Sacred Heart Church "Rebuilding" will "Restore" 100 year old Edifice
"Restore . . . " "Re-build . . ." Not much difference in the looks of those words. It's sort of like dates. Some stand out as more important than others. Like July 4th is remembered as the date of...
SHS adds Assistant principal
Thursday evening, members of the Superior Board of Education extended a contract to Audrey Parks to serve as the secondary assistant principal for the 2024-25 school year. Parks currently serves the district as a guidance counselor, something she...
Local group buying Red Cloud's Heritage nursing home
An agreement has been reached to transfer ownership of Heritage of Red Cloud from Vetter Senior Living to the Webster County Community Hospital Foundation. The transfer comes with the support of the Webster County Community Hospital Board and a...
Junior-Senior prom
A portion of the Superior junior class and their dates gathered at the Superior Country Club for a picture before the junior-senior prom. Pictured are (back row, from left) are Treyton Korb, Ashton...
Commission denies Agrex annexation
Members of the Superior Planning Commission held a public hearing Thursday evening to consider a request from Agrex to change the zoning and annex into the city all of the land south of East First Street, north of the city’s sewage treatment...
Carrier shortage delays mail delivery
A shortage of carriers delayed the delivery of last week’s issue of The Superior Express to subscribers served by the Superior office. Personnel from other communities was brought in to help but it wasn’t until Saturday that the backlog was...
Council reviews park plan
As part of the Superior City Council meeting held Monday, preliminary plans for the parks and recreation master plan was reviewed. The plan currently calls for upgrading the sidewalks at City Park to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Nelson American Legion holds special meeting
By DeAnna Tuttle While it is unusual for the Nelson Legion Family to meet twice in a month, items of interest to the Nelson Community required consideration before the next monthly meeting. Girls’ State and Boy’s State nominations were due to...
Luke Muir is new Lawrence board chairman
Luke Muir is the Village of Lawrence's new board chairman. Luke and his wife, Abbie, have lived in Lawrence for more than six years. They have three children: Piper, Laynie and Trestyn. Luke took...
Webber installs LED street lights
Webber recently upgraded its street-security lighting from aging mercury vapor style lighting, to energy-efficient LED lighting. Twenty-four lights have been replaced to date. The new lighting improves safety, security, visibility and reduces the...
SHS spring sports get underway
The Superior High School track and field teams open the 2024 season with an indoor meet at Doane University at Crete Friday. The Wildcats visit Sutton Tuesday for a meet at Sutton High School....
L-N track season opens at Crete
The Lawrence-Nelson boys and girls track and field teams compete at the Doane University indoor meet today (Thursday) at...
Puffs
Legislators, both federal and state are often condemned for the way they vote. Some times they are praised, but it depends on the issue, the time and place. I’ve read and heard and at times have also made remarks less than flattering at the...
Editorʼs Notebook
There is both good news and bad news to report this week. The good news to report this week is the owners of the Agrex Elevator would like to expand and that is also the bad news. The elevator company would like to purchase an acreage near First...
Love my crazy life
Is it just me or does everyone get tired of trying to figure out what’s for supper every night of the week? Why is it such a daunting task? Sometimes I think to myself, do we really need to eat? I mean I have at least two weeks stored up around...
Community
My mother-in-law was raised on a farm. Like many farm girls, she headed for the big city as soon as she was old enough. By the late 1950s, life had not turned out quite as she planned. She returned to her old neighborhood; a single mom with four...
Country Roads
It was an unusual 76 degree day Monday and my hubby and I decided to head to the farmstead I grew up on. My cousin had called me earlier in the day and said we needed to come to the home pasture to see the new calves and the first calf heifers when...
Clarabelle Hajny
Clarabelle Ernestine Vader was born to Jake and Ernestine Vader Aug. 17, 1933, at their home near Webber, Kansas. She was seven months old when her father moved the family to a farm near Burr Oak,...
Del Kriger
Del Duane Kriger, 66, of Ashland, died March 7, from a sudden unexpected illness at CHI Immanuel Hospital, Omaha. Del was born on Oct. 14, 1957, in Superior. He graduated from Nelson High School in 1976. He was an avid sports fan and enjoyed...
Paul Bohnert
Paul Bohnert, 65, died March 10, 2024, at Westview Manor in Peabody, Kansas. He was born on Feb. 2, 1959, in Concordia, Kansas, to Keith and Wanda (Swinton) Bohnert. He grew up in Mankato, graduated from Mankato High School and attended Mankato...