Saturday’s Tri-State Band Festival started out like most of the others have for the past 66 years in Luverne.
High school students marched down Main Street in a parade of festive band music and bright colors under a crisp autumn sky.
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David Niessink with Superior Caulking power-washes the brick façade of the Redeemed Remnants storefront Sept. 21. “It’s so terribly dirty,” said Marion Van Bemmel, Niessink’s father-in-law, who was helping keep an eye on the project from the ground. The cleaning allowed Niessink to assess the...
Saturday’s Tri-State Band Festival started out like most of the others have for the past 66 years in Luverne.
High school students marched down Main Street in a parade of festive band music and bright colors under a crisp autumn sky.
But clouds rolled in for the afternoon performances at Cardinal...
Rock County Harvest 2016 will have varied results, based on where the most rain fell.
Some soybean fields are standing in water, while other areas of the county are dry, having missed most of the recent heavy rains.
Farmers are reporting some stress to plants as a result of persistent rain. For...
Luverne City officials are working with engineers on a berm that would minimize flood damage at Redbird Field.
In the June 2014 flooding, a raging Rock River spilled its banks and deposited corn stalks, debris and tons of sand and silt onto Redbird Field.
After spending $200,000 to clean it up, the...
last American Legion Riders group formed in the Minnesota American Legion’s second district, another group is forming and this time it’s at a local level.
Hardwick’s Mark Coney conducted the organizational meeting for the new Legion Riders chapter.
“I tried three years ago to get the third chapter...
Luverne is the first city in Minnesota to become a Purple Heart City, and a dedication ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 20, made that designation official.
City Council members and Purple Heart Veterans Buck Underwood and Gary Hassebroek gathered on South Highway 75 between Howling Dog and Subway where a...
Timely taxpayer payments and debt refinancing resulted in a decrease of the Luverne School District 2017 preliminary levy of 2.77 percent.
Marlene Mann, the district’s business manager, told board members at their meeting Thursday, Sept. 22, that local on-time tax payments helped reduce this year’s...
Rock County’s preliminary levy for 2017 is set to increase 6.13 percent over the current county levy.
Three motions at different percentages were made at the Sept. 20 County Board meeting before 6.13 percent was accepted.
Two motions for a 6.5 and a 5.75 percent increase failed in 2-3 votes....
An arbitrator with the state’s Bureau of Mediation Services ruled in favor of a Luverne Public Schools teacher in a grievance filed in October 2015.
Luverne Education Association filed the grievance on behalf of Shirlee Gilmore, an elementary music instructor, after district officials denied her...
Meetings
Blue Mound Quilters will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in the Rock County Public Library basement. The workshop is on making baby quilts. Bring your own supplies and completed Hospice quilt blocks.
Rock County DFL Chuckwagon Feed will be Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Luverne Pizza Ranch....
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