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About 50 parents and students gather outside Luverne School District office doors Tuesday morning to peacefully protest school administration’s Monday night’s mask mandate decision for implementation on Tuesday morning.
Parents, students protest at district office Tuesday morning
Roughly 50 parents and students gathered outside the Luverne School District office Tuesday morning to peacefully protest the new mask mandate.
Co-workers and residents at Blue Mound Tower honored their executive director, Tammy Johnson, Monday for her work at the 70-unit apartment complex and for the state association’s honor of Johnson as the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award recipient.
Johnson honored for Outstanding Achievement
Residents at Blue Mound Tower know their executive director, Tammy Johnson, is someone they can count on for help. Now Johnson’s local positive impact is known statewide.
Bethany and Cory Tilstra (holding daughter Emma) started Prairie Wind Pet Cremation in August 2020 as a burial alternative for area pet owners. The family poses with their pets outside at the memorial garden, an option for grieving pet owners to spread their pet’s ashes.
Prairie Wind Pet Cremation helps when man's best friend dies
For the Casey and Lee Westphal family of rural Hills, their dog named Red was a faithful companion. She was an eager greeter and was dubbed “the best farm hand” by daughter McKenna in a social media post Aug. 21
Kenadie Fick and Andrew Harris (center) are this year’s Hills-Beaver Creek High School homecoming queen and king. Coronation ceremonies took place Monday night in the school gymnasium. Pictured from left are Emma Deelstra, Taylor Huisman, Grace Anderson, Samantha Moser, Danette Leenderts, Mackenzie Voss, Tara Paulsen, queen Kenadie Fick, King Andrew Harris, Cole Baker, Austin Allen, Oliver Deelstra, Casey Kueter, Blake Leenderts, Cody Moser and Riley Tatge.
Hills-Beaver Creek celebrates Homecoming Week
Parents, students and community members gathered in the Hills-Beaver Creek High School gymnasium for the 2021 Homecoming coronation. The student body chose seniors Kenadie Fick and Andrew Harris to reign over this week’s festivities.
LHS runners Tenley Nelson and Jenna DeBates finish first and second respectively in the varsity girls’ 5K race Saturday during the Bruce Gluf Classic meet in Luverne. The LHS girls’ team finished first.
Luverne cross country rakes in titles at Bruce Gluf Classic
The Luverne Cardinals cross country teams turned in dominating performances at the Bruce Gluf Classic meet Saturday.
State and local leaders with Minnesota's Clean Water Council took a field trip Monday through the Blue Mounds State Park as part of the council's southwest Minnesota tour of projects funded by the state's Clean Water Legacy Act. Of particular interest was the former Lower Lake of the part that drained in 2014, when flood waters destroyed the dam. The stream restoration has improved habitat and water qualify.
About 50 parents and students gather outside Luverne School District office doors Tuesday morning to peacefully protest school administration’s Monday night’s mask mandate decision for implementation on Tuesday morning.
Co-workers and residents at Blue Mound Tower honored their executive director, Tammy Johnson, Monday for her work at the 70-unit apartment complex and for the state association’s honor of Johnson as the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award recipient.
Bethany and Cory Tilstra (holding daughter Emma) started Prairie Wind Pet Cremation in August 2020 as a burial alternative for area pet owners. The family poses with their pets outside at the memorial garden, an option for grieving pet owners to spread their pet’s ashes.
Kenadie Fick and Andrew Harris (center) are this year’s Hills-Beaver Creek High School homecoming queen and king. Coronation ceremonies took place Monday night in the school gymnasium. Pictured from left are Emma Deelstra, Taylor Huisman, Grace Anderson, Samantha Moser, Danette Leenderts, Mackenzie Voss, Tara Paulsen, queen Kenadie Fick, King Andrew Harris, Cole Baker, Austin Allen, Oliver Deelstra, Casey Kueter, Blake Leenderts, Cody Moser and Riley Tatge.
LHS runners Tenley Nelson and Jenna DeBates finish first and second respectively in the varsity girls’ 5K race Saturday during the Bruce Gluf Classic meet in Luverne. The LHS girls’ team finished first.

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State and local leaders with Minnesota's Clean Water Council took a field trip Monday through the Blue Mounds State Park as part of the council's southwest Minnesota tour of projects funded by the state's Clean Water Legacy Act. Of particular interest was the former Lower Lake of the part that drained in 2014, when flood waters destroyed the dam. The stream restoration has improved habitat and water qualify.

Rock County, southwest Minnesota touts water projects

A busload of state and local leaders with Minnesota’s Clean Water Council took a field trip Monday through the Blue Mounds State Park. It was part of the council’s southwest Minnesota tour of projects funded by the state’s Clean Water Legacy Act. Of particular interest was the former Lower Lake of...
About 50 parents and students gather outside Luverne School District office doors Tuesday morning to peacefully protest school administration’s Monday night’s mask mandate decision for implementation on Tuesday morning.

Parents, students protest at district office Tuesday morning

Roughly 50 parents and students gathered outside the Luverne School District office Tuesday morning to peacefully protest the new mask mandate. Parents were notified around 6 p.m. Monday that all pre-K through 12th-grade students and district staff would need to wear facial coverings indoors...
Co-workers and residents at Blue Mound Tower honored their executive director, Tammy Johnson, Monday for her work at the 70-unit apartment complex and for the state association’s honor of Johnson as the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award recipient.

Johnson honored for Outstanding Achievement

Residents at Blue Mound Tower know their executive director, Tammy Johnson, is someone they can count on for help. Now Johnson’s local positive impact is known statewide. Johnson received the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award at the annual conference of the Minnesota Chapter of the National...
Bethany and Cory Tilstra (holding daughter Emma) started Prairie Wind Pet Cremation in August 2020 as a burial alternative for area pet owners. The family poses with their pets outside at the memorial garden, an option for grieving pet owners to spread their pet’s ashes.

Prairie Wind Pet Cremation helps when man's best friend dies

For the Casey and Lee Westphal family of rural Hills, their dog named Red was a faithful companion. She was an eager greeter and was dubbed “the best farm hand” by daughter McKenna in a social media post Aug. 21 about the 12-year-old Red Heeler’s death. A rescue dog, Red was 2 years old when she...
Kenadie Fick and Andrew Harris (center) are this year’s Hills-Beaver Creek High School homecoming queen and king. Coronation ceremonies took place Monday night in the school gymnasium. Pictured from left are Emma Deelstra, Taylor Huisman, Grace Anderson, Samantha Moser, Danette Leenderts, Mackenzie Voss, Tara Paulsen, queen Kenadie Fick, King Andrew Harris, Cole Baker, Austin Allen, Oliver Deelstra, Casey Kueter, Blake Leenderts, Cody Moser and Riley Tatge.

Hills-Beaver Creek celebrates Homecoming Week

Parents, students and community members gathered in the Hills-Beaver Creek High School gymnasium for the 2021 Homecoming coronation. The student body chose seniors Kenadie Fick and Andrew Harris to reign over this week’s festivities. Other queen candidates included Danette Leenderts, Tara Paulsen...
LHS runners Tenley Nelson and Jenna DeBates finish first and second respectively in the varsity girls’ 5K race Saturday during the Bruce Gluf Classic meet in Luverne. The LHS girls’ team finished first.

Luverne cross country rakes in titles at Bruce Gluf Classic

The Luverne Cardinals cross country teams turned in dominating performances at the Bruce Gluf Classic meet Saturday. The Cards earned first place in varsity girls’, varsity boys’, junior varsity girls’ and junior varsity boys’ competitions. “To say the kids were amazing would be an understatement...
The new commons area features flexible seating options for students. On the mezzanine, the new media center is located and features 5,000 books, down from the 30,000 volumes in the previous location.

School open for tours of building

The Luverne School Board will host a public open house Sunday to showcase the district’s completed construction. Self-guided tours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. “I am extremely proud of the project,” Superintendent Craig Oftedahl said. “The Board of Education had wonderful vision and did things right....
The Luverne Fire Department is considering a six-seater Polaris Ranger or a UTV like it to add to its fleet of vehicles to improve off-road rescue options on local trails.

Fire department may add six-seater side-by-side to fleet

Luverne’s Tom Nelson survived a cardiac arrest in the Blue Mounds State Park last month, thanks to CPR from a passerby and ambulance access to the portion of the trail where he collapsed. Had he been on a narrower trail deeper into the park, the outcome may have been different. Nelson’s incident...

COVID cases on rise locally

Local public health leader Jason Kloss weighed in Tuesday on the Luverne School District’s mask mandate. He said Luverne is not unique — that every school district will eventually be faced with the same choice. “It’s no surprise,” he said. “That’s what COVID does when people get together.” He...

County joins St. Paul Port Authority to offer green energy loans locally

Rock County Commissioners signed a joint powers agreement with the St. Paul Port Authority Sept. 7. Now they can offer Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans through the non-profit governmental agency for up to $1 million. At the same meeting, commissioners approved the PACE loan to GreenSmith...
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