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Thursday at 8:56 a.m. the Nuckolls County Sheriff's office received two 911 calls reports for a house fire at 3119 Highway 4, just a few miles east of Lawrence. Lawrence Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 8:59 a.m. At approximately 9:10 a.m., Nelson Fire was called out to assist and bring water. Thirteen volunteers from Lawrence and six from Nelson answered the call. Lawrence had the ambulance on the scene, along with every vehicle at their disposal. Nelson brought their water wagon,...
This year marks the launch of the BCom Solutions Rural Digital Partnership Program and the Rural Digital Partnership expansion. The program will expand the agency’s reach to key rural communities with a spirit and desire to grow while doubling the size of the BCom team. Brent Comstock, the company founder and CEO, describes the program as an investment in rural communities like Superior, the latest addition to the pilot group of four communities across the midwest. “This is an opportunity for communities like Superior to not only gain jobs in...
The induction ceremony for National Honor Society for 2020 was held at Superior High School Feb. 5. Bob Cook, principal, inducted the new society members with the assistance of the 2019 members Trisha Hayes, Kalynn Meyer, Emma Schnakenberg, Noelle McMeen, Brenden Jensen, Braden Frasier and Zade Hansen. New members are seniors Hallie Miller, Jae Freeman, Darian Brenneman, Payton Frahm, Haley West and Dameion Cornell. Juniors are Sierra Blackburn, Conner Blackstone, AJ Leibel and Jedd Whitmore....
Superior High School athletic teams and others will be traveling in style to future events. The school transportation department took delivery of the 202 Blue Bird All American bus on Friday. The bus features a striking full external body wrap with Superior Wildcats featured prominently on the sides as well as the school colors of red and black. The bus, paid for with funds from the school budget and the Red Caps booster organization, at a cost of more than $160,000. It is a marked upgrade to...
Daryl Wilks is the newest addition to the Superior Police department. He brings an extensive background in law enforcement to the position. He retired from the Pflugerville, Texas Police department as a sergeant in January, 2020, with 32 years of service. Pflugerville is a city with a population of more than 63,000 residents and is a suburb of Austin. He was sworn in as a Superior police officer by Chief Jill Allgood and has begun patrol duties. He will attend a short course at the police...
The Mankato Volunteer Fire Department received a grant for $3,000 to purchase 25 intrinsically safe firefighting flashlights for each fireman. This grant was made possible by the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Funds Program of the Jewell County Community Foundation. Since 2018, the Jewell County Community Foundation has built stronger communities and helped donors make a difference through charitable giving in Jewell County. Each year, the foundation distributes thousands of dollars back to our...
After more than 31 years, Elaine Watson is retiring from her job as the City Clerk of Formoso. Her first day on the job was in October of 1988. The job was different those years ago! The biggest difference - paper. Everything was paper in 1988. Ledgers, reportsand minutes of meetings. Now, little is paper. During those 31 years, Watson has missed only two of the hundreds of City Council Meetings. But now, "it is just time" to retire. Not time to be completely retired. She will keep her morning j...
Rolling Hills Electric Co-op held a safety meeting at the Mankato firehouse Thursday. Displays were presented on different situations such as what could happen if people came into contact with overhead power lines. Present was Mark Martin, the narrator, Adam Badger and Todd Eitzmann, as demonstrators. Displays showed what happens if a farm implement comes into contact with overhead power lines and what happens to an individual if contact is made. It was also demonstrated how to get away from a...
A new business, K and P Truck Wash, opened north of Jewell on Jan. 31. Joel Kemmerer and Andrew Pumphrey are the owners. Four washing stations are available. Water for the truck wash is supplied by a private well but water can also be provided by the rural water district. All the water and waste which runs into a nearby lagoon will be pumped out and spread on nearby fields for fertilizer. The owners plan to build a shelter and office building with a drivers' lounge. For the washing operation,...
Boom! It was 11:37 p.m. Friday and everything in the house rattled. It was as if something had run into the side of the house or lightning had hit right outside the house. But there weren’t any bright lights with the boom. Reno, our dog was barking as we jumped out of bed . When my husband looked outside, the sky was as clear a bell. That is when we got on line to look up if it could possibly be an earthquake. Sure enough, the Kansas Geological Survey had a seismograph reading of a 3.0 quake nine miles north west of Mankato. That is only six m...
United States Geological Survey (USGS), recorded a magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 11:37 p.m. Friday approximately 2 miles west of Burr Oak. According to the USGS website, the quake was centered 8.7 miles northwest of Mankato 39.864 degrees north latitude and 98.350 degrees west longitude. The detected depth was approximately 3.1 miles underground. These small earthquakes are interesting when you consider Kansas is far from the primary fault lines of the North American tectonic plate. In fact, the western most fault line stretches from Alaska to...
A Smith Center woman has been convicted of insurance fraud and related charges, Derek Schmidt, Kansas attorney general said. Trisha A. Wiehl, 40, was found guilty in Smith County District Court of one count of insurance fraud, four counts of theft, 35 counts of making false information, eight counts of insurance agent or broker failing to pay premium to company, six counts of forgery, and three counts of false impersonation. The case stemmed from an investigation by the Kansas Insurance Department and the attorney general’s fraud and abuse l...
Keith Roe, Mankato Republican, has filed by petition for re-election in 2020. Voters first elected Roe commissioner in 2016 to the 2nd District which consists of Center and Limestone Townships....
Superior's speech team competed at Aurora Saturday. Medals were extended to 15th place at this meet because of the size of it. There were 528 individual entries from 33 schools across Nebraska. That is a huge number! Medaling at all was a tremendous feat! Results for Superior's speech team are as follows: Glenn Rosenquist - first place for Novice Entertainment. Kaylee Flaata and Raven Holland - sixth place in Novice Duet Acting. There were 29 entries in this category. Cassidy Benjamin - seventh...
Friday afternoon before a staff meeting, the Good Samaritan Society's, Superior staff members, presented four of their peers, co-workers and friends with 2020 Ever Forward champion awards. The awards are given for four areas: caregiver, employee, volunteer and leader. Thirty people were nominated for the awards. Staff members voted for those who have shown over the year Good Samaritan Society's values and gone the extra mile in their work. Michelle Powers, chairman of the Ever Forward committee...
Biblical swarms of crop devouring locusts are eating their way across Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO have declared the situation a crisis. Favorable climatic conditions allowed widespread breeding of the pest in East Africa, Southwest Asia and the area around the Red Sea. So far the countries experiencing the worst infestations are Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. The FAO Locust Watch webpage indicates aerial and ground pest countermeasures are ongoing but, they remain insufficient. This has caused fear...
For all the Netflix subscribers who’ve been frustrated with the Auto-Play Preview feature - you know the one that starts playing whatever show you’ve got high lighted? - maybe you just want to read the summary or, perhaps something has come up that’s taken your attention away and, you’d rather not have some random preview playing? Netflix has finally given in and now offers users the ability to turn the previews off. The catch is that you cannot simply adjust the setting in the app from smart devices. Instead, Netflix has categorized the set...
Rock Hills Junior High School competed at the PikeTrail League Scholars Bowl Tournament Feb. 10, at Downs. There were 11 teams competing. The eighth grade team was made up of Abbey Schleifer, Cooper Rhea, Hannah Simmelink, Bella Volker and Cody Cleary. The eighth grade team received a second place medal after losing a tiebreaker for first place with St. John's. Rock Hills was able to enter two sixth and seventh grade teams in the meet. The team of Aaron Underwood, Calen Beck, Faith Reinert,...
On Feb. 8, the Wildcats played an away game against the Sandy Creek Cougars. The Wildcats boys team led most of the first two quarters, but lost momentum after half time. The Cats lost with a score of 35-46. Conner Blackstone led the Wildcats with 12 points, all coming from three pointers. Jackson Gilbert scored 10 points, with two three-pointers. Zeke Meyer rebounded 11 shots, while Hunter Healey and Conner Blackstone rebounded four each. Hunter Healey stole the ball four times, and Zeke Meyer had three assists. The Cats played Monday, at...
Saturday the Lady Cats played an away game against Milford. The Cats struggled at the start of the game, but quickly gained momentum to win all four quarters.The Cats outscored Milford 57-30. Kalynn Meyer led the Lady Cats with 25 points, while Shayla Meyer scored 18. Shayla Meyer made two three-pointers, and Sierra Blackburn made one. Kalynn Meyer rebounded 15 of the Cats 28 rebounds of the night. Zaveah Kobza claimed five assists, while Trisha Hayes claimed four. Kalynn Meyer stole the ball three times, and blocked three shots. The Cats...
The Southern Nebraska Conference girl's basketball championship trophy is now at home in Superior. The Wildcats won all three games to bring home the title. They downed David City, 57-18, in the opening round game at Superior last Tuesday. They pulled away from Sutton in the second half to win their semifinal game, 50-35, at Centennial in Utica, last Thursday. They downed Milford, 57-30, to win the tournament Saturday. They added another win, Monday, when they topped Smith Center, 51-26, at Supe...
The Superior High School wrestling team competed at the Adams Central Invitational at Hastings, Friday. The team finished in 13th place, with 19 points, in the 13-team field. Other schools taking part were Aurora, Lexington, Millard West, Nebraska City, Waverly, Holdrege, Lincoln North Star, Fremont, Centennial, Schyuler, Crete and South Central Unified District 5. Hayden Neeman earned a fourth place finish in the 105-pound weight bracket. He is ineligible to earn points, as he is a transfer student. Brenden Jensen was awarded four team points...
The Superior High School boys basketball team dropped their consolation round game against Sandy Creek, 46-35, Friday. They lost a one-point heartbreaker, 58-57, to Smith Center, at Superior, Monday. The Wildcats were tied with Sandy Creek at the half but were unable to pull away over the remainder of the game. Superior mounted a powerful fourth quarter come back attempt, down 45-34, but came up one point short when the final buzzer sounded. Conner Blackstone was the high scorer against Sandy...
The Lawrence-Nelson girls basketball team continued their unbeaten run with two more wins to secure the Twin Valley Conference championship title at Kenesaw, Saturday. The Raiders played Harvard, at Harvard, Tuesday, with game results unavailable at press time. The Raiders cruised by Shelton, 42-29, last Thursday, to advance to the championship game. They handed Silver Lake, a team they had edged by three points earlier in the season, a lopsided 41-17 loss to take home the championship trophy....
The Lawrence-Nelson boys basketball team lost their opening Twin Valley conference tournament game. 46-43, to Kenesaw, at Deshler, last Tuesday. They won their consolation round game, 49-45, against Harvard, Friday, at Kenesaw. The Raiders played Harvard, Tuesday, at Harvard, with game results unavailable at press time. The Raiders stayed close in both games but were unable to overtake Kenesaw in the final period. They kept their narrow lead over Harvard to win their 11th game of the season against eight losses. Trevin Kotinek topped the...
