The Superior Express -

Ready or not here comes May! I don’t know where April went, but it’s gone. It’s always a busy month. It’s time to be getting a vegetable garden planted, clean out and start up the water fountain, mow grass and mow again. Then there is my favorit...

Thursday afternoon Rita and I drove into Lincoln with plans to attend the 151st annual meeting of the Nebraska Press Association. One hundred fifty-one seems like a lot of meetings, but while in Lincoln, I got to thinking about my experiences with...

Q: Is it ok to laugh in church? A: My first impulse is to respond to this question with a resounding “Yes!” While the church is not a comedy center, I firmly believe there is a place in our services for humor. Christian joy is a fruit of the spi...

Some things never change, it seems. Many years ago someone said, “There’s never a good day for a funeral!” That statement has been proven out many times over the years and last Friday was another proof. We buried my brother, Bob, in Gretna, Nebra...

What a crazy, happy, tear-jerker of a week this will be. Jacob gets home Wednesday evening, Jessica graduates on Saturday, and the two will be united in holy bliss on Sunday. I’m so excited! I can’t sleep and can’t eat. My tummy is full of crazy...

Saturday is the day for members of the Nuckolls County high school’s senior classes of 2024 to receive their high school diplomas. Commercement exercises are planned for both the Lawrence-Nelson and Superior high schools. Superior will lead off t...

Brodstone Community Wellness will be taking over the planning and implementation of Superior’s July 4th FireKracker Run. For the past 41 years, Dr. Blecha and a team of devoted volunteers have organized the FireKracker Run. Not only is this race a c...

Thomas Wolfe, a major American novelist, famously titled one of his works “You Can’t Go Home Again.” Trenton Morris would disagree. You can go home again. Trent, the son of TJ and Kendra Morris, who operate Superior Industries was a 2016 Super...

According to Foster Care, a Program of Nebraska Children's Home Society, or NCHS, there were 6,640 children in foster care in Nebraska during their fiscal year 2020 to 2021. Esther Martin, a Superior resident, was just as shocked when she heard the n...

Nebraska Tourism has announced the stops included in the 2024 Nebraska Passport program, which includes four stops in our area: Superior Estates Winery, Willa Cather Center, Spring Ranch Campground and Sugar Shack Home Decor. The Passport goal is to...

Jewell County Commissioners Keith Roe, Ed Duskie, and Brent Beck met April 22. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. Brenda Eakins, treasurer, discussed personnel. Steve Melnick, Colonial Insurance, discussed coverage for part-time...

With North Central Kansas being in a Stage 3 severe weather alert area on Wednesday, schedule changes were announced Tuesday for the St. John’s junior high track meet. The Rock Hills students planned to attend the event on Wednesday. Field events w...

This Saturday 17 students of Lawrence-Nelson High School will walk the stage at the school in Nelson to receive their diploma at 4 p.m. This year’s graduates are Bayln Bargen, Sydney Biltoft Maddison Bissell-Elwess, Bailey Ceder, Danyelle Church, R...

In a departure from normal quarterly meetings held by the women of Salem Lutheran Church, gentlemen were included as well as both ladies and gentlemen from other area churches. The group was treated to a light supper after which a short devotion...

The Nelson Rubies planning team of Jodene Clabaugh, Carla Jeardoe, Sue Burge, Marcia Buresh, Mickey Vork and Karen Thayer picked Wednesday, April 17, for an outing which turned out to be a day of perfect Nebraska weather. The group traveled to...

Della Rose (Sykes) Schiermeyer was born to the late George A. and Lulu (Wortman) Sykes Nov. 23, 1925, near Oak Nebraska. She died April 25, 2024. On Dec. 1, 1946, she married Harvey E. Schiermeyer. To this union was born Leon, Lindell and Marilyn....

Carol M. (Schreiber) Lowery of Davenport, Nebraska, died on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the age of 94 years, 9 months and 7 days. Carol was born to Fred A. and Virginia H. (Bumgarner) Schreiber on July 18, 1929, at Geneva, Nebraska. Carol was...

Seeing Conference Track Meet results across the state means one thing. That means the end of the school is slowly creeping up on us. The Twin Valley Conference Track Meet was held last Saturday in Kenesaw. The Raiders were not able to fill all...

April 23 was a good day for the L-N Raider Golf team as they won the Cyndi Peil Scramble Golf Meet held on the Red Cloud course. Ten teams were invited to the event and the Raider team came in with the low score. The team standings were: L-N 228;...

The Rock Hills High School golf team hosted the Rock Hills Invitational last Tuesday. the match was played over the Mankato Golf Course. Eight teams competed at the event. The Grizzlies varsity squad finished in second place with a score of 335 for...