The Superior Express -

Saturday is the day for members of the Nuckolls County high school’s senior classes of 2024 to receive their high school diplomas. Commercement exercises are planned for both the Lawrence-Nelson and Superior high schools. Superior will lead off...

This Saturday 17 students of Lawrence-Nelson High School will walk the stage at the school in Nelson to receive their diploma at 4 p.m. This year’s graduates are Bayln Bargen, Sydney Biltoft Maddison Bissell-Elwess, Bailey Ceder, Danyelle Church,...

Brodstone Community Wellness will be taking over the planning and implementation of Superior’s July 4th FireKracker Run. For the past 41 years, Dr. Blecha and a team of devoted volunteers have organized the FireKracker Run. Not only is this race...

Jewell County Commissioners Keith Roe, Ed Duskie, and Brent Beck met April 22. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. Brenda Eakins, treasurer, discussed personnel. Steve Melnick, Colonial Insurance, discussed coverage for...

With North Central Kansas being in a Stage 3 severe weather alert area on Wednesday, schedule changes were announced Tuesday for the St. John’s junior high track meet. The Rock Hills students planned to attend the event on Wednesday. Field events...

The Nelson Rubies planning team of Jodene Clabaugh, Carla Jeardoe, Sue Burge, Marcia Buresh, Mickey Vork and Karen Thayer picked Wednesday, April 17, for an outing which turned out to be a day of perfect Nebraska weather. The group traveled to...

In a departure from normal quarterly meetings held by the women of Salem Lutheran Church, gentlemen were included as well as both ladies and gentlemen from other area churches. The group was treated to a light supper after which a short devotion...

The Superior High School track and field teams competed at the Southern Nebraska Conference meet at Sutton Saturday. Teams from Fairbury, David City, Centennial, Heartland, Wilber-Clatonia, Fillmore Central, Sutton, Sandy Creek, Milford and Thayer...

April 23 was a good day for the L-N Raider Golf team as they won the Cyndi Peil Scramble Golf Meet held on the Red Cloud course. Ten teams were invited to the event and the Raider team came in with the low score. The team standings were: L-N 228;...

Seeing Conference Track Meet results across the state means one thing. That means the end of the school is slowly creeping up on us. The Twin Valley Conference Track Meet was held last Saturday in Kenesaw. The Raiders were not able to fill all...

The Rock Hills High School golf team hosted the Rock Hills Invitational last Tuesday. the match was played over the Mankato Golf Course. Eight teams competed at the event. The Grizzlies varsity squad finished in second place with a score of 335 for...

The Superior High School golf team competed at the Cyndi Peil Scramble hosted by Blue Hill High School last Tuesday. The match was played over the Red Cloud Golf Course. Teams from Lawrence-Nelson, Deshler, Heartland, Exeter-Milligan-Freeman, Red...

Ready or not here comes May! I don’t know where April went, but it’s gone. It’s always a busy month. It’s time to be getting a vegetable garden planted, clean out and start up the water fountain, mow grass and mow again. Then there is my...

Thursday afternoon Rita and I drove into Lincoln with plans to attend the 151st annual meeting of the Nebraska Press Association. One hundred fifty-one seems like a lot of meetings, but while in Lincoln, I got to thinking about my experiences with...

Some things never change, it seems. Many years ago someone said, “There’s never a good day for a funeral!” That statement has been proven out many times over the years and last Friday was another proof. We buried my brother, Bob, in Gretna,...

Q: Is it ok to laugh in church? A: My first impulse is to respond to this question with a resounding “Yes!” While the church is not a comedy center, I firmly believe there is a place in our services for humor. Christian joy is a fruit of the...

What a crazy, happy, tear-jerker of a week this will be. Jacob gets home Wednesday evening, Jessica graduates on Saturday, and the two will be united in holy bliss on Sunday. I’m so excited! I can’t sleep and can’t eat. My tummy is full of...

Thomas Wolfe, a major American novelist, famously titled one of his works “You Can’t Go Home Again.” Trenton Morris would disagree. You can go home again. Trent, the son of TJ and Kendra Morris, who operate Superior Industries was a 2016...

Nebraska Tourism has announced the stops included in the 2024 Nebraska Passport program, which includes four stops in our area: Superior Estates Winery, Willa Cather Center, Spring Ranch Campground and Sugar Shack Home Decor. The Passport goal is...

Matthew Alan Thompson, the son of Kenneth and Linda (Collins) Thompson, was born on July 19, 1978, in Hamburg, Iowa. He died on April 22, 2024, at the Brodstone Healthcare at Superior, Nebraska, at the age of 45 years, 9 months, 3 days. After his...

Carol M. (Schreiber) Lowery of Davenport, Nebraska, died on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the age of 94 years, 9 months and 7 days. Carol was born to Fred A. and Virginia H. (Bumgarner) Schreiber on July 18, 1929, at Geneva, Nebraska. Carol was...

Della Rose (Sykes) Schiermeyer was born to the late George A. and Lulu (Wortman) Sykes Nov. 23, 1925, near Oak Nebraska. She died April 25, 2024. On Dec. 1, 1946, she married Harvey E. Schiermeyer. To this union was born Leon, Lindell and Marilyn....

Ronald L. Olivera, 60, died at his home in Jewell, Kansas, April 24, 2024. Kleppinger Funeral Home is in charge of...