Editor's Notebook

I’m sure harvesters bringing grain into Superior this fall have been real frustrated by road construction caused delays. While local officials could not require a pre-harvest completion date, they had asked for one and had been told to expect one.

Road construction is now the responsibility of the government and most often it is state government’s responsibility.

That hasn’t always been the case.

One hundred years ago road construction was often done by local volunteers. In October of 1923, the Nelson Gazette reported there was a real spirit of cooperation in the Nelson Community. On gravel da...