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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...
Keenagers met again at the fire hall in Lawrence on Thursday, Oct. 17, with Lynette Hofstetter and Jo Mazour hosting. There were 25 guests. The meal was chili and cheeseburger soups with cinnamon rolls on the side and then a wonderful dessert. Those attending enjoyed each other’s company with an afternoon of playing bingo and cards. The next meeting will be Thursday, Nov. 21, at the fire hall. Hosts will be Brenda Janda and Betty Himmelberg. They will be serving a Thanksgiving meal with all the fixings. Please come and enjoy the d...
The Lawrence-Nelson Elementary Veterans' Day Program took place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, in the elementary gym. The program began with the posting of the colors by the Lawrence American Legion followed by the pledge of allegiance. Kindergarten through fifth grade students sang "The Star Spangled Banner" followed by "America" and "Thank You Military." The singing portion of the program concluded with "A Patriotic Salute" including the armed forces songs. Veterans were encouraged to stand...
The senior class at Lawrence Nelson High School presented yet another immaculate presentation for the veterans of our community. Monday's program was filled with artwork, interviews, woodwork and a live bald eagle. Each year, these students continue to amaze the staff and community with their contributions. The students shared a description of their project while also discussing what Veteran's Day means to them. In the coming years, it would be great to see more public and veterans attend....
How often does the average person use the Nelson library and all its assets? Where would you go if you couldn't use the library? And what would the cost be to you if you were to use a computer elsewhere, buy a book or a CD-DVD, eBooks and Audiobooks or Wi-Fi use? Where and at what cost could you use a meeting room, get homework help, use Makerspace equipment or have computer-electronic device training and assistance and have access to local newspapers and many magazines? Many of us take the...
November is National Family Literacy Month. Libraries and literacy organizations are promoting family literacy and Family Literacy Month. Why a Family Literacy Month? Because early involvement of parents and family, talking reading, writing, and thinking with young children is key to developing solid literacy skills. The stronger those skills are the stronger a child’s language, literacy and reading skills will be. Success in literacy and reading spills over into success in other academic areas. Need another reason to emphasize Family Literacy?...
Reservations are to be made with Elk Creek Country Club board members by Sunday for the club’s Fall Par-Tee planned for Saturday, Nov. 30 at the Nelson Auditorium. The event includes a meal, games and entertainment with a course presentation. For additional information see the advertisement in this issue of the Nuckolls County Locomotive-Gazette....
While there were few local races, the Nebraska Secretary of State predicted more than 75 percent of the state's eligible voters would cast ballots in the Presidential Election held Tuesday. Personal observation of Nuckolls County polling places indicated that prediction was probably on target. Because of current post office schedules, it was not possible to include the results in this week's edition of your newspaper. However, when the unofficial results were available for Nuckolls County they...
The Superior and Rock Hills public schools have planned special activities for Monday in observance of Veterans Day. At Superior the day will begin with a veterans breakfast served in the high school library starting at 8:30. All area veterans are invited but they must make a reservation in advance by calling the school office. At 10, there will be a program recognizing the veterans in the high school gymnasium. The Rock Hills School at Mankato will hold a Veterans Day program beginning at 9 in the high school gymnasium. Seating will be...
Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed Natalie G. Nelsen-Pacey of Holdrege as a county court judge in the 10th Judicial District. That district includes Nuckolls, Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps and Webster counties. Nelsen-Pacey has served as both the deputy county attorney and the county attorney in Phelps County since 2017. Before that, she was an attorney in the Holdrege law firm of Dier, Osborn, Cox & Nelson for nearly nine years where her areas of practice included corporate, business, real estate, family, juvenile and...
We've been sitting on this story since last Memorial Day and we still don't have all the pieces. However, we think it appropriate to publish what we have in advance of Veterans Day. As part of the annual Spring Creek Cemetery Memorial Day Service, two Ruskin area veterans, Gail Kleen and Keith Schultz. were presented Quilts of Valor by Buford Hoyer, commander of the Ruskin American Legion Post. The quilts were made by a Ruskin area resident, Donna Meyer. Kleen served in the United States Air...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Esbon public water supply system located in Jewell County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of installation of new water mains resulting in a loss of pressure during construction. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Laboratory testing samples collected from the City of Esbon indicate no evidence of bacteriological contamination and all other conditions...
During October officers with the Jewell County Sheriff’s Department answered sixty-five 911 calls, eight alarm tests, and responded to 10 animal calls, 10 auto accidents, 28 EMS calls, 20 fires, one fraud incident, one sexual assault, made three arrests, 73 traffic stops, six traffic stops with a K-9 and four welfare checks. Eighteen papers were served. A couple of interesting statistics from the sheriff’s office: Underage drinking accounts for 11 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States. Forty-two percent of all teenagers who sta...
On Oct. 24, the Courtland City Council hosted a special meeting to discuss the addition of turning lanes on U.S. Highway 36, a crucial infastruc-ture enhancement in preparation for the opening of the Central Valley Ag (CVA) grain handing facility known as the Courtland Hub. The Hub is a shuttle train loading facility served by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway located near the Courtland turnoff of Highway 36. The Oct. 31 issue of the Courtland Journal reported invitations were extended to various community and state representatives but...
