The Superior Express -

Within six months, two aunts have left the Heskett family. Both will always be cherished but the one who recently died was for many of us nieces and nephews, like a mother we didn’t have with us anymore and someone we knew we could turn to. For m...

There hasn’t been a lot of hoopla associated with Superior celebrations in recent times but that wasn’t always the case. For example, I cite the Diamond Jubilee held in September, 1950, to celebrate the town’s founding in 1875. For that celeb...

Q: If all I have to do to be saved is believe what incentive is there for me to do good works? A: You are correct that a person’s salvation and eternal destiny are determined solely by our acceptance of the gospel of Jesus Christ; “Believe on the...

“There’s never a good day for a funeral.” That little phrase was coined many years ago and is as true today as it was when I first heard it. I bring it up today only because we attended funeral services of a niece Monday and it was an amazing event...

A couple of weeks ago, we headed down to see Robert on a Saturday. He was set to deploy the next week, so we wanted to wish him well in person. We even got to meet his new girlfriend. He was so nervous for us to meet her that he made me nervous. He...

Plans are coming together for the 2023 rendition of the Lady Vestey Victorian Festival. It is extra hard this year as the Superior Chamber of Commerce does not currently have a manager and the chamber’s manager has traditionally been the event coordi...

On Friday the Nebraska Department of Revenue published sales tax collection reports for December of 2022. The reports contained some surprising numbers. While retail sales were up 4.4 percent in Nuckolls County when compared to the prior year, they...

The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three members were present. The board approved the 2023 bridge inspection agreement with Marinelli, Wagner and aAssociates. The road department ttok delivery of a...

Mankato City Library will host “What a Ride! Rural Community-Owned Carnivals,” a presentation and discussion by Erika Nelson on Saturday, March 18, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Center meeting room at 214 N. High St. Members of the com...

This weekend my husband said to me, “I can’t believe Daylight Saving Time starts in just a week, and this year will be the last year we have to turn our clocks ahead,” to which I replied, “I don’t think that went through yet.” I had to look into i...

In her final story – “The Best Years” – author Willa Cather writes about the relationship between a school superintendent, Evangeline Knightly, and a young teacher named Lesley Ferguesson. Published posthumously, the story details the kindnes...

St. Peter Lutheran, Deshler, will host the LWML Deshler Zone Spring Workshop on Saturday. The workshop will be held at Deshler Lutheran School, 509 E Hebron Ave in Deshler. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. with the workshop beginning at 9:00 a.m....

Louis William Brockman of Holiday Island, Arkansas, died Feb. 28, at the age of 83, leaving to mourn family and friends. A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 16, at the Holy Family Catholic Church (28560 State Highway 39,...

Barb Ohmstede, 82, of Guide Rock, died Friday, at her home in Guide Rock. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m., Friday, March 17, at the United Methodist Church in Guide Rock with the Rev. Dale Thiele officiating. Visitation with the family present will...

Alisa Fay (Cockrell) Flavin was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 9, 1961, the daughter of Collins Devon and Willie Pearl Cockrell. She shared a birthday with her mother. She died March 4, 2023, at her rural Esbon, Kansas home. Alisa was under...

Ernest Albert Schlatter, 83 of Lebanon, died March 3, 2023, at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, Kansas. Ernie was born Feb. 20, 1940, at the family home south of Lebanon. He was one of three children of Albert (Curly) and Ruth...