Week of October 3, 2024
Week of October 3, 2024
Jewell County were saddened this week by the unexpected deaths of two residents: Andrew Pumphrey and Max McMains. A prayer vigil was held at the Mankato City Park Wednesday afternoon for the Pumphrey family and also for the McMains family after tragedy struck both families. Pumphrey was killed in a truck-trßactor accident last Monday and McMains died of a gun shot wound mid-week. Above, friends and family gathered at St. Theresa Catholic Cemetery Tuesday morning to pay their respects to Andrew...
The Ruskin Volunteer Fire Department was called shortly before 8:45 Thursday evening to the Gaylen Cox farm where a large chicken house was reported to be on fire. Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Cox said they had yet to learn the cause of the fire. The approximately 800 square foot building was destroyed by the fire and 18 chickens were lost. Over the years the structure located southwest of the family home had been used for a number of purposes including a home for bottle calves. Fortunately the...
We have some good news to share in this week's newspaper. Near the end of July, Charla Pamplin, a floral arranger at Main Street Floral, discovered her wedding ring was missing. And it wasn't just her diamond wedding ring with all the importance and memories normally assigned to a wedding ring. It was a special ring for it had also been her late mother-in-law's diamond wedding ring. Charla and her associates at Main Street Floral launched an immediate hunt for the ring. They searched the store...
This is homecoming week at Lawrence-Nelson. The week is full of activities to liven up the days leading up to the football game. Each day is a different dress-up day. Monday was PJ Day. Tuesday - Adam Sandler Day. Wednesday there is no school. However, L-N students encouraged visitors to walk through the high school during parent-teacher conferences from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to look at their hallway decorations and vote for their favorite. Today (Thursday) is Color Wars Day: 6th grade - purple;...
Putting 102 points on the score board in a single game of football keeps the people in charge of those things somewhat busy during a ball game. However, that happened last Friday evening in the annual battle between the L-N Raiders and the Deshler Dragons. L-N hung almost twice as many points on the score board as did Deshler: 64-38 in the game on the local field in Lawrence. Deshler did, however, fight to the end. They gave the Raiders trouble with some "big" plays having three plays more than...
The Rock Hills High School football team saw their three game winning streak halted, 60-12, when they ran into the Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs at Sylvan Grove Friday. Sylvan Grove got off to a fast start taking a 24-12 lead after the first quarter. The Grizzlies had no answers on offense or defense as they trailed 46-14 at the half. Sylvan-Lucas added 14 points in the third quarter when the mercy rule was invoked and Rock Hills was left with its first loss of the season, 60-12. Cooper McDill completed six of 12 of his pass attempts for 130 yards...
It was a successful few days for the Superior High School volleyball team. They won all four of their matches while taking over second place in the wildcard point standings. The Wildcats pulled out a 3-2 win over the Fairbury Jeffs at Fairbury Thursday. The C 1 Jeffs sported winning record. Superior prevailed in a hard played match, 22-25, 25-17, 18-25, 25-21 and 15-13. The Wildcats were in Hastings Saturday for the Adams Central Invitational tournament. The Wildcats were again playing way...
The Rock Hills High School cross country team competed at the Belleville Invitational Thursday. The boys team took home first place in the boys varsity 5K race. The junior varsity boys team also finished in first place. Trystn Reynolds led the Grizzlies with his fourth place finis. Kobi Bowers was in eighth place. Spencer Lindberg brough home 10th place. Griffen Dunstan held 11th place. Noah Eakins finished in 15th place. Cruz Navarro was in 26th place. Treyton Reynolds secured first place in the junior varsity boys race. Nolan Grout took...
The Rock Hills High School volleyball team continue their torrid run. They ran their consecutive win streak to 16. The Grizzlies hosted St. John’s-Tipton and Lakeside at Mankato last Tuesday. They avenged an early season loss to St. John’s with a two-set, 25-20 and 25-17 , sweep. They put away Lakeside, 25-6 and 25-10, in two sets to improve to 19-1 for the season. The Grizzlies hosted Pike Valley and Sylvan-Lucas at Mankato Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. Halle Mizner topped the Rock Hills kill chart against St....
The Superior High School Wildcats earned win number two of the season with their 41-21 win over the Fillmore County Panthers at Brodstone Memorial Field Friday. Superior and Fillmore Central were tied 14-14 at the half-time break. The Wildcats came out reenergized for the third quarter and put 14 more points on the scoreboard while their defense held the Panthers scoreless. Superior led 28-14 going into the final quarter of play. Superior added two more touchdowns while the stingy defense...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School football team dusted off the Deshler Dragons at Lawrence Friday and improved their record to 3-2 with the win. Wyatt Frey completed 13 of 17 pass attempts for 174 yards and four touchdowns. Kolten Menke snagged seven passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Aidan Zikmund landed four passes for 58 yards and a touchdown. Cody Brockman converted his lone five yard reception into a touchdown. Jack Williams had one reception for three yards. Frey carried the ball 28 times for 268 yards and four touchdowns. Jack...
The Nuckolls County Knights Middle School football team dropped their first game of the season at Brodstone Memorial Field last Monday. The team is a co-op program with Superior and Lawrence-Nelson. It was a hard fought contest with Deshler edging the Knights 28-20. The Knights suffered a rash of injuries which hindered their chances. Mike Sander, head coach of the Knights, said, “The team from Deshler was big and well-disciplined. Our boys fought hard.” Camden Wehrman completed six of 12 pass attempts for 122 yards and two touchdowns....
The Lawrence-Nelson High School volleyball team went 4-2 for their past six matches improving their record to 6-11. The Raiders fell to Thayer Central at Lawrence last Tuesday, 16-25 and 11-25, in a triangular match hosted by Lawrence-Nelson. The Raiders swept Fillmore Central, 25-15 and 25-19, in two sets. They edged the Silver Lake Mustangs in three sets, 25-22, 22-25,19-25, 25-21 and 16-14, at Roseland Thursday. They competed at the Hampton Invitational Saturday. They fell to the Deshler...
Rayne Biltoft shot an 18-hole round of 94 at the Fullerton Invitational last Tuesday. The round was good for second place in the individual standings. Bella Henderson competed in the junior varsity...
The Superior High School cross country team competed at the Franklin Invitational run over the Franklin Golf Club course last Tuesday. The boys 5K varsity race had Superior in 12th place, with 120 points, in the 13 team field. Daylin Lawson was in 46th place, with his time of 23:47.2 in the 75 runner field. Gabe Zavala followed in 47th place with his time of 27:47.31. Sawyer Nightingale took 48th place with his time of 23:58.02. Cooper Sheely tooks 60th place with his time of 26:37.95. Jacob Slate held 70th place with his time of 28:10.73....
It was 100 years ago this September that my Grandfather Wrench helped solve a Nuckolls County bank robbery. I’ve shared this story in this newspaper before but it is one as a youngster I often asked my grandfather to tell. Hopefully the readers of this column will enjoy reading it again. From The Sept. 25, 1924 edition of The Express Superior is considerably in the limelight right now for having captured an honest to goodness bank robber, guns, money and all. Yes, sir, inside of six hours Monday, Mr. Robber was arrested, jailed, demobilized...
Remember when window shopping was enjoyed? In my youth, most stores had large tall windows on both sides of the entrance. The large windows had platforms behind them so the store could display their products eye level to people passing by. The object of the window displays was to draw the people’s attention and hopefully have them stop to look things over. Thus potential customers were drawn to look and admire the store’s latest offerings, which would hopefully draw them inside the store to make a purchase. At night, lights were turned on...
Q: Does having a church around actually benefit anything? What is it good for? A: That will depend on the church. Churches that are Bible-based, Spirit-filled and faithful will be tremendous blessings to the community they are a part of. Churches that are dead, toxic or legalistic are a heavy drag on the community and a disgrace to the name of Christ. While I am neither a Christian nor a pastor because I believe all churches are perfect, I do believe that faithful churches and Christians have the greatest potential for blessing both...
Football games . . . Have you had your fill of the games yet ? ? ? or how about volleyball ? ? ? No, I have not. It is especially more enjoyable when your favorite team wins. I have, however, come to having my fill on the changes in the games, especially on the college level. Have you noticed the college games have been extended longer and longer in recent years? I don’t know if this year is the first year they have it, but do you wonder why the “two minute warning” was started in college games. This stoppage of play, along with all of...
While Nuckolls County was not included, many nearby counties were under a Red Flag Warning on Monday. Such warnings are issued by the National Weather Service when the expected weather conditions can lead to ideal wildland fire conditions. These exist when conditions are right for combustion or ignition of a wildfire and the rapid spread of the fire. While the harvest season always increases the danger of fire, the danger has been increased by the lack of precipitation the last couple of months. On Monday the movement of a cold wave through...
L-N competes at FFA State Range Judging at Imperial On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the 2024 State Range Judging Contest was held in Chase County near Imperial, Nebraska. This is the 70th year for the contest and it was graciously hosted by the Society for Range Management, the NRCS, Nebraska Extension and the NRD. This contest is held in varying parts of the state each year and can prove to be a challenge even for those students familiar with the area. Vying for top spot were 402 students from 41 FFA...
