The Superior Express -

Farm activities have increased. Fields were fertilized and the planting of the fall crops is almost at an end. Around Memorial Week-end, the alfalfa begins to be cut and baled. Cattle now call the lush pasture lands home. It is hoped pasture fences...

Sunday afternoon, while returning from a visit with Rita’s mother at Osborne, we encountered a fireman stopping traffic on the highway south of Lebanon. Sheriff’s officers were stationed on Highway 36. Not seeing any smoke which would have ind...

It’s interesting . . It seems that more and more information about the national media’s negative allegations about President Trump are being proven untrue. However, we rarely see or hear retractions by the national media concerning their mis...

This weekend was exhausting. We cleaned out the garages at the money pit and started on our storage shed. For months they have been a catch-all and dumping ground for the family. We decided since we could not find any of our tools, it needed to be...

Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: Where in the Bible does it talk about how to be more patient? A: Let me approach the topic of patience by beginning with it’s opposites: impatience and frustration. We often approach life with an e...

The Superior Volunteer Fire Department is again making plans to present a free fireworks show at Brodstone Memorial Field as a climax to Superior’s July 4th activities. While coordinated by the members of the fire department, the annual show is p...

The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson, Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board is meeting weekly through July 19 to prepare the upcoming fiscal year budget. The board worked through a light...

Members of the Superior Board of Education have agreed to purchase and pay $170,000 in cash for approximately 17 acres of land from Scully Estates. The final decison was made during the June board meeting held Monday evening. All members of the...

Nuckolls County Foundation begins fifth decade of service The Nuckolls County Foundation board of directors met in mid-April for their annual meeting and to determine recipients of $32,450 in scholarships for 2021 high school graduates. The meeting...

The Jewell County Fair will be held Thursday, July 8, through Sunday, July 11. This year’s theme is Small Town Throwdown. Pre-fair judging will be held at the Mankato Community Center on Tuesday, July 6. Open class quilts will be judged starting a...

President Kenny Mizner called the meeting of the board of education for USD No. 107 to order in the meeting room at the district office Monday. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Brandon Hollerich, Lori Slate, Lori Yelken, Marc Grout, Rex Boley, Sam...

A new program that seeks to make home ownership more affordable is now available to eligible buyers in Jewell County. Debra J. Peters, NCK Home Ownership program manager said, “We are making an exception on the ‘Jewell County pilot only’ to provi...

Ostdiek relatives in the Lawrence area received word recently of the death of Mr. Tom Stritt of Indianola, Neb. on May 22, 2021, following a motor vehicle accident. Thomas Dale Stritt was born Oct. 23, 1948, to Clarence and Alyce (Carmichael)...

Hollis Lee Grone, 96, of Davenport, the son of Harold and Bertha (Houseman) Grone, was born Nov. 3, 1924, on a farm near Davenport. He died Tuesday, June 8, at Fillmore County Hospital in Geneva. Hollis grew up north of Davenport. He never quit farmi...