I was a grade school student when /Aunt Viola gave me a point and shoot camera. After receiving the box camera with a flash attachment, I started sharing family photography assignments with my father. Until then, my father was the family photographer...

Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: How do I know if I’m sinning or not? Is there a list of sins that I can look at? A: If I were speaking to this person face to face, I would ask them why they want to know if they are sinning or n...

This article was written by a college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who’s in grad school for her MBA. It’s a short article but definitely worth a read. “My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us! I’m sitting in a small coffee...

Writer’s block, ugh! I got it, and it is not good! I have been staring at this computer screen for hours, and the words just aren’t coming. I can almost feel my editor breathing down the back of my neck as my deadline is fast approaching. I sat down...

The Nebraska Unicameral approved a resoluteion Tuesday that honors the actions of the late Darin Koepke, an Agrex supervisor who was fatally wounded during an active shooting in the firm’s Superior elevator office laste October. When the shooting b...

Because of the rapidly increasing number of COVID cases in this area Brodstone Fit programs have been canceled at least through Feb. 8. At that time the situation will be reassessed and a decision about resuming classes will be made. Both the...

After 23 years as a member of the Lower Republican Natural Resources District Board, Roger Nelson has retired. The last official day for the Superior resident was Dec. 10. He joined the board in 1999. Nelson also served 19 of those years as a member...

The Nebraska Press Association (NPA) has launched a new public website to provide greater public access and notification to the workings of all government entities and courts in Nebraska. The website – www.nepub licnotices.com – is a cooperative eff...

The Jewell County Sheriff’s office reports that last Wednesday an Ionia resident was arrested and charged with the possession of stolen property and theft....

The Jewell County Commissioners, Steve Greene and Brent Beck, and county clerk, Carla J. Waugh, were present for the Jan. 3, meeting. Employment agreements with the highway department, ambulance, solid waste director, weed department, emergency prepa...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Jan. 10. Commissioners Steve Greene and Brent Beck were present. Houston Becker, deputy county clerk, was present for the meeting. Steve Greene was appointed chairman of the board. Brent Beck was appointed vice cha...

It is January, time for cold weather, New Year's resolutions and the birthday of the State of Kansas. It was on Jan. 29, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed the document establishing Kansas as the 34th State in the United States of America. This...

Years ago, when I had just moved back to this area, I was having a rough time with things. We were forced to move abruptly and had to downsize quite a bit. I was looking for a job, and the work I had done previously required I wear a uniform of...

Chuck and DeAnna Tuttle attended the American Legion Mid Year Conference held in Columbus, Jan. 21 through 23. The Mid Year Conference is educational in nature and updates members on issues and reports on the progress of various legion family program...

(Editor’s Note: our apologies for missing this last week. The information was in the office, it was just overwhelmed by the chaos usually accompanied with each issue of the newspaper.) The South Central Unified School District hosted the “South Centr...

The Lawrence-Nelson boys basketball team had their Friday home game against Parkview Christian at Nelson postponed because of COVID-19. The game has yet to be rescheduled. The Raiders played Blue Hill at Blue Hill Tuesday with results unavailable at...

The Lawrence-Nelson girls basketball team fell to the Deshler Dragons, at Deshler, 46-27, last Tuesday. The game against Parkview Christian, at Nelson, Friday, was postponed because of COVID-19. The game has yet to be rescheduled. Lawrence-Nelson...

With two nurses out sick in early December, charge nurse Osa Brooks found herself scrambling to care for 28 patients. With only one floor nurse available, employees from other units were called in to work the floor or give medications. “It was r...

Emmett Ross Bondegard, 92, was born Nov. 5, 1929, to Charles Floyd andTheadora Mary (Andrews) Bondegard at Phillips, Neb. He died Jan. 20, 2022, at Deshler. Emmett grew up in the Phillips and Aurora areas and attended school at Aurora, walking to sch...

Steven E. Claycamp of Edgar, the son of Everett and Marlene (Lautenschlager) Claycamp, was born May 18, 1954, at Belleville. He died Saturday, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Lincoln, Neb. His funeral will be at 11 a.m., today (Thursday), at the W...