The Superior Express -

Each January; the Superior Board of Education reorganizes. Not much changed this year. All officers, board Appointments and committee membership remained the same after a brief series of motions which were unanimously approved. Matt Sullivan is...

Dr. Nolan Beavers will no longer be part of the Jewell County Hospital and clinic. He wants to devote his time to his practice in Belleville and for more time with his family. The Jewell County Hospital has truly appreciated all of his years of...

Doug Peterson, Nebraska attorney general urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to put in place measures that will help stem the tide of foreign-based illegal robocalls that attempt to scam Americans. The comment letter to the FCC was...

Members of the Formoso Garden Club are hopeful the new year will allow them to start bedding plants in their new greehouse. The green house project began before the arrival of 2021 but last spring’s record breaking cold snap delayed completion...

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability will present a webinar covering the latest USDA farm program details to assist agricultural producers and professionals in making effective decisions. It will be held at...

The Rock Hills girls basketball team won big before home fans in Mankato, Friday. Danica Frost, a junior, lead the team by scoring 22 points. Lauren Whelchel, also a junior, followed with 10 points. Hannah Simmelink followed with 5 and Raylynn...

Last Tuesday, the Rock Hills basketball team took on Red Cloud. They lost 57 to 22 on the Red Cloud court. Friday, they lost 21-49 to the Chase Kats in Mankato. In that game, Ethan Kenworthy scored six points, Tristyn Reynolds scored four and Troy...

I don’t know where to start. It’s been a tough week. Two of my friends are sick and were hospitalized, the pick-up broke down, and I hit a deer. On top of all that, I haven’t been feeling tippy-top. No worries, I’m not contagious or...

Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q:  I recently lost someone close to me. Where can I find words of comfort in the Bible?  A:  It may not be easy for me to offer a satisfying answer to this question since grief can affect all of us...

This week marks the 150th anniversary of a famous hunting trip that may have helped draw attention to a painting thought to have been inspired by an earlier buffalo hunting trip that happened in Nuckolls County. But like many of the Old West...

Holidays bring back memories of my parents and grandparents, and how much they are missed. So many wonderful Christmas’ with my parents and the two sets of grandparents. We were blessed that my sisters and our children lived within close distance...

The Human race is really an amazing thing. Even though it was chosen by God to be the dominate species of life here on earth, it sure does a lot of stupid things. History is dominated with our efforts to kill each other off . . . for all sorts of...

This week marks the 150th anniversary of a buffalo hunt that some credit for being the inspiration of famous paintings created by Alfred Bierstadt, a western landscape artist. But an event which happened in Nuckolls County in 1863 is claimed by...

Carl R. Figgins, 76, of Mankato died Sunday, Jan. 9. He was born Feb. 24, 1945, to Cecil and Gladys (Bisbee) Figgins. Survivors include his wife, Karen; daughter, Jennifer Harris and her husband, Elliott, of Salina; and grandchildren, Lauren,...

Bonnie Marie (Siebenneicher) Thompson, 72, daughter of Eugene and Vera Jean (Koerwitz) Siebenneicher, was born on Aug. 4, 1949, in Deshler, Neb. Bonnie died Jan. 8, in Hebron. Bonnie was united in marriage to Stanley Thompson on Sept. 14, 1968, at...

Jerry Norman Divel was born to Doris (Jarvis) and Rex Divel on July 10, 1947. He died Jan. 8, 2022. Jerry was raised on the family farm south of Jewell. He graduated from Jewell High School in 1965. Jerry leaves four children: Leith (Amy) Divel,...