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Michele Bever, South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) executive director, is reporting steadily increasing cases of COVID-like Illness (CLI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) locally since September. While Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases remain low in the South Heartland district, there has been a rapid rise in RSV illness statewide over the past 6 weeks. “With respect to community levels of COVID-19, the SARS-CoV-2 virus levels in wastewater have been trending up steeply since the beginning of November and were very high for...
The December monthly meeting for the Mankato Chamber of Commerce took place last Wednesday with 11 members present. The Chamber discussed the community birthday calendars. Most of the calendars have been picked up or delivered. Haley Nelson will work on contacting the individuals who still need to pick up their calendars and mail the two that need to be mailed. The extra calendars will be sold at Mankato Plumbing, Paul Wilson’s office, Hair & More and the three banks in town for $5 each. Christmas in Mankato took place Nov. 24 starting at 3 p.m...
The Jewell County Community Foundation recently convened to review fall grant applications. The following grants were awarded: Jewell County Strong, $5,000 from the Dane G. Hansen Fund for a building access-security system at the wellness center; the City of Webber, $5,000 from the Jewell County Community Fund for security lighting; the City of Jewell, $3,300 from the Jewell County Community Fund for rubber mulch; The Formoso Community Improvement Committee, $2,000 for an AED device; USD 107, $5,000 from the Dane G. Hansen Fund for tourism...
The movie Wish is scheduled to be shown on Friday and Saturday at the Ute and again on the last three days of 2023. The title is appropriate for the current state of affairs at the Ute. The projector that has been giving trouble in recent weeks was still not fixed on Tuesday morning but parts were hopefully supposed to be coming. Fixing the projector in time for this week’s showing in the theare’s Christmas Wish. If the projection equipment is not fixed, the theatre will remain closed....
Central Community College honored 372 graduate candidates during its 2023 winter commencement Friday, Dec. 15, at Columbus. The candidates attended one or more CCC locations, which include the Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings campuses; Holdrege, Kearney and Lexington centers; and Ord Learning Center. Thirty-nine of the associate degree candidates achieved an accumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher during their college career and graduated with honors. Their names are preceded by an asterisk (*). Area recipients of degrees and...
The Lawrence Community and Santa Claus got together again this year to visit the youngsters in Lawrence Sunday. The event took place at the Lawrence American Legion Hall. Before they knew it, an extra visitor was also in the Hall. It was that old bad guy that was cured of his badness and turned good . . . the Grinch. He is shown above doing his dance steps with Raegan Peterson. Raegan's parents are Brett and Lisa Peterson. (Photo courtesy of the Lawrence Community Club)...
Thursday, Dec. 14, was a special night as the Legion Family gathered to assemble plates of cookies that included goodies provided by members. The plates, along with holiday greetings, were delivered to older community members and residents of local long term care facilities and brought many smiles and words of thanks from the recipients. The only problem encountered was that several cookie monsters in the form of Legion members attempted to sabotage the assembly line by stealing a cookie when they thought no one would notice! Short business...
Monday evening, members of the Superior Board of Education unanimously accepted the resignation of Jennifer Cady, middle school and high school principal, effective Dec. 31, without discussion or comment. She will remain on administrative leave until then. The meeting opened as usual with the flag salute and roll call. All members of the board of education were present. In addition, there were a half dozen or so in the audience. Declan Miller presented the student council report. Among other things, he said, “With school lunch being better this...
“The elementary school made a huge jump. It has been lots of hard work, but the scores indicate what we are doing at the elementary level is working.” Those were Jodi Fierstein’s summary remarks concerning AQuESTT in her monthly report to the Superior Board of Education Monday evening. Fierstein, elementary principal, reported on AQuESTT (Accountability for Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow). AQuESTT has been referred to a the school state report card. AQuESTT classifies schools and districts into four performance levels: Excel...
This area had a pretty quiet fall when it comes to wildfires but not so many months ago there were several major fires the area has not recovered from. Wildfires have become more common in Great Plains States where no-till farming is common and cedar trees spread aggressively. Now Kansas residents and property owners can type their addresses into a new online tool from the Kansas Forest Service to better understand the danger that a wildfire could break out near their home, farm or business. We found the interactive map by Googling Kansas...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Nov. 27. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe, and Ed Duskie and Carla Waugh, county clerk, were present for the meeting. The following were present for the office head meeting and provided an update for their department: Chris Petet, custodian; Shannon Meier, ambulance director; and Carla J Waugh, county clerk. Those absent: Don Jacobs, sheriff; Amanda Davis, register of deeds; Joel Elkins, general superintendent; Nora Rhoades, Post Rock Extension District director; Brenda Eakins, treasurer; Alexandria...
The Jewell County Commissioners met Dec. 4 with Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was also present for the meeting. Shannon Meier, ambulance director, reviewed the monthly activity report and billing report for November. He discussed billing and allowed charges. He also discussed purchasing equipment with memorial funds. Cindy Becker, health administrator, discussed the Public Health Infrastructure -Workforce Development for Health Departments grant that she applied for and received in the amount of...
The Jewell City Council met in regular session Monday, Dec. 4, at City Hall. Those in attendance were Mayor, Darrell Bohnert; Council Members, Max Burks, Josh Burks, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell, Bob Freeman and Kristie Anderson, city clerk. Don Jacobs, Jewell County Sheriff, was present and said the city had little activity this last month. James Reed, code enforcement officer, was present and discussed some properties he is working with to get up to code. Kristie Anderson presented the monthly clerk’s report. Anderson said the Waste Tire G...
The Jewell Apartments Board of Directors met at 7:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at City Hall. Attending the meeting were Darrell Bohnert, Josh Burks, Max Burks, Derek Birdsell, Gaye Daniels, Bob Freeman, and Jacque Williams, Kristie Anderson. Jacque submitted her report of occupancy and monthly correspondence. She said one of the north apartments was inspected for termite damage and she was getting bids to treat the apartment building. HUD has inspection changes that the managers are required to update on and HUD is providing a training...
The regular meeting of the Mankato City Council was Dec. 5. Mayor Justin Schoonover was absent. Councilmen present were Sam Becker, Kevin Ost, Rodney Payne and George Hennion appeared via zoom. Councilman Lyle Dauner was absent. Also present were Anthony Roy, city administrator, assistant city clerk, Sharon McCormick, and Darrell Miller, city attorney. Visitors present were: Shelby Dennard, Stuart Boyles, Cindy Becker and Abby Elkins. Sam Becker, council president, presided at the meeting in the absence of the mayor and requested that everyone...
A full house of Mankato community citizens attended a Christmas party Saturday. Most everyone wore different kinds of "Ugly Christmas Sweaters." Even Santa showed up. The house had four Christmas trees, Nut Crackers, delightful decorations and holiday music. People played games that gathered the crowd together bringing a lot of laughter. The tables were filled with delicious potluck dishes, desserts and a variety of Christmas candy and treats. Outside was a warm fire pit burning. Ebenezer...
Miss Cason's and Mrs. Duskie's second grade classes sang about a whacky piñata at the Rock Hills Elementary Winter Concert Monday night; back row, from left: Grady Warne, Tiberius Smiley, Allyson Hollerich, Kaine Dunstan, AJ Fernandez, Tyda Sheppard, middle row; Emelyn Shulda, Izzy Korb, Kasen Cates, Stetson Colson, Graci McCary (behind kid in middle front row), Levi Waide, front row; Rhett Cheek, Parker Badger, Asher Van Dinter, Wyatt Walker, Nick Colson, Jack Underwood and Cruz...
Members of the Harvest Christian Church in Superior:(from left) Marlon and Star Thomas, Paul Nielsen, Autumn, Freya and Sergio Serrano, Vickie Nielsen, Chely and Chris Corman, Verlene (hidden) and Richard Watson and not pictured Mollie and Lance Teachworth) carol in front of Superior Vision in downtown Superior as part of the Once Upon a Christmas festivities in downtown Superior. From there they went to Kingswood Court and Good Samaritan Society, Superior, to spread Christmas blessings and...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake rattled south-central Nebraska on Sunday, with tremors felt in communities like Red Cloud, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS recorded the earthquake approximately 6 miles north-northeast of Guide Rock in Webster County at about 1:30 p.m. It had a depth of a little more than 4 miles with tremors stretching to just south of Hastings, according to a USGS map. The earthquake had a Level IV intensity according to USGS measurements, which is considered “light,” defined as being “felt indoors by many...
In years past, the December Bloodmobile visit to Lawrence was looked upon as an opportunity for local residents to give a Christmas Gift to some unknown, needy person. The Red Cross set a goal of 42 units for Lawrence this year. However, area residents came out in force and donated a total of 54 units to the Red Cross to use as it seemed best. Two donors were deferred for medical reasons. Co-ordinators for the Lawrence Red Cross visits are Jackie Kirchner and Eileen Mazour. Out of those 54 donors, six people reached a gallon mark of some kind....
Five gracious Lawrence homeowners opened their doors to the public on Saturday, Dec. 2. Around 75 people visited the homes that were beautifully decorated for the holiday season. Each showed their occupants' love of Christmas with decorated trees, nativity sets and special collections to share with their guests. Those showcasing their homes included Alec and Lenae Meyer, Brett and Lisa Peterson, Charles and Sandra Carpenter, Jeannine Schendt, and Todd and Laura Himmelberg. Also open to the...
The Nelson Rubies got together in the Legion meeting room Thursday, Dec. 7 for an afternoon of crafts, refreshments and a fun random gift exchange. Janice Watts gave a demonstration on decorating bars of soap and even the professed non-artisans were able to create their own useable masterpiece. Teresa Walton showed the group how to paint poinsettias on fabric, wood and other materials. Because of the time needed to draw, paint, emblazon and dry the items it was decided to wait until the...
The Nelson Community Club welcomed Santa Claus to Nelson Saturday at the Nelson Community building. Several youth were waiting outside for his arrival. Miles Schroer was so excited to greet Santa that he could hardly contain himself....
7 marked the first year preschoolers were included in the Superior Elementary Winter program. They performed The Reindeer Pokey, Hello Reindeer, Ring Those Christmas Bells, Jingle Jingle Little Bell and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Fifth graders performed Mix it Up and Hot Cross Buns. Kindergarten and first grade did renditions of The 12 Days of Christmas, The First Noel and All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth. Second and third grade sang It's time to Deck the Hall, Christmas...
Each year Nebraska Community Foundation commissions the state’s Youth Poet Laureate (named by the Nebraska Writers Collective) to write a poem centered on the foundation’s annual theme. This year’s writer was Allyah American Horse. She wrote about her experience growing up in Gordon, Nebraska. Her poem follows: Small Town Stars By Alyah American Horse When we were little We used to spend out time looking at the sky Asking ourselves what tomorrow will bring Our earliest years were spent dreaming For things we never imagined we could reach As ch...
