USD 107 Board of Education accepts resignations
On Monday, May 15, Kenny Mizner, president, called the regular meeting of the Board of Education for USD No. 107 to order Those present were Kenny Mizner, Marc Grout, Brandon Hollerich, Justin Angleton, Brenden Wirth, Rex Boley, Sam Meyers, Cassi...
Speaker Relates ties between Willa Cather and Lady Vesty
Those who attended the Victorian Tea, Saturday afternoon at the Vestey Center were exposed to a delectable taste of Victorian culture and history. Nancy (Headrick) Brandt headed the committee which...
Memorial Day Services at Sacred Heart Cemetery
Lawrence American Legion member, Robert Kotinek, salutes the grave site of Lawrence native, Chester Kohmetscher, a Korean Was veteran, during Memorial Day Ceremonies Monday at the Sacred Heart...
Memorial Day gathering at the Jewell County Courthouse
The Mankato VFW Auxiliary read the following on the Jewell County Courthouse lawn during the Memorial Day Service. We gather today to pay tribute and honor to those who gave their lives for their...
The One Percent
This holiday weekend, we attended our son Jackson’s high school graduation in Omaha. As with many ceremonies, they recognized our veterans and enlisted service members. In a crowd of more than 1,000, less than 10 stood. This surprised me so much,...
4th Degree Knights of Columbus elect new officers
The Bishop Casey Assembly of the 4th Degree of the Knights of Columbus held their quarterly meeting last week Monday in Superior, Nebraska. This Assembly covers a large section of south central Nebraska, including Nuckolls, Webster and Thayer...
VFW, Auxiliary and Mankato 4-H place flags at Mount Hope
Mankato VFW and VFW Auxiliary 7830, joined with some of the Mankato Eager Beaver’s 4-H club on Thursday afternoon to place flags in Mount Hope Cemetery. This tradition, which began in 1868, places flags on veterans who have lost their lives. Each...
Nelson American Legion delivers Memorial Day Services
Every year the Nelson American Legion, Sons and Auxiliary members volunteer their time to place flags in the Nelson Cemetery, Courthouse Yard, and Memorial Plaza and organize and deliver the Memorial...
Hastings College announces spring 2023 Dean's List
Hastings College published the Dean’s List for its spring 2023 semester. For the semester, 361 students from 20 states and 11 countries were named to the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point...
Burr Oak Memorial Day Service
It was a perfect sunny morning at the Burr Oak Cemetery to hold the annual Memorial Day Service and to view the 131 American Flags that make up the Avenue of Flags in honor of the deceased local...
RHHS track at state meet at Wichita
Several members of the Rock Hills High School track and field team competed at the state championship meet held Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium in Wichita. Nate...
L-N boys golf team takes fifth at state
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys golf team had an impressive showing at the state Class-D golf tournament last Tuesday and Wednesday. The Raiders turned in a team score of 694 for the two-day, 36 hole match played over the par 72 Lake Maloney...
RHHS golf plays at state tourney
The Rock Hills High School golf team competed at the state sand greens tournament last Monday.The 18-hole match was played over the Leonardville Golf Course at Riley. The Grizzlies finished in fifth place, with a team score of 389, in the seven...
Ask a Pastor Column
Q: Does circumcision in the Bible ever refer to something besides the ritual itself? A: Yes it does! The ritual of circumcision, like most rituals in the Bible, was given to the nation of Israel to model deeper, universal spiritual truths (Romans...
Editor's Notebook
It was nip and tuck Friday at The Express as we rushed to complete jobs promised to be ready before the Vestey Festival. One of those projects was an update of the Superior History booklet we originally printed for Beverly Beavers in 2002. The...
Love my crazy life
This weekend was a busy one. Jackson graduated from high school, which means we got one left! Let me tell you, I’ll take a small-town graduation over a city graduation any day. Six hundred students, give or take, plus add in parents, siblings,...
Sandust Soldiers
Having been born May 31, 1940, I grew up with war being a prominent part of my early life. During World War II, Time and Life magazines were full of battlefield scenes and stories. Fox Movietone News, shown as a “short” before every feature at...
Country Roads
One flower noticed the most in the cemeteries this time of the year is the beautiful peony. The peonies are blooming in all their glory, showing off their colorful and fragrant blooms in cemeteries, yards, and even in vacant yards and landscapes....
Puffs
Memorial Day . . . Started as an effort to recognize and honor those who died in the American Civil War, Memorial Day has grown to become one of the favorite holidays of the year. It still is primarily intended to honor those who died in the...
Speaker confirms outlaw likely passed through this area
Jeff Barnes, the Nebraska Humanities speaker who spoke at the Nuckolls County Museum Saturday afternoon, neither confirmed not disproved Lew Hunter’s story which tells of the possible visit of the James Gang to the Bostwick area home of his...
Memorial Day - Robert L. Greene
Many observe Memorial Day. Businesses close, families gather, reunions are held, graves are decorated and cemeteries are visited. Though all are important and meaningful activities, those are...
Gretchen (Pohlmeier) Peterson
Gretchen (Pohlmeier) Peterson obituary Gretchen Kay Peterson, 81, of Lincoln died May 23, 2023. Born Nov. 17, 1941, in Lawrence, Nebraska, to Ralph and Eleanor (Yilk) Pohlmeier. She attended college for nursing at Dus- chesne University in Omaha...
Berneta Miller
Berneta Agnes (née Lemke) Miller was born to Herman and Amanda (née Schnakenberg) Lemke during harvest in 1931, on a July day so hot that her father would later say you could fry an egg on a...
Elgin Saunders
Elgin Leroy Saunders was born on May 23, 1944, in White Rock, Kansas, to Paul and Vera (Carpenter) Saunders. He died on May 24, 2023, at the North Central Kansas Medical Center, Concordia, at the age of 79 years and 1 day. He was the oldest of...
Wilmer Bouray
Wilmer Garland Bouray, the son of John and Mae (Hobson) Bouray, was born on Sept. 20, 1933, on the family farm near Republic County, Kansas. He died on May 26, 2023, at Brodstone Healthcare at...
Harlan Schnakenberg
Harlan George Schnakenberg, 88, of Deshler, the son of George and Edna (Getz) Schnakenberg was born Oct. 26, 1934 in Carleton. He died May 21, at Thayer County Health Services in Hebron. Harlan grew up in Sedan, Nebraska, attending country school...
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