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The Jewell County Commissioners met Dec. 26. Commissioners, Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie and Carla Waugh, county clerk, were present. The following were present for the office head meeting and provided an update for their department: Don Jacobs, sheriff; Chris Petet, custodian; Carla Waugh, county clerk; Cindy Becker, health administrator; and Kevin Peroutek, noxious weed director, emergency preparedness director and 911 coordinator. Those absent: Shannon Meier, ambulance director; Amanda Davis, register of deeds; Joel Elkins, general...
Keith Roe, Mankato, announced he will not seek reelection as 2nd District County Commissioner. Roe is completing his second term in the district comprising Center with Mankato and Limestone townships. The filing deadline for all county offices except county commissioner district 1 is Monday, June 3, 2024; County attorney, county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff and county commissioner district 3. Kansas will hold a Presidential Preference Primary Tuesday, March 19. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, is the deadline to register to vote...
Mankato looked like a winter wonderland on Monday. However, travel conditions were poor. This picture features a vehicle traveling near Mankato on Highway 36. Area schools were canceled and many area businesses closed early. School was also canceled Tuesday. Monday evening light snow driven with high winds caused drifting throughout the area and closed Kansas highways. Kerma Crouse purchased a Berber blanket in the Atlas Mountains of eastern Morocco in June of 1978. The Berbers are a nomadic...
The Ladies of Salem Lutheran Church enjoyed a soup supper plus trimmings and fabulous desserts on Wednesday, Jan. 3, in observance of the Jan. 6 day of Epiphany. This day also marks the day the Wise Men, known as Magi, completed their journey to honor the Christ Child and present their gifts. During the business meeting following supper, the following officers were installed for the 2024 year: DeAnna Tuttle, president; Lexie Frahm, vice-president; Murlene Schleufer, secretary; and Diane Gebers, secretary. The group also approved donations to...
Monday morning, large flakes of heavy wet snow fell throughout the area for several hours. With moderate temperatures and only a slight breeze, it seems much of the snow melted, but it came so heavy and fast it was difficult to be sure. This scene features a lone walker headed to the Superior Post Office. For Christmas, in the rural country side south of Ruskin, Arlo and Petersen decorated this 1948 John Deere tractor with a wreath. The tractor was once owned and operated by a great uncle,...
About 3:15 Tuesday afternoon the Kansas Department of Transportation closed Kansas Highway 148 between Kansas Highway 15 and U.S. Highway 81 because of numerous vehicles sliding off the road or becoming stalled. At that time Westbound I-70 from Salina to Oakley was still closed but the east bound lanes had been reopened...
With the heavy snowfall and anticipated high winds, Chris Peterson, the mayor of Superior, declared a snow emergency Monday morning. According to the news release from the city office, a snow emergency means weather conditions have made travel extremely hazardous. If a resident of Superior has an emergency, they were told to contact the Superior Police Department or the Nuckolls County Sheriff’s department dispatcher for assistance. During snow emergencies, city street workers attempt to maintain access to the Public Safety Building and the B...
With the arrival of 2024 comes he need for new calendars. The 2023 calendars may have served us well throughout 2023 but they are hard to use in 2024. This issue of your newspaper contains a small calendar prepared for you by the staff of this newspaper. In addition to having 2024 on the front, it has 2025 and 2026 on the flip side. Look for the calendar tucked inside the advertising supplements, Extra copies are available for the asking at our office....
As expected, a 30-year-old Superior resident was arraigned in county court last Wednesday and bound over to district court where he will asnwer charges associated with the death of another Superior resident on Dec. 17. Sebastian L. Dunbar has been charged with first degree murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony and intentional child abuse without serious bodily injury. According to the arrest affidavit, Dunbar and the deceased victim, Molly Guber, 35, were involved in a domestic dispute at their shared residence at 1216 Idaho Street on...
Friday, about 6:30 p.m. the Jewell County dispatch center maintained in the county sheriff’s office received a report that a semi-truck had left Highway 14 and over turned. The caller wasn’t sure of the location but thought it was north of Lovewell Lake. Emergency services personnel from both Jewell and Nuckolls County were dispatched to look for the accident. Three fire trucks with 14 men aboard and an ambulance was dispatched from Superior. They were joined by Superior and Nuckolls County law enforcement officers. The wreckage was found in th...
This week as we leave 2023 behind and cross over in 2024, we are somewhat uncertain what the new year will bring. Randy Nielsen, an Express photographer, said entering the new years is somewhat like what it was for him on a recent foggy morning when he crossed the Republican River bridge southwest of Hardy. He had left Nebraska behind and was entering Kansas but he couldnʼt see the mysteries that Kansas held. The bridge straddles the Republic and Jewell county lines and is less than a mile...
Tis indeed the season to keep area children warm. So far this winter, 45 new coats purchased through the Superior Community Corporation’s “Coats for Kids” project, have been distributed! And there will probably be more as the program usually receives a handful of requests during the next couple of months in addition to those received at the start of the winter. The community corporation collects the money and purchases the coats. Peggy Meyer continues to provide a valuable service and keeps track of who got a coat so there is no fear of ‘doub...
At the December meeting of the Superior Youth Athletic Association, the group’s board selected a new treasurer to replace Missy Woemer who is stepping away from the position and a new vice-president. Jennifer Bruns is the new treasurer and Markee Kile is the vice-president....
Tri-Saints Lutheran Parish composed of St. Paul, Hardy, St. Peter, Byron, and St Paul, Byron will be served by a vicar who is doing a one-year internship during 2024. Vicar Jack Roegner will be supervised by the Rev. Keith Brozek of Hebron. Vicar Jack is married to the Rev. Beth Roegner, Pastor of Christ’s and Zion Lutheran in Davenport and Carleton. They have two adult children, William, and Jeffrey, who live in Eaton, Ohio, and Richmond, Indiana. Vicar Jack was born and raised in Decatur, Illinois, which at that time was considered the Soybea...
The Jewell County commissioners met Dec. 11. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. LaVernia Peters, mayor of Formoso and Mark Stenson, council member, discussed the 2024 RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) discretionary grant program notice of funding opportunity for $1.5 billion available in grant funding. Carla Waugh discussed the Kansas Secretary of State security grant and the TextMyGov proposal. Commissioners went into...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Dec. 18. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. Anthony Wyatt stopped to inquire about buying gravel to put on T Road and 160 Road. Brent Beck moved, and Keith Roe seconded to go into executive session to discuss non-elected personnel beginning with P.J. Garst and Carla Waugh present. Regular session resumed with no action taken. Greg and Gayla Flavin, Ivan Frost, Pam Hajny, Dave Hastings, Alan Davis, Todd Davis, Ron Whelchel, Er...
Thursday, Dec. 14, the members of the Sacred Heart parish “Keenagers” completed 50 years of service to the Lawrence community with a soup lunch and fellowship timeat the Lawrence Fire Hall. The event also completed 37 years of service to the organization by Cindy Troudt and Marilyn Svoboda. The two served as coordinators for the group. Cindy volunteered 19 years of service and Marilyn volunteered for 18 years. Introduced as leaders for the future were Lynette Hofstetter and Jolene Mazour. According to the Lawrence Centennial Book: “In 1974,...
It may not have been the largest Christmas gathering ever, but 24 of the Lawrence American Legion Post No. 45 members, Auxiliary members and Sons of the American Legion members came to enjoy and evening of fun, food and fellowship on Dec. 7. A dinner of ham, potatoes and dressing, accompanied the carry-in salads and desserts brought in by the members was enjoyed by all. The event was held at the Lawrence American Legion Hall. A short history of the “Candy Cane” was presented and everyone went home with Candy Canes wishing all a Merry Chr...
This black 1978 Plymouth Valore with simulated wood paneling represents the Griswold Family Christmas car, from a 1989 Christmas movie. The display can be seen at Candy Cane Lane in Superior and was provided by the Jared Mikkelsen Family. The Griswold car was part of an iconic family car chase near the opening the movie....
While in Superior the Christmas storm of 2024 was retreating into our memory on Tuesday it was still of current concern in some areas of Nebraska. Tuesday afternoon the Nebraska Department of Transportation reported Interstate 890 in both directions between Sidney and Exit 179 at North Platte was closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles because of the ongoing winter storm. US 30 was also closed between North Platte and Sidney because blowing snow had reduced motorists’ visibility to zero....
As this issue when to press Tuesday evening, Sebastion Dunbar, 30, was scheduled to be arraignment in Nuckolls County Court to answer charges related to the death of Molly Gruber, 35, on Dec. 17. After being found lying on the floor of her home, she was transported about one block to the Brodstone Healthcare hospital where she was pronounced dead. The arraignment will be Dunbar’s first court appearance since his arrest. At the arraignment the accused defendant is formally read the criminal charges and possible penalties as their rights. It w...
Cindy Meyer is retiring as a Superior rural postal carrier today (Thursday, Dec. 28) after more than 25 years delivering mail. She has had three different routes, two in Nelson and the most recent one in Superior for 2 1/2 years. Meyer started as a rural carrier in Nelson before transferring to Superior. When Cindy was not carrying mail, she was helping her husband, Brad, on their farm near Nora, with harvest, chores and taking care of the chickens, guineas, goats, dogs and cats. The favorite...
Those folks in this area who were dreaming of a white Christmas got what they wanted this week, and perhaps a bunch more. The folks who had Christmas travel plans, they didn’t fare so well. It wasn’t the storm of the century as some early forecasts indicated it might be but it was enough to snarl the holiday plans of many. A slow moving blizzard swept across Nebraska just touching the northern part of Nuckolls County. Though much of our prime circulation missed the blizzard, generally several inches of snow were received. The storm which began...
The Rock Hills Elementary School celebrated several events with family and friends this fall including Pancakes with People, a Halloween Parade, a food drive benefiting the Jewell County Helping Hands Ministry, Thankful Treats and a Family Fun Night. “I couldn’t be any happier with the tremendous turnout of parents and friends in support of our students,” said Mrs. Cassi Bozarth, elementary school principal. “Scientific studies have shown that family engagement events help to build a positive environment in the school and help students to achi...
The projector is fixed and the Ute has a full weekend of movie entertainment planned. Wish will again be playing at 7:30 Friday and Saturday eveing and at 3 p.m. Sunday. Then at 7:30 Sunday, Journey to Bethlehem will be playing. This is the movie that was scheduled when the projector broken....
