The Superior Express -

After a taste of winter with freezing temperatures and snow, conditions are supposed to improve for the garage sales scheduled later this week. This is community garage sales week in both Superior and Jewell. Garage sales in both communities are...

We don’t expect there is a connection but today (Thursday) is designated a Earth Day and astronomers tell us to expect the meteor shower drought will end with Earth Day shooting stars Mainly clear to partly cloudy conditions are forecast for an...

The Nuckolls County Board of commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the county courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board worked through a light agenda. The road department reported difficulties...

The Red Cross Blood Mobile will be coming to Nelson from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.on Wednesday, May 5. Appointments are strongly recommended! To schedule an appointment, call Sally Uhrmacher at 402-225-4292 or the Red Cross at 800-733-2767 or go on-line at...

Law enforcement officers at locations across Kansas will be collecting unused medications for safe disposal on Saturday. The collection events are part of a nationwide effort to safely dispose of leftover medications to prevent accidental or...

Last Thursday, the Superior High School track team divided its members between meets at Syracuse and Deshler. Four girls and six boys traveled to the Scott Nisely Invite at Syracuse. The rest of the team went to the Del Wicks Invite in Deshler. At...

The Superior High School golf team took to the Red Cloud Golf Course, Thursday, for the Red Cloud Invitational. Nine other teams were present for the 18-hole match. Doniphan-Trumbull, Franklin, Sandy Creek, Gibbon, Blue Hill, Lawrence-Nelson, St....

The men’s Industrial and Commercial bowling leagues staged their annual awards banquet at the Superior Bowl, Tuesday, April 13. A prime rib dinner with sides was prepared by Jay Nielsen, the bowling center manager. Jerred Ehlers and Phil Simonsen...

The Lawrence-Nelson High School golf team visited the Red Cloud Golf Course, Thursday, for the Red Cloud Invitational. The Raiders finished in seventh place with a team score of 415 for the 18-hole match The four lowest individual team member...

On April 13, the L-N golf team traveled to Red Cloud for a triangular match with Red Cloud and Blue Hill. The nine-hole event was won by Red Cloud who carded a team score of 202. L-N and Blue Hill came in with identical scores of 213. Blue Hill’s...

The Rock Hills High School golf team played their first match of the season last Tuesday at the St. John’s Invitational at Beloit. The Grizzlies finished in third place with a team score of 551. The four lowest individual scores make up the team...

The Rock Hills High School girls and boys track and field teams will be in Osborne, Friday, for the Osborne Invitational meet. The Republic County Lions Club Invitational at Belleville, Tuesday, was cancelled because of inclement weather. Rock...

As a child growing up in Superior, a trip to Mel Thieme’s White House Grocery Store just across the street south of the Superior High School usually involved buying a bottle of pop, a candy bar, a Popsicle or an ice cream bar, but sometimes, it...

Though we awoke Tuesday morning to find the ground was covered with puffy snow, apparently the custom harvesters are anticipating the arrival of spring and wheat to harvest in the southern states. The editor of this newspaper was looking out the...

My baby attended his junior prom Saturday. How time flies! He looked so handsome and grown up in his tux. It’s hard to believe he will be a senior next year. I’m not sure if I should be getting the baby photo’s out and crying or celebrating...

It’s prom time! Area high schools have been hosting the annual proms the past two week-ends. Social media has been abuzz with photos of grandchildren, children and other students dressed up in their finest attire. Gone are the jeans with the cuts...

What a trip . . . A gray wolf in Nebraska is something we often connect to our frontier heritage, most likely taken place in the 1800s. But, that may be changing. A bit unusual, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported last week that a large...

Marcus L. Skinner died April 6, 2021, at his home near Edgar. He was born April 9, 1955, in Superior and was the eldest child of Morris and Joan (Johnston) Skinner. Marc was later adopted by Jack Skinner. The family lived on a farm in the Edgar...

Rick Smith, 68, the son of Robert D. and Marquerite G. (Engel) Smith was born Nov. 16, 1952, at Hastings. He died Saturday April 3, at his home in Superior. Rick had been associated with Mid Nebraska Individual Services of Superior for many years....

Rose Marie Young, 86, of Fairbury, died April 15, in the comfort of her home surrounded with loved ones. Rose was born July 4, 1934, in Ruskin, Neb., to Gaylord E. and Rose M. (Jensen) Brittenham. Rose is survived by stepdaughters, Kathy Elgert,...

Gerald W. “Jerry” Schmitt, 82, of Ord died Friday, April 2, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell. A funeral was held at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Pastor Adam Archer officiated. Inurnment was...