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Thanksgiving is only a week away and Superior merchants are preparing for the holiday shopping season. The first Superior Bucks drawing of the 2024 holiday season was held Monday morning on KRFS Radio. The names of four lucky winners were drawn and each will receive 50 Superior Bucks which may be spent like cash in participating Superior business firms. Winners this week were Vicki Williams, Autumn Serrano, Marlys McClure and Linda Reiners. The next drawing for four more 50 buck winners will be held on Monday. Registration slips that are...
The City of Superior has a new mayor. Last Tuesday following the resignation of Mayor Chris Peterson, Carrie Lemke automatically advanced from council president to mayor. Lemke is a longtime member of the council representing the community's first ward. Peterson is currently employed in another community and has found it difficult to meet all the obligations of his job and those of mayor. He earlier resigned from the Superior Fire Department. When submitting his resignation, he expressed his...
On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Brodstone Foundation celebrated the 7th Annual Gala by Brodstone at the Superior Auditorium, welcoming more than 240 guests who walked the red carpet in honor of Brodstone Healthcare, emphasizing the importance of maintaining access to quality healthcare and cutting-edge technology. The event received outstanding support from more than 100 business and individual sponsors, showcasing a remarkable display of commitment to supporting the facility. The Gala raised more than $145,000, which will be directed towards The Big...
The watchful eye of the Superior community was demonstrated on the weekend after two bicycles parked near the back door of the house occupied by the editor of this newspaper and his wife were missed. Before the owners had an opportunity to notify the local police department of the theft, the chief reported he was on the thieves’ trail. Eyewitnesses throughout the community reported seeing two suspicious people on the home’s porch Saturday night and seeing the bicycles being ridden around town on Sunday. By mid-afternoon the bikes had been rec...
In the Nov. 7 issue of The Express we published a partial story and pictures about Donna Meyer making Quilts of Valor for two Ruskin area veterans and the presentation of those quilts last Memorial Day to Gail Kleen and Keith Schultz. In that issue we included information about Kleen’s service to his country....
A popular Lincoln Park feature that was first dug in the late 1970s while the late Sam Seever was mayor, the park’s lagoon is undergoing yet another update. The lagoon was proposed as an alternative to a swampy park area that after the Superior Canal was constructed north of Eighth Street was difficult to mow. Proponents thought it would make an ice skating rink in the winter and a fishing pond in the summer. Like many plans, things haven’t turned out as good as they were envisioned. The lagoon has been prone to the development of aquatic veg...
Tuesday a Nuckolls County resident called this newspaper reported traudulent phone calls, emails, and text messages are targeting local residents. The caller said a scam more than 20 years old has returned to separate our friends and neighbors from their hard-earned money. The scammers state that they are calling from places like Publishers’ Clearing House. American Family Publishing or a sweepstakes or lottery organizations and promise big awards. The scammers will ask the victim provide money or gift-cards to secure a cash prize, or will a...
As part of National Rural Health Day, Brodstone Healthcare has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in quality. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and Patient Perspective. “We are honored to receive a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for Quality from The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This recognition is a testament to the unwavering dedication of our healthcare t...
Scouting 4 Food participants were delighted with this year's response to their food drive for the Nuckolls County Food Pantry. It is thought to hold a record for the most food donations the program has ever generated for the Nuckolls County Food Pantry. The Superior Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts collected the donations on October 13th....
Christmas in Mankato, sponsored by the Mankato Chamber of Commerce and the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 30. It will kick off at 3 p.m. with a free showing of The Christmas Chronicles at the Ute Theatre, which will have concessions available for purchase. In conjuntion with the event raffle tickets for the chance to win one of these prizes: a family pool pass; a golden ticket to the theater; $100 in Chamber Bucks; or 3 months of free internet from Cunningham Cable are beng sold. The tickets are available to purchase...
The classic tale of Aladdin will be performed in two acts with musical entertainment between at the Rock Hills Junior-Senior High School. Aladdin outruns the guards only to run into a calculating Court Magician who lures him into a cave to fetch a lamp. With possession of the lamp, the evil Magician thinks he will take over the kingdom. When Aladdin refuses to hand over the lamp, the Magician shuts Aladdin in a dark cave! While trapped inside the cave, Aladdin accidentally rubs the lamp and...
At the K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference in Manhattan, Sandra Wick, was recognized for 35 years of service to K-State Research and Extension. She started her extension career in January of 1989 as the agriculture agent in Smith County along with sharing the 4-H youth development responsibilities with the family and consumer science agent. She served in that position until Smith County joined the Post Rock Extension District in 2012 where she now serves as the crop production agent for Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne and Smith...
The ladies of Sacred Heart parish in Lawrence hold a long and honorable history of church support, one of which is an annual fund raising event held in autumn of each year. Over the years, the name has changed from being a "Hunter's Dinner," to the "Smorgasbord" and now to the Fall Festival. Whatever the name, the event brings parish members together for fellowship, for fun and for a chance to supply funds to help pay for the many charitable events the ladies support and to support the parish...
Frequent Ideal Market shoppers have noticed the store has new shelf tags. The tags are one of two major changes made this year which will help keep grocery costs competitive. The less visible change are solar panels which cover the roof. Shannon and Jenny McCord, store managers, have for several years focused on modernizing the grocery store. Customers have seen the front windows replaced with a wall and increased show case room, new air cooled freezers and coolers have replaced water cooled...
Monday evening, the Superior Board of Education accepted a bid from 20/20 Technologies LLC for $17,802 for a new Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone system. The new VOIP system will upgrade the schools current telecommunications infrastructure. The bid includes full installation, training an on-site system administrator, 70 desk phones, softphone integration for remote staff, voicemail, call forwarding and conferencing features for a total of 80 users. They system will provide mobile application to allow staff to make and receive calls,...
It had been a long time since this area had a wide-spread soaker but thankful we can report we had one Friday evening. The National Weather Service Office invited area residents to submit rainfall reports on Saturday and the following reports were among those submitted. The reports come from gauges that may or may not meet weather service standards. Paul Voboril, two mles west of Esbon, 1.80; Vanessa Walters, Red Cloud, 1.10; Mike Jordan, southwest of Beloit, 1.54; Chris Stupka, Concordia, 1.20; Patrick Hinricks, Roseland, 1.00; Scott Pierson,...
The 36th annual Nuckolls County Pheasants Forever Banquet will be held Friday on the Nuckolls County Fairgrounds. The doors open at 5:30 with a prime rib dinner served at 7 p.m. The purpose of the organization is to improve the local pheasant population. Nebraska pheasant hunting season opens Saturday, Oct. 26 and closes Jan. 31. The daily bag limit is three birds. Only roosters may be shot. The Nebraska Game and Parks agency releases pen-raised pheasants before the regular season opens and again before Thanksgiving. The Kansas season opened...
Saturday evening, the Superior High School D1 Nebraska State Champion volleyball team stopped by the Superior Auditorium to celebrate with the Brodstone Healthcare gala participants. Above, one can see the Superior High School vans in the foreground, some of the crowd greeting the girls in front of the auditorium and greeters on the auditorium deck. It was truly a red carpet night in Superior. Members of the Superior High School Nebraska State D-1 champion volleyballl team pose for a picture...
Registration closes Monday for the Thankful Jaunt sponsored by Brodstone Community Wellness on Thanksgiving Day. Participants can join the jaunt from where ever they are, choose the distance and speed they want so there are few excuses for not participating. Registration is on line at: runsignup.com/Race/NE/Superior/BrodstoneHealthcareThankfulJaunt....
The Nuckolls County Human Interagency Services (HIS) Team is again sponsoring a “Giving Tree” for residents of Nuckolls County this holiday season. The HIS team is comprised of Deb Ostidiek, Verlene Watson, Peggy Meyer, Janice Reinke from Hope Pregnancy Center, Ashlei Roesti from Community Action Partnership and Maddie Peterson from Brod- stone Healthcare. The Giving Tree project is a coordinated effort with many area businesses, organizations, groups and individuals. The Giving Tree also coordinates with the Coats for Kids Project, Toys for...
On Sunday, Nov. 3, Col. Clifford Silsby, Col. Edward Sykes and 1SG Darrel Haeffele were inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame at the Nickell Armory at Topeka. Col. Silsby, son of Boyd and Donna Silsby, graduated from Mankato High School. Col. Clifford M. Silsby was born July 19, 1952, in Concordia, Kansas. He enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard after high school graduation in February, 1970. He completed basic and advanced individual training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri....
After the polls closed last Tuesday and the votes were tallied, the Jewell County Election Office staff provided the following unoffical vote counts. A total of 1,567 voters cast ballots. In the following report, the first number given is the number of votes received and the number in brackets is the percent of the total vote count for that office or question. President and Vice President: Oliver, 8 [.51], Trump 1,344 [86.86], Harris, 175 [11.22], and Kennedy 19 [1.22]. District 1 U.S. Representative: Paul Buskink (D) 135 [8.84, Tracy Mann (R)...
Friday was a special day in Jewell. Two businesses opened! Both are located at 213 Main Street in Jewell. The building is often referred to as "the old Merc." The owners of the businesses are Ryan and Ashton Wilson Cates. Ryan Cates, owner of Neb-Kan Consultant Service, has moved his office from his home to the Jewell location. Cates graduated from Belleville High School with the Class of 2005, then graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agronomy. He has been involved with...
The 2024 election process is now over. The event for 2024 which seemed never to end, concluded Nov. 5. Nuckolls County seemed to follow the general aims of most of other Nebraskans. A little over 70 percent of Nuckolls County voters made it to the Polls and are now recorded for history. Following are results for federal and Nuckolls County positions that may be of interest to readers in our area. President: Trump 1,832; Harris 399; Others 27. Senator: (6-year term) Fischer 1,562; Osborn 651; Others 8. Senator: (2-year term) Ricketts 1,890;...
Villages . . . towns . . . and cities . . . in Nebraska are all required to submit water samples to the state of Nebraska to determine if the water is contaminated, or not. While some tests are conducted more often, the tests for ‘lead-copper’ is done once every three years. Near the end of last week, Lawrence village residents all received notices that the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy reported that the village did not pass the requirements of a recent lead and copper survey sent in. The requirement set by the state is tha...
