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A former Nuckolls County resident, now serving as the Junction Ctiy High School's JROTC instructor, Sergeant First Class Ted Ehlers has been selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Society of High School Scholars. As a role model to pupils, Ehlers was nominated by a high school student for his outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence in the profession. Ehlers oversees the school's Blue Jays JROTC Raider team and helped lead them to three-straight national...
Members of the Superior and Hardy volunteer fire departments were engaged in a four-hour fight Monday afternoon involving hay bales at a feedlot and grain storage site operated by Matt Kile along the Webber Blacktop about two miles south of Superior. Sixteen members of the Superior department and eight from Hardy assisted by farmers with tractors and grapple forks fought the fire. An estimated 40 bales were lost. After the fire was controlled, a pit was dug and the smoldering remains buried to reduce the chance for the fire rekindling. The...
The Ruskin Volunteer Fire Department was called shortly before 8:45 Thursday evening to the Gaylen Cox farm where a large chicken house was reported to be on fire. Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Cox said they had yet to learn the cause of the fire. The approximately 800 square foot building was destroyed by the fire and 18 chickens were lost. Over the years the structure located southwest of the family home had been used for a number of purposes including a home for bottle calves. Fortunately the f...
This is homecoming week at Lawrence-Nelson. The week is full of activities to liven up the days leading up to the football game. Each day is a different dress-up day. Monday was PJ Day. Tuesday - Adam Sandler Day. Wednesday there is no school. However, L-N students encouraged visitors to walk through the high school during parent-teacher conferences from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to look at their hallway decorations and vote for their favorite. Today (Thursday) is Color Wars Day: 6th grade - purple;...
It doesn’t feel much like winter today, but the National Weather Service is confident winter is on the way and effective Tuesday, the agency changed winter forecast terms. Instead of issuing Wind Chill Watches, Warnings and Advisories, all offices will now issue Cold Advisories and Extreme Cold Watches or Warnings. Wind chill information will still be available, but the forecasts will be reflective of both actual air temperature and feel-like temperature (not solely dependent upon wind speed). Here are the criteria for South Central N...
In recent weeks the Ruskin churches have been cooperating on a project to clean and improve the community's Memorial Park. Sunday Ruskin area residents gathered in the park for a meal and afternoon of games and good times. Marsha Schultz said, "The beautiful fall weather supplied the perfect environment for fun, games and visiting with friends following a delicious meal." Meat sandwiches were provide with the guests bringing a side or dessert. Organizers hope to make the Ruskin Picnic and...
Brodstone Health and Wellness is sponsoring Expo 2024 at the Superior Auditorium from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 19. Highlights included flu shots, skin cancer screening, blood pressure checks, new ambulance tour, patient portal sign up, cyber security, CPR and basic life support demonstrations, car seat checks, medicare open enrollment information, medication takeback information, speciality clinic provider information, Thrive Center introduction, games and giveaways....
We have some good news to share in this week's newspaper. Near the end of July, Charla Pamplin, a floral arranger at Main Street Floral, discovered her wedding ring was missing. And it wasn't just her diamond wedding ring with all the importance and memories normally assigned to a wedding ring. It was a special ring for it had also been her late mother-in-law's diamond wedding ring. Charla and her associates at Main Street Floral launched an immediate hunt for the ring. They searched the store f...
On Monday, county election officers across Nebraska began mailing early voting ballots to voters who completed early voting applications and fulfilled the new voter identification requirement. It was reported a majority of those wanting to vote were following the identification requirement. Voters have two options to fulfill the requirement. Voters can write their Nebraska driver’s license or state ID number on the application or they may submit the application with a photocopy of their acceptable ID. Most voters are choosing to write the r...
The Jewell Chamber of Commerce named Jason and Billi Arasmith as the 2024 Corn Show Parade Grand Marshalls. They are the owners and managers of Jewell Implement and active in their community, church and family. As grand marshalls, they will lead the Corn Show Parade at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 They have been "from Jewell" their entire lives. Jason's parents are Roy and Amy Wilson Arasmith and Billi's are Bill and Becky Oplinger Loomis, all Jewell residents. They are about as "home grown"...
Jewell County Memorial VFW No. 7830 Auxiliary met Tuesday, Sept.17, with six members and one guest present. Guest was Jerri McBride, District 4 Senior vice auxiliary president from Herrington, doing an official visit. Minutes from prior meeting were approved as read and communications read by the secretary were Department President Message, General Orders No. 3, District President Corner, article from Department Treasurer and program coordinator on web-site news. The treasurer’s report was given and filed for audit. A bill for District No. 4 Sc...
A wild farm cat in Jewell County, located in the Webber area, has tested positive for rabies. This is the first animal that has tested positive for rabies in Jewell County for 2024. Rabies is a fatal viral disease in people and animals. People or animals can become infected with the rabies virus from a bite by a rabid animal or when saliva from the rabid animal comes into contact with the eyes, inside the mouth, or an open wound. The risk for human exposure to rabies is real, but preventable. Animal rabies is common in Kansas and skunks are...
Catholic Charities Outreach Services will be in Mankato Wednesday Oct. 9, at the Catholic Church, from noon until 1 p.m., offering a box of food and hygiene items for those families who qualify....
Monday the Kansas Department of Transportation began a mill and overlay project on about 9.5 miles of K-9 in Mitchell County. Resurfacing on K-9 will occur from the U.S. 24/K-9 junction at Beloit and continue east to the Mitchell-Cloud county line. During construction, flaggers and a pilot car will be used to direct one-lane of traffic through the work zone at a reduced speed. Drivers should be prepared for a delay of up to 15 minutes and plan extra time in their travel schedules. Shilling Construction Co., of Manhattan, is the prime...
Eight sponsoring agencies pro- vided help for the Jewell County Conservation fall education programs held Thursday, Sept. 26 at the elementary school gym and the Mankato City Park. Each kindergarten through fifth grade student was able to view the soil tunnel, earth balloon and play a game of Predator vs Prey during the conservation morning. The non-inflatable soil tunnel was manned by Shannon Smith, Amanda Johnson and Grace DeMars. What are the keys to healthy soil, soil biology and just what...
Jewell County were saddened this week by the unexpected deaths of two residents: Andrew Pumphrey and Max McMains. A prayer vigil was held at the Mankato City Park Wednesday afternoon for the Pumphrey family and also for the McMains family after tragedy struck both families. Pumphrey was killed in a truck-trßactor accident last Monday and McMains died of a gun shot wound mid-week. Above, friends and family gathered at St. Theresa Catholic Cemetery Tuesday morning to pay their respects to Andrew...
Fourth-grade students from Adams, Clay, Nuckolls and Webster counties learned about health and wellness at South Heartland District Health Department’s 20th Annual Nebraska Kids Fitness & Nutrition Day (NKFND), held Tuesday at the YMCA of Hastings. The day’s activities took place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hastings YMCA. Approximately 400 students attended. Brooke Wolfe, local NKFND coordinator for the South Heartland District Health Department, said “fourth-graders are a good age to work with because they are beginning to develop lifel...
Members of the Superior City Council held a public hearing and wrapped up city business for September in a session which lasted about 30 minutes. However, in that time period the council was able to spend more than $450,000. The biggest ticket item was a new digger-derrick truck for the utility department. The council approved the purchase of DM47E model from Altec with a cost of $305,000. Delivery is expected in October of 2025. It will replace a 1994 unit purchased used more than 20 years...
After being silent for several weeks, the Union Church bell is again ringing in Hardy. Members of the congregation are not certain when the bell was installed on top of the frame church located across the street from the community hall, but it was a longtime ago and may date to the early days of Hardy. The bell was silenced earlier this year by a broken rope. In August, Jason Gillilan had a large telehandler in town to help with a roofing project, After the owner of the machine agreed it could...
The Jewell County Sheriff’s office reported Tuesday afternoon that Deputy Elliot Kimminau caught a motorist during 85 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone within Jewell County. With farm machinery moving between harvest fields now is not the time to driving that fast on any road in Jewell County. We haven’t gotten an official report but Highway 128 was recently closed for a time last week because of an accident near S Road. The tow truck driver reported it was one of the harder calls he had respond to because of where he had to winch the...
A 38-year-old man with a Mankato address, Andrew Pumphrey, was killed in a motor vehicle accident just before 9:30 p.m. Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Freightliner semi-truck tractor driven by Casey Tate, 62, of Luray, collided with a Case IH tractor towing a farm implement driven by Pumphrey a short distance west of Scandia. Pumphrey was thrown from the tractor and pronounced dead at the scene. His body was transported to the Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home. Emergency medical services personnel transported Michelle Hauger,...
For this issue of the Jewell County Record we had hoped a reader would submit and an unusural picture they saw while out shopping the Highway 36 Treasure Hunt. We made the request last Wednesday on Facebook and suggested someone take a cell phone picture of an unusual thing they saw being offered for sale or someone struggling to pack all of their purchased treasures into their vehicle. Either Facebook didn’t work and or nothing unusual was seen for we got not one picture submission. We did hear some stories associated with the annual 4...
The Jewell County Health Department plans to have outreach influenza vaccine clinics this upcoming season in Burr Oak and Esbon. Flu clinic dates and other information will be announced on The Jewell County Health Department Facebook page, website and posted on flyers in the community. This year at the Corn Show in Jewell, the health department will offer RSV (adults only), COVID (Moderna) pending shipment, pneumonia and influenza vaccines. The department hopes to have COVID vaccine available by the Corn Show. If you are interested in a...
People rarely talk about the foods they toss out, yet the topic of food waste is getting a lot more attention these days. It has been estimated Americans throw away billions of pounds of food each year either at home or when eating out. And that amount doesn’t even include the food that goes uneaten at the grocery store. Not all food that is wasted can be saved and eaten, but it has been proven a lot of food waste could be prevented, especially at home. A good place to start is right in your own kitchen. Here are a few tips. Plan meals based o...
The Jewell County commissioners met Sept. 9. Commissioners Ed Duskie, and Brent Beck were present. Myka Zadina and Carla Waugh, county clerk, attended the meeting. Joel Elkins, general superintendent, said they will be adding some gravel to 160 Road to reduce the blowing rock dust. They are preparing for fall harvest. The commissioners went into executive session to discuss non-elected personnel with Joel Elkins present. Regular session resumed with no action taken. Commissioners approved the certified powertrain and hydraulic rebuild on the...
