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Patchy fog has been almost a daily issue for area commuters since the snow storm that dumped several inches of snow on the area in January. Some days, it leaves a thin layer of nearly invisible ice on the sidewalks and roadways. This foggy scene was shot across the street north of the Superior Elementary Building Tuesday morning as Superior students arrive for school....
The Jewell County Cinema, Inc. (JCCI) Board met last Monday, at the Mankato Christian Church and by Zoom. Thadd Hinkle, Phyllis Christie, Sarah Ortman and Janis McDill were present in person and Lisa Goodheart, Linda Jones and Kristin Underwood were present via Zoom. Janis McDill reported she has paid all outstanding bills, including the quarterly sales tax. She said the theater lost $275 last month. In old business, Phyllis Christie said the kettle on the popcorn machine needs to be deep cleaned. She will look for appropriate cleaning supplies...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Jan. 29. Commissioners Keith Roe, Ed Duskie, and Brent Beck were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. The following were present for the office head meeting and provided an update for their department: Shannon Meier, ambulance director; Don Jacobs, sheriff; Chris Petet, custodian; Scott Wright, county attorney; Cindy Becker, health administrator; Carla J Waugh, county clerk; and Kevin Peroutek, noxious weed director, emergency preparedness director and 911 coordinator. Those...
The Rock Hills High School Scholars Bowl team competed in the regional championship tournament on Feb. 1 in Oberlin. The team had an outstanding performance going undefeated for the second year in a row and earning a trip to the 1A Division 1 State Championship in Frankfort on Saturday Feb. 10. Team members are Calen Beck, Cooper Rhea, Hannah Simmelink, Isabella Volker, Arielle Jacobs and Ethan Wirth....
The Rock Hills High School Chapter of FBLA attended District IV competition at Belleville on Monday, Jan. 29. Nine members competed in presentation events and 28 members competed in objective and production tests. The members hard work paid off earning 59 Top 10 placings in objective tests and 15 Top 4 placings in presentation-production events. A total of 21 members qualified to compete at the State Leadership Conference to be held April 4-5 in Topeka. FBLA District IV Results First place: Hannah Simmelink, business communications; Hannah...
On Sunday, Jan, 28, Jewell County Sheriff’s Deputies, Mankato Fire, Mankato Rescue, and Jewell County EMS were dispatched to a rollover accident on Highway 128 near Ionia. A northbound box truck loaded with parts for a grain elevator was near M Road. The vehicle fish tailed, the driver over corrected and lost control. The overturned onto its side. The driver was checked by EMS on scene and released. Highway 128 was closed to traffic for several hours. Mitchell County Deputies helped direct traffic at the Highway 24 and Highway 128 i...
Two medical school students from this general area, 25-year-old Drake Kee from Beloit and 31-year-old Trenton Colburn from Belleville, are enrolled in the Kansas State University's Physicians Assistant program doing clinicals at Jewell County Rural Health Clinic since early January. The clinicals began Jan. 8 and concluded Wednesday. Kee is a graduate of St. Johns High School in Beloit. He is in his second year of the physician assistant program and this is his first clinical rotation. Kee said...
Nelson Post 187 Legionnaires Chuck Tuttle, Vince Walton, Max VanSkiver; Auxiliary members DeAnna Tuttle and Donna Cox (Marlin's wife), quilt creator Barb Harris-Sole, and members from the Deshler Legion Post, along with Parkview Haven staff, participated in a presentation ceremony honoring Veteran Marlin Cox held at Parkview Haven in Deshler. The ceremony explains that the quilt brings a 3-part message: honor, freedom and comfort. Each stitch represents the love and gratitude of the maker and...
This week’s commissioners’ meeting was anything but business as usual as the commissioners held a public forum to discuss the possibility of a new courthouse with their constituents. Around 20 individuals attended the meeting, all having many questions about the conditions in the current courthouse. The big question of the day was can the current courthouse be renovated? Many would like to see the building renovated, but with mold seeping into the main floors of the building, bats in the belfry and electrical and heating-cooling issues, is it...
Community promoters sometimes wish Superior was located on a four-lane highway like Aurora or Belleville. To be on a four-lane might be okay but this week most agree that routing four-lane traffic over our two-lane highways is not good. Monday the Nebraska Department of Transportation closed the south bound lanes of U.S. Highway 81 north of Hebron to allow for the emergency repair of a failing culvert. Monday¹s designated detour route was west on Highway 4 to the intersection with Highway 5,... Full story
Unless you have been hibernating under a rock, it is hard to not know 2024 is a Presidential election year. This newspaper receives dozens of email messages daily about the national election and the area’s daily newspapers are filled with national election news. While this is an off-year in Nuckolls County there will be one county office to be filled along with city, village and school board positions. This issue of your newspaper contains the second official notice of the positions Nuckolls County voters will be asked to fill this year. The on...
On Saturday, Jan. 20, Brodstone Healthcare employees received recognition for their years of service at the annual holiday party held at Superior Auditorium. The event concluded with the presentation of the 2023 Employee of the Year Award. Jennifer Eitzmann was nominated for the award by her colleagues. This honor is awarded to employees who demonstrate a strong commitment and dedication to Brodstone's mission, vision and values. As an ultrasound technologist at Brodstone Healthcare, Jennifer...
The Crest Theater was founded in 1953. At that time, there was one auditorium that held up to 750 people. The box office was located on the east side of the building where patrons bought their tickets through a window outside of the building. Rick Disney, who was a projectionist in the 1970s, informs that in the 1970s there were two film projectors used to alternate reels for every screening. Since those days, several changes have been implemented. The projectors are now digital and with the...
What a change a week can make. Last week there were people out on Lovewell Lake ice fishing. This week the snow geese have arrived and the ice is buckling. This picture was taken by Mary Utecht on Sunday. In good weather, Tierney Casper, elementary music teacher often jogs pushing this large wheeled stroller with her two preschool children. So Sunday afternoon, when a portion of Superior had semi-dry streets, the children begged to go outside. They were thrilled to jump in the water puddles,...
The Jewell County Sheriff’s Office was contacted on Jan. 23, by the Randall Farmer Co-op Station in reference to theft of diesel fuel. Incidents happened on the following days: Nov. 26, 2023 in the amount of $100.00, Dec. 20, 2023 in the amount of $502.40 and Jan. 7, 2024 in the amount of $698.55 for a total of $1,300.95. Cameras show a white semi with an enclosed trailer with two male subjects. The semi has no markings. The semi has a long nose and sleeper. Pictures do not show the make of semi. If you have any information about this semi o...
The January meeting of the Jewell County Council on aging was held at the senior center in Mankato on Jan. 18, not at Randall because of road conditions. Dale Parks, Harlow Vader, Carol Thomason, Jane Pahls, Phyllis Briggs, Janis McDill, Bill and Barb Thomas were present at the meeting. President Carol Thomason called the meeting to order with the flag salute. Phyllis Briggs read the minutes from the last meeting and they were approved. Harlow Vader gave the treasurer’s report which was accepted. Carol gave the site manager’s report. She rep...
The Pawnee Mental Health Governing Board has appointed of Michael Rezkalla as the new chief executive officer, following a national search process. Anne Browne, Manhattan, outgoing governing board chair led the search committee which included incoming governing board chair, Kathy Webster, Cawker City, incoming foundation board president, Wayne Sloan, Manhattan, governing board treasurer, Barb Wise, Beloit, and Kyle Kessler, Topeka, CEO of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, Inc. Members of the Pawnee governing board...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Jan. 8. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe, and Ed Duskie and Carla Waugh, county clerk, were present . Joel Elkins, general superintendent, discussed road concerns. Keith Roe was appointed chairman and Ed Duskie was appointed vice chairman. The Jewell County Record was designated as the official county newspaper. All banks in Jewell County were designated as official depositories. Ed Duskie was appointed Jewell County’s representative for the LEPG advisory board. Ed Duskie was reappointed as Jewell C...
The Jewell County commissioners met Jan. 16, with commissioners Keith Roe, Ed Duskie and Brent Beck and Carla Waugh, county clerk, present for the meeting. Shannon Meier, ambulance director, reviewed the monthly activity report and billing report for December. Commissioners approved to write-off $6,614.16 for the last quarter of 2023 for EMS as uncollectable. Commissioners approved Resolution 24-01 for 2024 Rural Opportunity Zone program and Resolution 24-02 GAAP Financial Waiver for 2024. P.J. Garst, solid waste director, discussed purchasing...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Jan. 22. Commissioners Keith Roe, Ed Duskie and Brent Beck and Carla Waugh, county clerk, were present for the meeting. Republic County Commissioners telephoned to discuss the state sanitary code and sanitarians. Steve Melnick, Colonial Insurance, reviewed group term life insurance policies that are available for county employees. He also reviewed group accident insurance along with accidental death and disability insurance. The commissioners said they would consider the policies. Joel Elkins, general...
We have been unable to obtain more details but the North Central Kansas Health Collaborative reported the City of Formoso has received a $20,000 grant through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Pathways to a Healthy Kansas program for improvements to the community park. The Pathways to a Healthy Kansas initiative is the largest community grant imitative funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas. It provides resources for communities to remove barriers to healthy living. It was started in 2016 with eight communities and has been expanding since....
The Nelson Library held a free will donation spaghetti dinner Sunday at the Nelson Community Center. Library board members and volunteers prepared and served the meal. The event brought in a little more than $2,000 for the outdoor renovations such as sprucing up the backyard for summer movie nights and outdoor activities....
On Friday, Sabastian L. Dunbar, the 30-year-old Superior resident charged with first degree murder, waived waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Nuckolls County Court and was bound over to district court. The preliminary hearing is an option which requires the prosecutors to present why they believe the accused should proceed to district court. According to the arrest affidavit, Dunbar and the deceased, Molly Gruber, were involved in a domestic dispute at their shared Superior residence on Dec. 17, The couple’s 2-year-old daughter was a...
Five Nuckolls County projects are included in the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s highway improvement plan introduced earlier this month, None of the projects are scheduled for completion in the 2024 construction season but they are in the plan for completion in the following 5-year time plan. The plans are often termed the 1 and 6. Project in the one year portion are pretty certain but projects in the next five years are less certain. The longest of the projects is the 15.32 mile resurfacing of Highway 14 from the north edge of N...
The Superior City Council held a public hearing Monday evening to consider a request to change the zoning of a residential property at 316 N Kansas from general commercial to medium density residential. The property in question has long been used as a residence. It is now for sale but lending agencies are reluctant to loan money on a residence zoned as a commercial location. It is one of six residences in the block, five of which are zoned commercial. The block has long been a mix of commercial and residential properties. No one appeared before...
