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Volunteers contribute $55,000 to hospital
Nifty Thrifty made a generous donation of $55,000 to the Brodstone Memorial Hospital Foundation in August of 2020. The Brodstone Memorial Hospital Foundation recently used these funds to purchase new surgical equipment for the hospital. This...
Nuckolls Co. goes 14 days without a new COVID case
Monday night, Michele Bever, South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) director, reported 24 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the prior seven days (April 27-May 3), bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to...
Look up when entering high school art room
It has become a tradition for the senior class members of Melody Rempe’s art classes at Superior High School to paint a class ceiling panel. If one cranes their neck upward as they walk the corridor leading to the art classroom, they are greeted...
Superior planning to hold Victorian festival
With Memorial Day weekend approaching, it’s time to look forward to Superior’s Lady Vestey Victorian festival. The annual event was cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event returns this year. Area residents and businesses...
Nuckolls Co. seniors graduate Saturday
Superior High School will graduate its 134th class Saturday, in the high school gymnasium. The ceremony for the 25 seniors is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Each graduate is allowed to have 10 guests in attendance. Masks are mandatory. The Superior...
Board pondering salary raises for county employees
The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting, Monday, at the county courthouse in Nelson. All three commissioners were present. The board worked through a light agenda. Jim Bolte, road department foreman,...
Yard of the Month
Nominations for the Yard of the Month award must be received at the Superior Chamber of Commerce office by Monday. Nominations can be made by calling or emailing the Chamber office. The e mail address is [email protected]
November date set for Brodstone Gala
Brodstone Memorial Hospital Foundation revealed plans for the fourth annual Harvest Moon Gala this week. The in-person event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Superior Auditorium. In 2020, because of COVID-19 restrictions, the event was held...
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Sunflowers are popping up in Burr Oak
Sunflowers are popping up everywhere in Burr Oak these days. In fact there are 150, one of a kind, primitive art created sunflowers up and down the main street of Burr Oak. All the sunflowers were...
Jensen has been playing guitar since age 9
Tom Jensen acquired an abiding love of music as a young child growing up in Oak and Nelson. He was raised in a home which was filled with music. His mother was an accomplished pianist with a liking...
RHHS graduation Saturday
The Rock Hills High School Class of 2021 have their graduation ceremony, Saturday, at 2 p.m., in the high school gymnasium. Masks are requested but not required. Senior Day is Friday. The seniors take this opportunity to announce their postgraduate...
Man charged after Jewell stabbing
At 1:19 Saturday morning officers with the Jewell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call telling of a stabbing victim in Jewell. Officers arrived in Jewell to find a man with a single knife wound to his chest. The victim was transported...
Former Formoso resident will portray Marion Sloan Russell
Five times Marion traveled the Santa Fe Trail before age 21. Marion Sloan Russell enjoyed telling about her adventures on the Santa Fe Trail with her mother and brother. Along the trail she is known as "Maid Marion" as her first trip began as a...
JC Commissioners finalize April business
The Jewell County commissioners met last Monday with commissioners Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe and Carla J. Waugh, county clerk present. The following were present for the office head meeting: Nora Rhoades, Post Rock Extension director;...
Jewell County Cinema, Inc. discusses insurance
Last Monday the Jewell County Cinema, Inc. Board met via Zoom and in person. Those in attendance were Thadd Hinkle, Lisa Goodheart, Phyllis Christie, Janis McDill and Sarah Ortman. Trevor Elkins was a guest. Janis McDill said they have credit from...
Pope Francis appoints new Bishop for Colorado Springs; has ties to local area
Colorado Springs, Colo: Pope Francis named Father James Golka, a priest of the Diocese of Grand Island, Neb., as the third Bishop of Colorado Springs on last Friday. Bishop-elect Golka has served as...
L-N students participate in the community cleanup
After everything getting cut short in 2020, we were thrilled to be able to do Community Cleanup Day this year! Our staff and students split into groups to tackle projects throughout Lawrence and Nelso...
Graduation Saturday at L-N High School
Lawrence-Nelson commencement exercises are at 4 p.m., Saturday in the gymnasium at Nelson. Seniors and junior ushersand greeters should arrive no later than 3 p.m., for group photos and meet in the library. The doors will be open to the public at 3...
SHS FFA banquet
The Superior High School chapter of the FFA held their annual banquet, Thursday, at the Superior Elementary School gymnasium. The banquet had been cancelled last year because of the COVID-19...
Leona Korb
Leona (Margaret) McCutcheon Korb was born on May 9, 1935, on her family’s farm near Webber Kan. and died Feb. 28, 2021, in Merriam, Kan., with family and friends by her side. Margaret looked back on her youth with fond memories of growing up on...
Walking School Bus to run on Wednesdays
Walking School Bus to run on Wednesdays Departure time – Leaving from City Park at 7:30 am A walking school bus is a group of children (“riders”) walking to school with one or more adults (“drivers”) along a pre-planned route to school....
Nuckolls Co. goes another week without a new COVID-19 case
On Monday South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 30 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the previous seven days (April 18-24), bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 4,821. The new...
Intersection closes Monday
City of Superior We suspect Monday was a red letter day for the VanKirk construction company in Superior. Monday afternoon the company was awarded a $252,464.99 contract for the paving of the Superior Municipal Airport parking lot. Until now the lot...
Will hold Day of Prayer breakfast in Superior May 6
A week from today, Thursday, May 6, Living Faith Fellowship Church in downtown Superior will host the local National Day of Prayer breakfast. This is the 70th anniversary of the establishment of a National Day of Prayer. Designated by Congress, the...
Household hazardous waste collection at Nelson Saturday
There will be a household hazardous waste collection at the Nuckolls County Road Department yard, Saturday, from 3 to 5 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Little Blue NRD, Trailblazer RC & D, the Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners and NET. The co...
