It was a typical summer Sunday afternoon. The humidity was almost unbearable making it hard to catch one’s breath. The sun bore down making the temperature reach well into the 90s. Weather forecasters had reported heavy rains were to arrive but t...

The author of a newspaper column I regularly read often begins his column with “Things I know and things I think I know.” If I were to attach a title to this week’s column it would be “Things I don’t understand.” Saturday morning I received a...

All signs are pointing toward another expansion of Superior’s Agrex elevator. Monday evening representatives of the elevator company, Darin Koepke and Eric Krotzinger, met with members of the Superior City Council and reviewed the company plans. I...

Rain showers in the forecast may cause some participants to leave the tops up on their convertibles and their motorcycles at home but hopefully the showers will not be heavy enough to wash out the July Cruise Night set for downtown Superior this...

The 10/11 Can Care-a-Van has been helping to feed Nebraskans since 1988. While much has changed over the past three decades, hunger has persisted. That need keeps Nebraskans coming out year after year to help stock the shelves of their local food...

Bargain hunters will converge on Superior the coming two Saturdays and business owners and residents to join to offer some spectacular deals in the fresh air where it will be easier to maintain social distancing. First in the line-up will be the...

A former Superior resident, Ty Betka, is returning to his hometown to speak at a youth rally planned for 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Superior High School Gym. The rally is open to area students who will be in grades 6 through 12 when school...

Generally the Superior City Council has a light agenda for the last meeting of the month. That wasn’t the case this week. In addition to discussing the all but certain expansion of the Agrex elevator (See related story on this page) the council a...

South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials are investigating a large cluster of COVID cases and exposures associated with multiple events. Some of the cases were reported by SHDHD earlier and some are newly identified. The cases in...

Approximately 94,000 Nebraskans are expected to be eligible for Nebraska’s Medicaid expansion program, known as Heritage Health Adult. Many Nebraskans previously unable to apply for health insurance will now be qualified for coverage this year. W...

Kansas voters will be going to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the statewide primary election. This edition of the Jewell County newspaper contains the sample ballots, voter instructions and the locations of the voting places. To reduce...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), has lifted the blue-green algae watch for Lovewell Reservoir. Blooms are unpredictable. They can develop...

President Kenny Mizner called the July 13 regular meeting of the Board of Education for USD No. 107 to order at the meeting room at the district office. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Brenden Wirth, Marc Grout, Lori Slate, Lori Yelken, Brandon Holl...

Harry Huge Arrangements are being made for a graveside service in Superior’s Evergreen Cemetery honoring the late Harry Huge. The community benefactor and international attorney, will be buried next to his parents at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. B...

Roger Stineman A funeral honoring Roger Stineman, 50, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Nelson Community United Church of Christ. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Megrue-Price Funeral Home.Roger Stineman A funeral honoring Roger...

Roger Eugene McElroy, 79, died last Wednesday. He was born on the family farm outside of Randall to William Finley (Bill) and Mildred Marie Wallace McElroy on Sept. 27, 1940. Survivors include his four children: Curtis McElroy of Tulsa, Okla., Greg...

Connie Becker,79, died Monday at Superior. Her funeral is at 10 a.m., Friday, at Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior. Pastor Ethan Feistner will officiate. Burial will be in Spring Creek Cemetery, Ruskin. Visitation is from4 to 8 p.m. with family...

Gene Alexander Carroll Gene Alexander, 77, the son of Carroll and Harriet Bernice (Willett) Alexander, was born July 31, 1942, in Nelson. He died July 24, 2020, at his residence in Superior. Gene attended school in Superior and was a Superior High...