As a follow-up to the Directed Health Measure enacted by Governor Ricketts last Tuesday, the City of Superior began restricting access to playground equipment in both parks as well as the bandshell in the City Park. All public restrooms are closed...

With area residents being encouraged to stay at home during this time of crisis, many readers of this newspaper who purchased copies each week at a news stand are reluctant to do so. Some have ordered mail subscriptions but those may take a day or...

Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior, has been named a 2020 Top 20 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The rankings were recently reported by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). The Top 20 Critical...

In this time of uncertainty the one thing that is certain is uncertainty. In the last issue of this newspaper we reported in both the news and advertising columns about the cancellations of such traditional spring time events as the Lenten Week...

The South Heartland District Health Department, in collaboration with the district’s four-county region, has ordered Directed Health Measures necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The health department said of the four confirmed COVID-19 cases...

As of Tuesday afternoon Nebraska Departmentof Health and Human Services reported the following tests given and the number of positive results per county: Nuckolls - 11 tests and 0 positive; Webster - 6 tests and 0 positive; Thayer - 13 tests and 0...

As of March 31, Jewell County donors had raised $43,150 of the allotted $50,000 Dane Hanson Foundation match goal. Because of the interesting climate that we are in now because of COVID-19, the Hansen Foundation is extending their generosity. Jewell...

Though many things in Kansas are closed and travel restrictions may apply, state parks remain open but the situation isn’t simple. Some facilities are closed including all state park offices. Currently the offices are set to open April 20. Park s...

Several crafty people are repurposing items from furniture, decorations, pallets and dishware to be used in new ways. They have the knack to look at what to some people is junk and see a new purpose for it. When Pat Crocket saw a pile of tin panels...

Superior is home to “Ambassadors of Kindness, Inc.,” a nonprofit organization. It began as a Facebook page to inspire others to practice being kind and to show how kindness can spread. Within four months, the Facebook page had close to 7,000 fol...

Last Sunday was Palm Sunday and now we are ready to celebrate Easter on this coming Sunday. Holy Week, in the Christian Calendar is the week leading up to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. During the week, Holy Communion, the Eucharist, the Lord's...

Peter Kearns is reported to have been the only settler to stay for the winter of 1869-70 in Jewell County. The Kearns homestead was located somewhere along White Rock Creek. Kearns, born in France, lived the rest of his life in Jewell County in the...

Marlene (Mar) Katherine Faimon was born in Hastings, Neb., to Arnold and Martha (Menke) Faimon on Nov. 18, 1962. Heaven gained an angel, a jokester, a loving aunt, great-aunt, a godmother, a sister and a one-of-a-kind friend on March 24, 2020. Mar... Full story

Lori Lee Schardt, 56, was born on April 4, 1963, and died Sunday, March 29. She was born the youngest of five children to Paul and Grace (Holtzen) Schardt of Deshler. Lori was baptized on April 21, 1963, at Trinity Lutheran Church at Friedensau, by... Full story

Donald G. Buescher, 92, of Lawrence, Neb., died April 6, 2020, at Gramercy Hill in Lincoln, Neb. Donald’s Christian burial service will be held at a future date at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lawrence, Neb., because of the Covid-19 r... Full story

Gail Darwin Mizner, 74, died at his home in Richfield, Utah, March 28. Gail was born May 6, 1945, in Beloit, to Marion and Dorothea Mizner. He is the oldest of his three siblings: Lynn (Harold) Hurley, Gregg Mizner and Grant (Terri) Mizner. During... Full story

Here at the newspaper office we continue to struggle trying to find the best way to cope with the current pandemic. Now I would like talk with and obtain advice from those who went through the Spanish Flu Pandemic but I have blown the opportunity to...

This Easter will be like none other for people trying to “social distance,” during the COVID-19 epidemic. Easter usually is enjoyed by all communities hosting Easter Egg Hunts, where the children take their baskets and sacks, running here and the...