The Superior Express -

Happy Birthday, Kansas, on your 162nd year! Proud to say that you are the only state I’ve ever lived in and wouldn’t change that for anything. Kansas is smack dab in the middle of the United States. Some say it’s boring driving through Kansas on th...

Wylie Jensen stopped by the newspaper office with a nearly perfect 7 ounce pop bottle found while cleaning up the area where a corn crib was once located. The bottle would have been in like new condition had not the screen printed label been...

Icicles . . . Gosh, haven't used that term for quite some time in the past few years. Duane Brockman had a nice picture of icicle with a barn in the background on Facebook last week. Then, with a little melting and freezing of the ice and snow on...

We all know by now that I’m not fond of winter, but this blanket of white mother nature draped over everything sure is pretty. It’s a less depressing landscape to gaze upon, at the very least. I feel for those who have to work out in the wea...

“The Reel Story — Let the Memories Roll” is the tentative theme for Superior’s 2023 rendition of the Lady Vestey Victorian Festival. The theme honors a former Vestey Festival chairman and one of Superior’s biggest boosters, the late Lew Hunter. H...

A letter distributed this week to irrigators served by the Superior Canal reported the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska is now considering the construction of a Republican River Diversion Dam and pumping station to be located south of the Aur...

Apparently, the residents of Superior are not objecting to an ordinance change that will mandate each residence subscribe for trash removal service. If the ordinance is adopted, the charge will be part of the property’s monthly utility bill. At t...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Tuesday, Jan. 17. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. Don Jacobs, sheriff, discussed the Western Children Advocacy Center fund...

Jewell County farmer, the late Roger Underwood, directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to Jewell County Helping Hands Ministries. They will use the funds to help feed the residents of Jewell County. “We want to thank...

Governor Laura Kelly said $44.5 million will be awarded to nine service providers to extend high-speed internet to 18,468 locations in 15 underserved counties across the state. This is the third and final award phase of the Kansas Capital Project...

The first weeks of the 2023 Nebraska legislative session are complete. The early session is shaping up to be one of the most promising we’ve had on a number of issues. Sen. Albrecht has introduced a great piece of legislation to ban abortion after s...

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) sent the 2022 Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry to Nebraska producers on Jan. 19. Like the 2021 questionnaire, this year’s survey will collect information on the total planted and har...

By the time this column gets published, my daughter will be married. That got me thinking about weddings as economic development and people attraction. When I was married 20 years ago, I did the same thing my daughter is doing. I was married in the...

Chuck and DeAnna Tuttle attended the American Legion Department of Nebraska educational conference held at Divots Norfolk Lodge Jan. 13 to 15 with joint and individual sessions for all members of the American Legion Family. Joint sessions included...

Dr. Paul Jene Hallgrimson, age 85, died peacefully in his sleep at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Navarre, Florida, after a brief illness. Jene was born in Ainsworth, on April 1, 1937, to Paul and Vera (Patch) Hallgrimson, the oldest of three...

Ronald Dean Lemke, the son of Elmer John and Frieda Nadine (Marcotte) Lemke, was born on Sept. 28, 1956, in Red Cloud, Nebraska. He died Jan. 16, 2023, at the Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home at Hebron, at the age of 66 years, 3 months, 19 days....