With an angry Russian Bear upsetting world affairs, it is difficult to follow the usual format for Notebook entries. Hopefully, the current war can be contained in Europe but it could easily become WWIII. With much of the West focused on what the...

Any ideas for winter meals? Most of the time it seems like the same menu pattern at our home is often overly repeated. There are the soups, casseroles and stews. There are roasts, noodles, beans and cornbread. These meals are repeated and repeated....

Presenting biblical answers to tough questions Q: The Bible says, “Blessed are the meek.” When I look around at real life it doesn’t seem like the meek are being blessed, it seems like they’re getting passed over. How can this verse be true when ex...

I hope this doesn’t bore you, but as I’ve said before, the comic sections of the newspaper is one of my favorite parts. And, one of my favorite comic strips is “Shoe.” Many of the issues involve a newspaper reporter and his editor. In a recent...

One of the most difficult tasks for an instrumental band instructor is how to keep band members practicing their instruments during the summer months. School is not in session and the lure of playing baseball or softball, hanging out at the swimming...

I’m so tired of being tired! I did have a productive Saturday, the first in a while. I suppose that means I’m starting to get back to my ol’self. I got the house clean, laundry done and had supper on the table by six. Then on Sunday, I was up and m...

Free COVID test kits available today Brodstone Memorial Hospital will distribute at-home COVID-19 test kits between 12 and 1 p.m. today (Thursday) at the drive-in located on the south side of the hospital. There will be a limit of two kits per...

Drought conditions had closed the Superior Country Club golf course to players. Kirk Utecht, club superintendent, was able to water the course over the weekend. The watering improved the course enough that it was opened for play Monday. Utecht asked...

The final deadline for the Nuckolls County primary election will have passed by the time this nespaper is distributed. Non-incumbents had until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, to file for any office. County offices are partisan and the nominee is decided in the...

A Florida man who died Saturday after crashing his truck while fleeing from police is earlier that day thought to have been in Nuckolls County. The Kansas Highway Patrol said a trooper tried to stop the 29-year-old man for erratic driving shortly...

For the second Lady Vestey Victorian Festival, volunteers built a replica of a horsedrawn tolley once used to ferry passengers from a distant train station to the main part of town. In the early days of Superior, there wasn’t much need for such a t...  Website

Construction has not yet started but progress continues to be made on the Montana Meadows development in northeastern Superior. Monday evening members of the Superior Community Development Agency met in special session at 7 p.m. before the regular...

Airport projects at Beloit and Smith Center are among 36 projects selected for the Kansas Airport Improvement Program funding. The program receives $5 million annually. There were 145 projects which sought more than $78 million from the fund this...

March is Jewell County Match Month. Last year, community members came together to raise $55,549 for the benefit of Jewell County communities and projects forever. The Dane G. Hansen Foundation matched those gifts for a total of $130,549 added to the...

Kansas Severe Weather Preparedness Week is March 7 to 11 this year. The week is designed to give the residents of Kansas an opportunity to learn, practice and prepare for the upcoming severe weather season. This year, a plethora of Kansas related...

A special meeting of the Mankato City Council was held Feb. 17, pursuant to a call for a special meeting. Present were Mayor Schoonover, Councilmen Becker, Tyler, Ost and Councilman George Hennion appeared via Zoom. Also present for the meeting was...