My calendar tells me spring will officially arrive Saturday. I couldn’t be more ready for spring than this year. While we were traveling home a year ago, after winter time in Texas, we heard of the restrictions put in place because of the COVID-19 v...

With the massive storm forecast for the weekend, I kept close watch on the weather and had trouble focusing on other topics. It should be no surprise that Monday arrived before I was ready for it. Among the undone things on my to do list was the...

Compared to last week, the COVID-19 news is not so good this week. While with each passing day more Americans have been vaccinated with one of the three approved vaccines the positivity rate in the local health district has reversed its downward...

Lovewell Reservoir Elevation Tuesday 1,582.63 Elevation Friday 1582.00 Top of Conservation Pool 1,582.60 Conservation pool is 100+ percent full Inflow on Monday 342.5 c.f.s. Harlan County Reservoir Elevation Tuesday 1,944.95 Elevation Friday 1944.40...

Superior Temperature High Temperature this week 64 Low Temperature this week 29 Precipitation This week 2.79 Year to date 4.35 Average for March 1.47 Average to April 1 2.91 Nelson Precipitation 3.20...

The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the county courthouse in Nelson, Monday. All three commissioners were present. The county road department had two bid offerings on the agenda. They accepted a bid...

Thayer County voters approved a $5.275 million school bond issue in a special mail-in only election, Tuesday, March 9. The unofficial tally was 534 in favor with 518 opposed. The bond funds will be added to a special building fund of $3.3 million to...

Beauford Hoyer has been a lifelong Nuckolls County resident for 88 years. He was born on a farm near Spring Creek south of Ruskin. He said when the doctor arrived, he was laying between his mother’s legs. He has always been an early riser. Hoyer a...

Even though spring isn’t officially here until Saturday, it seems safe to say winter is over. (We’re not sure of the snow and cold, but the calendar does say winter is over on Saturday.) It was quite some winter. It arrived in its usual form, a coo...

Living in a ‘rural’ area of the United States, I suspect many of us receive our National news from our TV. We are not forced to be instantly informed and ‘live’ in a society and work place where the national news is the primary source of discuss...

Lawrence-Nelson public schools were recently featured in the NSAA membership spotlight. NSAA activities that students currently participate in are as follows: boys and girls cross country, volleyball, football, play production, wrestling, boys and...

Now that we have made it past false spring and second winter, many of us are yearning to get out into the garden. Try not to get too overzealous. The experts say we should wait until daytime temperatures are more than 50º to avoid harming our...

Brian Blevins, athletic director, physical education, health instructor at Lawrence-Nelson Middle School and High School said, "As the football coach and athletic director, I get multiple opportunities every year to build and strengthen...

Jessica Stokes ELA teacher Lawrence-Nelson Middle School and High School told about teaching during COVID quarantine. "In the spring of 2020, I spent a lot of time meeting individually with a few students to help them catch up on their school work...

Kylee Haba, Art and 9-12 Journalism at Lawrence-Nelson Middle School and High School told about an uplifting experience which encourages her in teaching. "It was the summer of 2020 (we all know how that went!) and I was sitting at home doing...

The monthly meeting of the Mankato Chamber of Commerce was held last Wednesday. There were seven members present. Jason Ortman, president, called the meeting to order. Haley Nelson gave an update on the 2021 membership drive. The chamber currently...

Match Month 2021 in Jewell County is entering it’s final stage. As of the second week of March, donations are hovering right around $10,000. The goal is to raise $50,000. This year we have made Match Month interactive, by putting all of the past g...

Plans are finally underway this year for the 2021 Rock Hills Post Prom event on Saturday, April 10. This year there are 19 students in the senior class and 20 students in the junior class plus their dates to plan for. The event is planned by voluntee...

OCCK Transportation has added transit data for the KanConnect regional fixed route service through Google Maps and Apple Maps. This will allow riders to plan trips and get directions using the transit service with a smart phone or computer. OCCK...