1-14-21 Over the weekend I heard a man, who finds the current time challenging, comment he would prefer the quieter, less stressful time of the 1960s. I suspect his statement reveals his age. With the Great Depression, Dust Bowl and WWII in their...

House designers these days say having a “mud room” in the house is a must. On a farm, what some today would term as being a “mud room” could be called a “catch all room” and to all farmwives, it is a must have room. It is entered when a family memb...

Q: How could a loving God command genocide? God told Israel to kill all of the Canaanites: men, women, and children! Part Two: Last week we addressed this question by recalling God’s absolute authority over creation and the fact we are all d...

Now I’ve heard it all . . . no, I’m sure something else will come up in the future to change that statement. What I’m talking about is the latest reason the U. S. government seems to be such a condition that many, many people have lost faith in it an...

I’m happy to say Jacob is good to go! Apparently, he has angered the nerves in his forearm, and the doctor told him it would stop hurting as soon as he quits using it as a battle-ax. He gets to wear an extra pad from now on when playing football. H...

Superior has a full slate of activities for the 2021 Homecoming week. The theme this year, “Once Upon a Homecoming,” revolves around a Disney movie. Class competitions are planned for the week. The class with the most points wins the spirit stick and...

Shortly after the regular monthly meeting of the Superior Board of Education opened, members of the board toured the district’s elementary “POWER” room. Courtney Utecht, a special education instructor and MacKenzie Trumble, a speech language patho...

The October 4 issue of this newspaper contained a special section with information about the undesirable weeds which are commonly found in this area. While weeds may have objectionable traits, weeds also have positive features. Farmers hate henbit...

The American Red Cross continues to experience an emergency blood shortage that has caused the blood supply to drop to the lowest post-summer level in at least six years. With less than a day’s supply of certain blood types in recent weeks, the R...

Phil Jackson enjoyed ample success as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, winning six championships in eight seasons during the 1990s. However, Jackson’s favorite Bulls player was a man who could hardly enjoy the birth of one of the NBA’s gre...

The Jewell City Council met in regular session Monday Oct 4, at city hall. Those in attendance were Darrell Bohnert, mayor; council members, Max Burks, Josh Burks, Bob Freeman, Gaye Daniels; and Kristie Anderson, city clerk. Don Jacobs, Jewell...

Those present at the Sept. 7 Mankato City Council meeting were Mayor Schoonover, Council President Dauner, Councilmen Becker, Councilman Klos, Councilwoman Abel, Councilman Tyler and Attorney Miller. Sheriff Jacobs requested no parking signs on the n...

I'm sure by now most of you have heard about the Ambassadors of Kindness, a nonprofit group in Superior, which provides children in foster care with Christmas gifts through donations. Over the last few years, they have begun doing much more than...

It may seem somewhat odd that the L-N – Sandy Creek Red Raiders competed in “another” conference meet last week. It works out that way because Sandy Creek is in the Southern Nebraska Conference and L-N is in the Twin Valley Conference and each confe...

Paiton Nash, a senior at Deshler High School and the daughter of Josh and Amy Nash, was selected for U.S. Bank and the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) 2021-2022 Believers & Achievers award. Only 48 students statewide are selected for...

Football schedules change from year to year and the 2021 schedule for the L-N Raiders has been a tough one. L-N played Osceola last Friday and lost to the tune of 14-52. L-N has a 3-4 season record to date and those four losses are all to teams ranke...

It took them awhile but the Rock Hills Grizzlies earned their first win under head coach Sawyer Havenstein, at Glasco Friday. The Grizzlies came away with a decisive 66-20 trampling of the Southern Cloud Warriors for their first win of the 20121...

The Rock Hills High School volleyball team picked up their third win of the season when they swept Natoma, 25-16 and 25-13, in two sets last Tuesday at the Natoma triangular. They fell to Tescott in three sets, 23-25, 26-24 and 15-5. The Grizzlies...

The Superior Wildcats volleyball team is back on track after they downed the Minden Whippets in a three-set sweep, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-23, at Minden last Tuesday. They recorded another three-set sweep, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-23, when they hosted the...