The Superior Express -

There was a statement recently shared about grandchildren, “some of the greatest blessings call us Grandma and Grandpa.” Grandparents certainly appreciate and agree with that statement. I know I do. Over Thanksgiving weekend, families and fri...

Did you ever get a song caught in your mind and it kept repeating itself over and over all day (or maybe more than a day) in your mind. Maybe it was a thought or phrase or whatever. Well, I recently heard a song and had to look up just when and...

Editorʼs Notebook By Bill Blauvelt While my father would later advertise that he offered tankwagon service, that was a misnomer. Dad offered tanktruck service for his bulk delivery tank was mounted on some kind of truck. His earliest Dodge truck...

Q: Does having a church around actually benefit anything? What is it good for? A: That will depend on the church. Churches that are Bible-based, Spirit-filled and faithful will be tremendous blessings to the community they are a part of. Churches...

Duke found his voice! I’ve heard him bark, playfully, but he is not typically a vocal pup. My friend, Linda, popped in the other day. Like always, she walked on in. I knew she was there, I heard the door, but it caught Duke off guard. When he barked,...

Four houses got at least a temporary stay of execution when the Superior City Council met Monday evening. If repair progress continues as expected, the houses will receive pardons. Their previous owners had allowed the properties to run afoul of...

Randy Haba’s story began on a small farm, run by his father, Dean, just outside of Glenvil, with his family. The family relocated to Colorado in 1982 when Randy was three. He was the youngest of his four siblings, Joe, Julia and Rene. Trying to k...

Among the special holiday activities planned for this week is the annual Nuckolls County Historical Society’s annual Christmas program in the museum church. There has a been a change in the starting time because of a another engagement conflict by o...

There has been an unusual find this week in a northern Jewell County field. Two dead buck deer were observed but there was no evidence of blood or signs the animals had been dragged to the disposal site. On closer examination, it was determined the...

Anthony Roy, from Bogue, Kansas, is the new Mankato city administrator. Roy has been in local government for approximately 10 years, both city and county. That, along with a deep interest in Jewell County, pushed him to apply for and accept the city...

Before the pandemic, Nancy Vorkink Machin and Mel La Rue, residents at Cherry Creek Retirement Village in Aurora, Colorado, would sit in the dining hall, sharing stories of overseas travels, wildlife and a passion for conservation. Mel, a 1947...

The Jewell County Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie met Nov. 20. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. P.J. Garst, solid waste director, discussed disposal of solid waste from the transfer station. He said that Hamm...

The Jewell County Commissioners, Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie, met on Nov. 13, as the Board of County Canvassers. The meeting was opened to canvass the ballots from the Nov. 7, 2023, General Election. Carla J. Waugh, Jewell County...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Nov. 13. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie were present along with Carla Waugh, county clerk. Waugh discussed issues with a delinquent payment on a department’s county credit card. She also d...

Lorene D. Friend, 95, of Keller Texas, formerly from Lawrence, Nebraska, died on Nov. 24, 2023, at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Grapevine, Texas. Lorene was born to John and Bertha (Ostdiek) Lemke, on Election Day Nov. 6, 1928, at home...

Members of a family with a longtime connection to the Lawrence business community have closed out an 80 year association with a motor vehicle parts store in Hastings. Ike and Daisy Friend launched Friend’s Motor Supply in downtown Hastings in A...

If you happen to be a regular at the Nelson Library, you may notice a new face popping in from time to time. Teraesa Bruce will be joining Mary Statz and Dawn Shaw at the library a few hours a week. Teraesa currently works for this newspaper and...

Saturday, Nov. 18 was a lovely sunny day for the Nelson Rubies to trek to Davenport for lunch and to attend the opening of the Homegrown Craft and Vendor venue. Part of the Homegrown experience was to ride in a carriage pulled by a patient and...

Preliminary results from the 2023 Nebraska November firearm deer season show statewide harvest was down 18 percent from 2022 and down 29 percent from the 2018 to 2022 average. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission expected these results for the...

With the state championship games for Nebraska’s high school football season being played last week, the 2023 season is now in the history books. For the L-N High School Raiders, the year was a successful season as they ended up in the state p...

According to the week of November 13, 2023’s VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Action Corps Weekly, the VFW has issued a Claim Shark factsheet concerning individuals or companies that charge hefty fees to “assist” or “consult” veterans with filing th...