counties may the decision to skip the polling place and instead rely on the mail-in ballots. Because of earlier mailing deadlines advancing our printing times, the polls were just closing as this issue of your newspaper went to press. Thus we were unable to include results from Nuckolls County....
South Central Public Power District with headquarters in Nelson is currently negotiating with ISI Solar of Central City with regard to the proposed construction of a 1-megawatt solar farm to be located in Clay County’s Saronville area. Word of this development comes about a month after the Clay County board adopted solar-specific zoning regulations. Wayne Williams, owner of Interconnection Systems Inc., met with the Clay County commissioners last week to discuss the project. The proposed development would be located on nine acres at the c...
Superior High School is not hosting a breakfast or program for veterans this year. This is becuase of the restrictions for COVID-19. Instead, listen to the radio throughout the day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, to hear Superior students remembering veterans through song, poems and readings. The Superior American Legion Post will not hold the annual Last Man’s Banquet this year. The banquet has been a Superior tradition dating to the early days of the local legion post. Long time members can recall when the banquet date was changed or cancelled b...
The City of Superior will continue to keep the current COVID-19 restrictions in place until at least Nov. 13. The Superior City offices will continue to have their doors closed to the public. Business can be conducted through the drive-up window, over the phone or by appointment. The phone number is 402-879-4711. The city parks will remain closed with a reopening date to be determined at a later time. The city campground was closed starting Nov. 1 so decorating can begin on Candy Cane Lane. The municipal library is closed with curbside pickup...
South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 85 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in four days (Friday through Monday), bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 1,556. The new confirmed cases for the four-day period include: 51 in Adams, 20 in Clay, eight in Nuckolls and six in Webster. By county, the new cumulative totals are: 1031 cases in Adams, 234 cases in Clay, 154 cases in Nuckolls, and 137 cases in Webster. Michele Bever, SHDHD executive director, said COVID-19 can be a severe...
Tuesday was general election day in all 50 states. Kansas polls were open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and early indications were that the turnout in Jewell County would be heavy because of the interest in state and national races. Because of earlier mailing deadlines advancing our printing times, the polls were just closing as this issue of your newspaper went to press. Thus we were unable to include results from Jewell County. However, when the results are available we will post them to our website. As a means to help control costs when advertising...
A motorcycle accident discovered in the early hours of Saturday left one Superior resident dead and three other people seriously injured. Killed in the crash was Christopher Lovegrove, his wife, Britni (Oakman) Lovegrove was injured and hospitalized in Salina. Friends Mekenzie Ehlers and Conray Sjolander were taken to a Lincoln hospital. Sjolander regained consciousness on Monday and reports on Tuesday indicate he has been slowly improving. Ehlers has undergone multiple surgeries. It has been necessary to insert a plate into her wrist and...
On Oct. 28, Jewell County deputies conducted a traffic stop for failure to maintain lane on Highway 36 in Mankato. Upon further investigation, deputies located 48 grams of marijuana, paraphernalia and $600 in counterfeit money. A Michigan man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. The suspect is also being held on an out of state felony warrant....
The City of Burr Oak will receive a $16,000 grant to assist in purchasing and installing new street signs throughout the city. Street signs are critical for 911 calls and will assist the residents and visitors with accurate directions and addresses for daily activities. The partnership, which will benefit 174 people, is made possible with a $2,923 contribution from the applicant, $13,500 from Dane Hanson and $1,200 from community donations....
Boone Svoboda graduated in 2019 from Lawrence-Nelson High School and is currently attending University of Nebraska-Lincoln double majoring in animal science and grazing livestock systems. He will also have a double minor in beef scholars and ag economics. Boone is the son of Arnie and Teri Pond-Svoboda. The SAE project Boone currently is in operation with, falls under the "Small Animal Production" category. Arnie and Teri believe it was necessary for Boone to grow up learning about business,...
The Trucks for Trump and Back the Blue Rally was held in Hastings on Sunday. Jeremy Thiel of Hastings planned the event, along with a few of his friends. A few months ago, Jeremy and his friends saw a need in the community to stand up for what they believe and help the community in whatever way they could. They formed a group called the Nebraska Liberty Coalition. The "NLC" had a few hiccups while putting the rally together. Many people were against having such an event in Hastings, but the...
Esbon's first Halloween pumpkin decorating and carving party was held Friday, at the Esbon Community Center. Jewell County children, parents and adults enjoyed this after participating in the Trunk and Treat down main street at Mankato that afternoon. Children played in the Esbon park next to the community center after decorating their pumpkin! A pumpkin party was a tradition that the Kate and Patrick Gurka family was accustomed to while living in Texas. It was something their family enjoyed...
Thanks to producers in the Post Rock Extension District for serving as cooperators for the 2021 wheat demonstration plots, the district will have five wheat demonstration plots, one in each of the counties, including the K-State Research and Extension replicated plot in Mitchell County. With all the different cropping enterprises of the cooperators, there are several planting dates which will be a test in itself. Most of the locations were planted behind soybeans except one that was fallow groun...
A special meeting of the Mankato City Council had been called for 6 p.m. today (Thursday). The council will receive and review the 2019 audit as presented by the city’s accounting firm....
I have often been impressed by the intelligence shown by the animals we closely associate with. A current example is our neighborhood cat. I don’t know who the cat belongs to but he is a friendly animal who enjoys being petted and likes to be with people. He has learned our routine and is often waiting at our back door demanding our attention. Other times of the day, he apparently is either at his permanent home or visiting other friends. On the weekend, I read a story about the German prisoner of war camp that was located in Osborne County, Ka...
I will certainly be glad when this election is over. It used to be by late election day evening, it was known who won the election. This year it may be a different story. We may not learn who won until days or weeks later. This election has been one for the books. So much confliction and diversity. Let’s hope when it’s over, we all have the “sportsmanship” attitude and unite again behind a common cause. ———— Veteran’s Day is November 11. The special day has been so important to my family. My great-grandfather was a Civil War veteran. My grand...
David and Lori Barnes, Smith Center, visited Cliff and Glenny Barnes last Wednesday and took them out for lunch. David was doing some electrical work for his parents. Wand Frasier attended a rally and cruise Friday in McPherson for President Donald Trump. Wanda reported there were more than 100 vehicles. They cruised for almost an hour through and around McPherson. On Saturday, Wanda attended the Trump rally and cruise at Hastings, at the sports complex near Walmart. The cruise departed from the complex at 2 p.m. and went from Hastings to Kenne...
Becky Pihl was a recent visitor of her parents, Maurice and Earlene Jeffery. Her sister, Susan Janda, also joined them. Last week Sam and Alyce Gillett took Lily and Claire Walker to Mankato to eat for a late birthday celebration honoring Claire. Before eating, the girls shopped for gifts to put in their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. They had fun picking out the toys. This week it was Wyatt’s turn. Alyce took him to select gifts for a young boy. At 4 years of age, it was not totally sure that he understood he was giving all of them a...
The second round of Volleyball subdistricts was held Tuesday, Oct. 27. Thayer Central was the host and swept the Superior Lady Cats in three sets. Coach Blevins summarized the match, saying, " The Wildcats couldn't take Thayer Central's offense on Tuesday night. In the first set, Thayer Central came out adhesively and got Superior down 0 to 8 in the first rotation. The Cats didn't give up. They fought back in set two and had a lead of 18 to 13, but Thayer Central went on a six-point run and...
For the fourth year in a row, the Superior Lady Cats volleyball team has earned a chance to play at the state Volleyball Tournament. Superior played at the C-2 Volleyball District Final at Diller-Odell, Saturday night. The Lady Cats won in three sets against Palmyra: 20 to 25; 18 to 25 and 13 to 25. Player statistics: Cailyn Barry: six kills of 12 spikes, six serves, one assist of one set. Alexa Cox: two spikes, one block. Sierra Blackburn: five kills of 22 spikes, nine serves, 10 digs, 14 assists of 26 sets, two serve receives. Ella Gardner:...
The Rock Hills High School football team ended their season with a sigh. Their cross district game with the Wetmore Cardinals was canceled because of COVID-19 related issues. The issue was not with the Rock Hills squad. The game was recorded as a no-contest. It does not count in the standings for either team. Because of the short time period after notification of the cancellation by Wetmore, Rock Hills officials were unable to arrange a game with another team. The game ended the 2020 season for the Grizzlies. They finished with a 3-5 record....
Rock Hills High School will have four students participating in wrestling this season: Connor Cosand, Jacob Barry, Buck Luedke and Coelton Neilson. They will compete with the Beloit Trojans squad during the regular season as part of a cooperative agreement. When regional competition rolls around in February, the four will compete for Rock Hills. The season opens, Friday, Dec. 4 with an away match at Plainville with Phillipsburg also competing....
The Rock Hills High School volleyball team exited postseason competition with their two-set, 16-25 and 12-25, loss to Sylvan-Lucas at Sylvan Grove, Saturday, Oct. 24. Daleton Groote was the lead killer for the Grizzlies against Sylvan-Lucas with three. Austyn Groote hammered down two kills. Jauclyn Lemke and Lauren Whelchel had a kill apiece. Whelchel lashed through two aces. A. Groote and D. Groote each scored with an ace. Lemke swept the floor with 10 digs. Whelchel cleaned up with nine digs. A. Groote handled eight digs. Karrigan Dunstan...
