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A survey of Nebraska hospitals on Monday reported only 21 percent of the intensive care beds were available and rural hospitals that were running out of room were having trouble finding places they could transfer patients to. If the current COVID-19 spread trend continues the total number of cases in Nebraska is expected to double every three weeks. This trend alarms hospital officials who are wondering how they can treat not only the COVID patients but their regular load of patients with more normal problems like accidents and heart attacks....
Payne Ahrens used his job as a farm hand to his advantage before last month's upland bird season opener. While harvesting corn for his employer, Danny Corman, the Superior man also was scouting for his hunt. This paid off as he found the ground and, on opening morning, Saturday Oct. 31, the birds. As a result, he became the first hunter to complete 2020 Nebraska Upland Slam. The challenge of the Upland Slam, a partnership among the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Pheasants Forever and Quail...
If you have let various feeble excuses keep you from attending the annual Republic Turkey Trot, you will have to find new reasons this year for the trot has gone virtual. That’s right. You participate in the trot at your own convenience, anytime between this Sunday and the following Saturday. The virtual Turkey Trot will include a one mile, 5 and 10 K fun runs and walks. This will be the ninth annual Turkey Trot and the first one held virtually. Participants will pick their course and time during Thanksgiving week. Registration is now open. I...
The awards keep rolling in for Brodstone Memorial Hospital. This week it was learned Brodstone Memorial Hospital is one of the Top 10 recipients of the 2020 Rural Provider Excellence in Quality Award from the Nebraska Office of Rural Health. The 2020 “Rural Provider Excellence in Quality Award” recognizes Top 10 overall performance in quality among Nebraska’s 64 critical access hospitals. The award was presented during the virtual Nebraska Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Health Clinics Conference on Quality. “We are proud to be recogni...
COVID-19 has changed many things including the Christmas shopping season for patrons of the Superior stores. Shoppers are still welcome and encouraged but plans have been changed to reduce the personal contact. Once upon a time planners were delighted to have large crowds of people downtown during the holiday season. Often prize drawings drew large crowds, the biggest was probably about 80 years ago when a new Ford automobile was given away. This year members of the Superior Chamber of Commerce have joined to decorate and offer for sale to the...
Some Superior residents suffered a reduction in their residential water pressure Monday. An older main broke at the intersection of Eighth and National Streets. Approximately 20 homes were affected by the break. Eight of those houses suffered significant pressure loss. The water system functioned as it should and reduced pressure was the result. Andrew Brittenham, City of Superior utilities manager, said the break was discovered at approximately 10 a.m. City workers excavated the break site. The break was located at 3 p.m. with repairs being...
Lawrence-Nelson High School received a $2,000 grant for a new weekend backpack program. The grant is provided through Farm Credit Services of America’s (FCS America) Working Here Fund. Lawrence-Nelson High School will be introducing a new weekend food backpack program in 2020. The program will provide food to food insecure students on weekends and when school isn’t in session. The food delivery for students began during the school closure because of COVID and families were grateful that the school wants to continue to offer it throughout the...
The 2020 Jewell County Corn Picking Days was blessed with beautiful weather. Plus, as JR Vandergiesen, Smith Center, one of the organizers of the event said "The corn is ready!" "Dry, not wet." Participants and observers alike enjoyed the outdoors event. Avenue H west of Jewell was busy with machinery moving back and forth as well as cars and pickups of people just out to see what was going on. And there was quite a bit going on. Of course, Vandergiesen was in the field with his John Deere 50...
Lucile Butts Ozmun celebrated her 100th birthday with two-days of celebration. One on Sunday afternoon, and one on the afternoon of her actual birthday, Monday, Nov. 16. Both were COVID-style "window visits" at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit. Partiers had a tent, festooned with balloons, to stand and sit in as they visited with Lucile. Hilltop has a room arranged for "window visits." At Hilltop Lodge, a microphone set up on the inside and outside allows communication though a window separates the...
Jewell County Law Enforcement officers are investigating a Mankato burglary which apparently happened in the 400 block of South Center Street sometime between Sept. 20 and Nov. 14. Seven firearms were reportedly stolen. The missing guns include an H&R bull barrel single shot, a 12-gauge Remington 1100 shotgun, H&R 9 shot revolver, two Remington 22 rifles, 257 Weatherby with Burris scope, and a 240 Weatherby with Leupold scope If anyone has any information regarding this case, please call the Jewell County Sheriff’s Office....
There was excitement in the northwestern Jewell County community of Northbranch on Sunday, Nov. 8. At approximately 12:05 p.m. the Jewell County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a man with a rifle making threats toward the owner of a house in that community. Deputies responded and took a man into custody. He was held on charges of criminal threat, aggravated assault, battery on an law enforcement officer, interference with law enforcement, theft, and felony possession of a firearm....
The Chester Community Club was the recipient of a $2,500 "Grow Communities" grant awarded by Bayer. Each year eligible farmers can enroll for a chance to help a rural nonprofit organization with an America's Farmers Grow Communities donation, sponsored by Bayer Fund. Since 2010, Bayer has awarded more than $35 million to thousands of organizations. Gill and Janelle Mumm nominated the Club for this grant, which is greatly appreciated because of the many cancelled fund raising events this...
It seemed like such a simple idea, with a modest beginning. On May 22, 2010, Liz Brunscheen-Cartagena invited members of the community and their families over to the Sedgwick County extension office to play a few board games. It was, she thought, a way to strengthen family relationships. “We had a board game library and volunteers to help teach games to the attendees,” said Brunscheen-Cartagena, the family life and resource management agent for K-State research and extension’s office in Sedgwick County. A couple dozen folks showed up, played ga...
Crystal Fullerton has been the librarian at the Mankato City Library since 2016. She will have been at the library for five years January 2021. Fullerton is a native resident of Mankato and graduated from Mankato High School. In high school, Fullerton worked at Buffalo Roam. She served in the United States Navy for four years as an aviation electronics technician. A year after she got out of the Navy, Fullerton attended Cloud County Community College and K-State University. She worked at...
We've been told children are the future. It is true, as adults it's our responsibility to ensure we are teaching them to be good people. I've personally heard people talk about the upcoming generations with disdain in regards to their lack of love for their fellow man. Teach them to be humble, teach them to care. With a world in fast forward, we often ask ourselves, Am I giving my best to the blessing that is parenting? I know some families who sure are, their children are the proof! This week I...
The Lawrence- Nelson Raiderettes Dance Team concluded their virtual try-outs at the beginning of November. Team members were chosen based on their scores performing several basic dance fundamentals such as leaps, jumps, original dance routines and ability to learn provided dance steps. Members who tried out were also evaluated on how their teachers see them outside of their extracurricular activities. This year the team has big plans to perform at a few basketball games and the school's Spring...
A friend from my growing up years in Superior, Stan Copeland will be back in Superior on Sunday to speak at the First Presbyterian Church service. A combat veteran and former U.S. Army chaplain, he is now living near Quinter, Kansas and conducting worship services for country congregations. He has been in Superior several times to assist the Presbyterians. A member of the Superior congregation, Randy Rhoads, said he will definitely keep the attention of those attending this week’s service. The Copeland family left Superior after Stan’s eig...
“Button, Button, Who’s Got The Button?” Do you remember that childhood game? While attending country school at Oak Creek during the winter months, we would play all sorts of games that were enjoyed while remaining inside the warm schoolhouse. Some of the students would stand or sit in a circle with their hands in a prayer-like position. A person would place a button in their hand, also in a prayer like position, and walk around the circle moving their hand in between each person’s folded hands. Only the person placing the button and the one...
Wanda Frasier enjoyed getting away Wednesday and Thursday into the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Enroute she stopped in Franklin at the park with the WWII planes, tank and other military memorabilia, in observance of Veteran’s Day. She traveled on to the Alliance area. There she met up with a friend. They enjoyed shopping at thrift shops and a higher end commission boutique, as well as touring Carhenge and the replica of the old Alliance town. In the evening, they had a Mexican meal. The second night they had brisket at a 30-year mom and pop bar a...
Kalynn Meyer, a 2020 Superior High School graduate, accepted a full scholarship to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to play for the volleyball team. COVID-19 reared its ugly head and threw the season into turmoil. The Huskers will not play a regular season match until after the first of the year. John Cook, the Nebraska head volleyball coach who is entering his 21st season, has his team members working out five days per week for a five week training block. The culmination of the training block was the Red and White Scrimmage last Thursday....
The Southern Nebraska Conference-All-Conference Volleyball team members were recently announced. Shayla Meyer earned first team honors. Sierra Blackburn was named to the third team. Cailyn Barry was cited with an honorable mention....
The All-District 2020 football team members were recently announced with Superior garnering a large number of spots. Named to the first team were Elijah Heusinkvelt, Dane Miller, Payton Christiancy, Jordan Brown and Clayton Morris. Named to the second team were Anders Webber, Zeke Meyer, Seth Schnakenbeg, Jacob Meyer and Ty Woerner. Honorable mentions were issued to Conner Blackstone and Aiden Humphries....
Rock Hills High School football team members were honored with post-season selection to the 8-Man Division 11 District 4 All-District Team. The team members are selected by the school coaches. Mason Higer was named to the first team offense as the punter. Caden Slate and Buck Luedke were named to the second team offense at the guard position. Higer received an honorable mention for the running back and kicker positions. Davion McDonald was awarded an honorable mention at end. Slate and Luedke received honorable mentions at the defensive line...
LaVeta K. Beyke, 97, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Her service was held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Tuesday, Nov; 17, 2020. Burial will be at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Lawrence, Nebraska on Saturday, Nov. 21. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in her memory to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The services for LaVeta have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home. LaVeta was born on July 18, 1923, in Lawrence, Nebraska to John and Ann...
William (Bill) Roeder, 74, the son of Warren and Maxine Roeder, was born May19, 1946, in Kearney, Neb. He died Saturday, Nov, 14, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Center in Superior, Neb. Bill met his wife, Kathy, while the were living in Kearney. After two years of years courtship, they were married on Aug. 30, 1975, at the Baptist Church in Kearney. Bill and Kathy had two sons, Scotty and Bryan. During Bill’s life, he had various jobs, he was a maintenance man at Kearney State College, washed dishe...
