The Superior Express -

The days of getting away with inappropriate activity unobserved in Superior’s City Park will soon be on the decline. Monday evening members of the city council approved the installation of surveillance cameras. Two companies, CEI Security and...

Financial incentives offered through the pilot North Central Kansas Regional Relocation Program attracted 38 new residents and assisted in the purchase of 25 homes in the region in the past year. The pilot program officially launched Aug. 15, 2022,...

The Superior Volunteer Fire Department was called out at 4:55 Tuesday morning to battle a fire north of Webber. First reports indicated it was possibly a grass fire and a request was submitted for mutual aid from the Formoso Volunteer Fire...

Members of the Superior Board of Education unanimously passed the 2023-24 budget and related tax requests Monday evening in special meeting. All members of the board were present. “Tax askings have been fairly level. This time we are taking a...

The Jewell County Commissioners held a special meeting on Friday, Sept. 22, for the purpose of discussing non-elected personnel with the reason of conducting interviews for the solid waste director. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie...

A special meeting of the Mankato City Council was held on Tuesday, Sept. 19, pursuant to a call for a special meeting signed by Mayor Justin Schoonover. Present were Schoonover, Councilmen Payne, Dauner, Becker, Ost and Hennion. Also present were...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Tuesday, Sept. 5. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present.. Don Jacobs, sheriff, reported a dispatcher resigned. Travis Garst, solid waste director,...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Sept.11. Commissioners Brent Beck, and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, attended the meeting. Brian Shulda discussed possible changes to the resolution for the permanent burning ban. He also...

Sometimes two points isn’t very much, but then again sometimes it is everything. Last Friday night in Axtell, two points meant a victory for Axtell over the L-N Raider football team by a score of 22-20. With the football schedule now about...

The Superior High School cross country team competed at the Franklin Invitational Thursday. The Wildcat boys finished in sixth place, with 166 points, in the eight team field of Franklin, Bertrand, Alma, Wilcox-Hildreth, Amherst and Blue Hill. The...

The United States Postal System keeps changing. Sometimes for better but not always. Seventy-years ago the post office was flirting with discontinuing twice daily mail delivery in Superior. From reading back issues of this newspaper, it appears the...

We hit yet another bump in the road, George had two toenails removed last week, and the doctor plans to remove them all two at a time. He has had problems with his toes since before I met him, they are very sensitive, and he has tried everything in...

It’s been great weather so far this fall. Most of us received much needed rain over a week ago and everything is greening up. The temperatures have been just right to get outside and do some fall work, or just to enjoy the day. The evenings are...

Q: Why is it that religions are better known for producing negative consequences (holy wars, conflicts with science, intolerance...), rather than positive ones? A:  The key word to this question is the word “known.” We live in a culture that...

I have almost always supported the United State Postal Service. They have a hard job to do, and for the most part have always done it well. However . . . I may be changing my mind on this subject. A number of ‘happenings’ have been occurring...

When I was young, our gardens were “iffy” at best. While it is impossible to beat a tomato, freshly picked from the vine and eaten while still standing beside the plant, one tomato does not make a salad. Luckily for us, there was a roadside...

JoAnn Rogers, the daughter of Louie Jr. and Ruth Ann (Barry) Hasemeyer, was born on Sept. 27, 1952, in Superior, Nebraska. She died Sept. 24, 2023, at the Superior Good Samaritan Society at Superior, Nebraska at the age of 70 years, 11 months, 28...

Kansas has canceled its fall turkey hunting season, state officials announced Friday, Sept. 15, amid a decline in turkey populations across the Midwest and Southeast. Kansas has documented “consistent declines” in turkey populations over the...

For the week ending Sept. 24, 2023, there were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 21 percent very short, 29 percent short, 48 percent adequate, and 2...