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Four houses got at least a temporary stay of execution when the Superior City Council met Monday evening. If repair progress continues as expected, the houses will receive pardons. Their previous owners had allowed the properties to run afoul of...

Preliminary results from the 2023 Nebraska November firearm deer season show statewide harvest was down 18 percent from 2022 and down 29 percent from the 2018 to 2022 average. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission expected these results for the...

Members of a family with a longtime connection to the Lawrence business community have closed out an 80 year association with a motor vehicle parts store in Hastings. Ike and Daisy Friend launched Friend’s Motor Supply in downtown Hastings in...

The Jewell County Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie met Nov. 20. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. P.J. Garst, solid waste director, discussed disposal of solid waste from the transfer station. He said that...

The Jewell County Commissioners, Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie, met on Nov. 13, as the Board of County Canvassers. The meeting was opened to canvass the ballots from the Nov. 7, 2023, General Election. Carla J. Waugh, Jewell County...

According to the week of November 13, 2023’s VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Action Corps Weekly, the VFW has issued a Claim Shark factsheet concerning individuals or companies that charge hefty fees to “assist” or “consult” veterans with...

If you happen to be a regular at the Nelson Library, you may notice a new face popping in from time to time. Teraesa Bruce will be joining Mary Statz and Dawn Shaw at the library a few hours a week. Teraesa currently works for this newspaper and...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Nov. 13. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present along with Carla Waugh, county clerk. Waugh discussed issues with a delinquent payment on a department’s county credit card. She also...

With the state championship games for Nebraska’s high school football season being played last week, the 2023 season is now in the history books. For the L-N High School Raiders, the year was a successful season as they ended up in the state...

The Superior High School bowling team opens their 2023 season today (Thursday) with a match against Arapahoe at Arapahoe. The Wildcats travel to McCool Junction Tuesday for match against the Mustangs. The boys team members are Lenden Worm, Colton...

The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys basketball team looks to improve upon last season’s 11-11 record with the return of several more experienced players. The Raiders open the season Friday at Nelson where they host Red Cloud. Arapahoe visits...

The Lawrence-Nelson High School girls basketball team enters the 2023-2024 season with a new head coach. Dan Kennedy takes over from Andy Peterson. The Raiders open the 2023-2024 season at Nelson Friday when they host Red Cloud. Arapahoe comes to...

The Superior High School wrestling team faces a busy season opening weekend. The team travels to Hebron for a dual match with Thayer Central Friday. They visit Harvard Saturday to compete at the Harvard Invitational.. The team has a number of young...

Duke found his voice! I’ve heard him bark, playfully, but he is not typically a vocal pup. My friend, Linda, popped in the other day. Like always, she walked on in. I knew she was there, I heard the door, but it caught Duke off guard. When he...

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...

Editorʼs Notebook By Bill Blauvelt While my father would later advertise that he offered tankwagon service, that was a misnomer. Dad offered tanktruck service for his bulk delivery tank was mounted on some kind of truck. His earliest Dodge truck...

Did you ever get a song caught in your mind and it kept repeating itself over and over all day (or maybe more than a day) in your mind. Maybe it was a thought or phrase or whatever. Well, I recently heard a song and had to look up just when and...

There was a statement recently shared about grandchildren, “some of the greatest blessings call us Grandma and Grandpa.” Grandparents certainly appreciate and agree with that statement. I know I do. Over Thanksgiving weekend, families and...

Randy Haba’s story began on a small farm, run by his father, Dean, just outside of Glenvil, with his family. The family relocated to Colorado in 1982 when Randy was three. He was the youngest of his four siblings, Joe, Julia and Rene. Trying to...

Saturday, Nov. 18 was a lovely sunny day for the Nelson Rubies to trek to Davenport for lunch and to attend the opening of the Homegrown Craft and Vendor venue. Part of the Homegrown experience was to ride in a carriage pulled by a patient and...

Lorene D. Friend, 95, of Keller Texas, formerly from Lawrence, Nebraska, died on Nov. 24, 2023, at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Grapevine, Texas. Lorene was born to John and Bertha (Ostdiek) Lemke, on Election Day Nov. 6, 1928, at home...

Delmer E. Young, son of Vernon W. Young and Millie M. (Strine) Young, was born on April 3, 1935, at Seneca, Missouri, and died on Nov. 19, 2023, at Thayer County Health Services, Hebron, Nebraska, at the age of 88. In Delmer’s early years, he... Full story

There has been an unusual find this week in a northern Jewell County field. Two dead buck deer were observed but there was no evidence of blood or signs the animals had been dragged to the disposal site. On closer examination, it was determined the...