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Special events are being planned thoroughout the area to mark the annual observance of Memorial Day. In prepation for the big day the Nelson American Legion family scheduled cemetery clean-up and small flag placement for 5:30 Monday with an... Full story

Travis and Erica Kenny will be honored Saturday as the 2022 recipients of the Superior 3000 Foundation Entrepreneur of the Year award. Travis and Erica Kenny have owned Kenny's Lumber & Farm Supply, Inc., in downtown Superior since March of... Full story

Got an old cell phone, computer or television you would like to be rid of? Nuckolls County residents will have an opportunity to do just that when an electronic recycling event is held at the county roads department shop from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. on... Full story

Something new is coming to Jewell this Memorial Weekend – the Jewell Farmer's Market. On Saturday there will be a Grand Opening Celebration for the market. The ribbon cutting will be at 8:45 a.m., Saturday, in front of the arch at Jewell's Maag Par...

Ground has been broken and work started on a new Superior housing development known as Montana Meadows. If all goes as planned five single family homes known as villas will be constructed along the east side of Montana Street south of Fifteenth...

A partnership between Brodstone Healthcare that began this year included walking and a morning ”bootcamp” exercise program, and is now on the verge of expanding. Although the details are not yet available, Brodstone Healthcare and the Auditorium...

Superior residents are invited to attend the Park and Recreation Design Open House from 4 to 6 p.m., on Wednesday, June 1. Design professionals will be in action, creating concepts for the park and recreation facilities in Superior. Residents are inv...

Nikki Ost, kindergarten teacher at Rock Hills Elementary, was honored with a certificate from the University of Kansas for 25 years of teaching youth.  Mrs. Ost graduated from Barton County Community College in 1994 with an associates of art...

It all started on a Saturday night in Mankato, Kansas, in August 1958. Two girls in a Jeep, one girl got out and a guy from Lovewell got in and that was the start of a 64 year romance. Two years later they were married. They have lived most of 62...

Alethia Rannebeck Loomis grew up on a farm in Smith County and caught the "bus" (a box with three rows of bench seats mounted on a Ford chassis) to Athens High School close to Ionia. Upon graduation and normal school training, she became the teacher...

On Memorial Day, we honor men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in military service to our nation. Time and again throughout our Republic’s history, courageous Americans have ventured into harm’s way to protect the freedoms we hold dear....

I heard someone say, "What is this holiday called Memorial Day?" I slowly looked up and said it is not a holiday; it is a day to honor and respect those gone before. The GI lost in the line of duty, the man who fought and was lucky to be alive, but...

Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska will have a Donation Drive in Lawrence. The trailer will be parked on Main Street after noon on June 1 and will be there until June 8 unless it is full before that. Goodwill will take home or garage wares that...

Glen (Dane) Edwards, a 90-year-old Hardy area farmer, has been at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida this week representing Nebraska in the Senior Olympics. The games began last Tuesday and Edwards has earned medals in several events. Edwards was an...

We are sorry but the information provided in the last issue of this newspaper with regard to the Superior High School Class of 2022 honor students was not correct. One student was included that should not have been and one student who should have...

The federal government announced a third round of free COVID-19 tests. This round will send each applicant eight tests. Those wanting to order tests are to go to COVIDTest.gov. Enter the required information, name, address and email, if available,...

County Board The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board, after a presentation from Murphy Tractor and equipment, placed an order for a maintainer. The...

Marci Penner of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, said the 2023 Big Kansas Road Trip (CKRT) will take place in Jewell, Republic and Smith counties in North Central Kansas on May 4 through 7. The BKRT is a multi-day event that feels like a tri-county...