The Superior Express -

This issue of The Superior Express contains an advertisement announcing the planned closing of a long-time Superior business. Richard and Janene Bagley plan to close Bagley’s Burger Barn on Sunday, Dec. 13. Holders of gift certificates are asked...

The City of Superior applied for two grants, in August, from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED). The city was one of nine communities selected to receive a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Works (PW) funds and one...

The Superior Lions Club is disbanding after serving the community for more than 70 years. The Lions Club is a service organization with an emphasis on vision and hearing help to those in need as well as the community at large. The club was...

With Nebraska’s first installment of the current firearms season just over and the Kansas season opening this week, the deer are nervous. Motorists report seeing them at all times of the day. Preliminary Nebraska deer check-in numbers indicate...

Because of the pandemic, Superior’s Crest Theatre is currently not showing movies although at selected times the theatre still offers curbside delivery of its popular popcorn. But just because the theatre is closed doesn’t mean Superior area...

In these pandemic times are area residents doing more of their shopping at home or on-line? On-line sales are certainly strong with the New York Times reporting Amazon, the king of the on-line retailers, hiring an average of 1,400 new workes per...

South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 161 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday through Monday, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 2,859. The new confirmed cases for the...

The Jewell County Community Foundation Board met to review grant applications for the fall round of grant considerations. Awards for this round were granted through a percentage from yearly Match Month donations and the generosity of the Dane G....

Don’t argue with those folks who talk and write about the winter days of December. While Astronomical Winter doesn’t commence until the solstice on Dec. 21, Meterological Winter started Tuesday, Dec. 1, and lasts through Feb. 28. What’s the...

It appears big changes are in store for the Superior High School volleyball program and those changes made for sports page headlines across the state this week. A state championship-winning coach will not be returning to lead the team next season,...

The Rock Hills boys and girls basketball teams were set to open their 2020-2021 season on Friday at Mankato against Pike Valley. COVID-19 has put a damper on that game which has been postponed. The team is scheduled to play at Lincoln, Tuesday....

Into the unknown . . . The winter sports seasons for Nebraska High Schools begin this week for most schools. Just like the fall season, it begins with many unknown factors facing because of the COVID pandemic, and, of course, that winter weather...

Miniseters have long asked people to remember the true meaning of Christmas but it hard to combat the commercialization of the holiday. While we try to maintain some degree of normal, this year all holidays are different. Earlier this week, a...

I was planning on a small quiet Thanksgiving dinner. Plans have a way of changing. Two days before the turkey went in the oven, Robert called to say he had gotten leave. He asked if a friend could come along, and I said, “The more, the...

December 7th, 1941, a date that “will live in infamy” happened 79 years ago. For many of us, the one year planned sneak attack by the Japanese on the United State Pacific Fleet base on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, probably was first learned about...

As the Pandemic reaches closer to home, it seems many of us are just over it. We have heard for months now to stay home, social distance, wear a mask - “the new normal.” It’s become a regular thing to show up to the bank looking like a...

Because of the newest restrictions caused by COVID-19, the Nelson Community Club will not hold the annual Christmas Bazaar this year. The club hopes to be able to have a bazaar in the spring. The club will also forego the traditional Santa Land...

Lauren J. Roe of rural Jewell County died Tuesday in Superior. Melby Mortuary of Mankato is in charge of...

Bernard Oscar Betten, 97, of Hebron, Neb., the son of William and Lydia (Guelker) Betten was born Nov. 12, 1923, in Martell, Neb. He died Saturday, at Blue Valley Lutheran Home in Hebron. Bernard grew up in Ruskin, attending school and graduating...

Ervin Cord Christoph Lunzmann, 92, the son of Gustav and Ella (Asche) Lunzmann, was born April 23, 1928, on a farm northwest of Byron. He died last Wednesday, at Parkview Haven Nursing Home in Deshler. He went through the eighth grade at the Moran...