April 2022
Dispatch report
April 22
•Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue reported tools stolen from vehicle.
•Complainant on County Road 3 reported a cell phone was found.
•Complainant reported a missing person.
•Complainant on Freeman Avenue and Luverne Street reported a parking complaint.
•Complainant on E....
Betty Mann will be celebrating her 92nd birthday and her retirement after serving 27 years as Rock County Historical Society president from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the History Center. Cards/monetary gifts to the Rock County Historical Society in Betty’s honor are welcome.
Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge administers the oath of office to Deputy Dominic Castellano during the April 19 Rock County Board meeting. Castellano, a Sartell native, recently finished orientation and is now on patrol in the county. He graduated from Alexandria Community and Technical College...
Dispatch report
April 15
•Complainant on E. Luverne Street reported loud music at location.
•Complainant on W. Maple Street reported a crime in another county.
•Complainant on N. McKenzie Street reported property damage.
•Complainant on N. Kniss and Veterans Drive reported streetlight knocked down...
Wilde: May is Mental Health Awareness Month
To the Editor:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As a volunteer and advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, this month I am asking everyone to join us and demand #MoreForMentalHealth.
I am doing more by calling on my legislators...
Dingbat sisters Marlene and Darlene from Leota, Minnesota, are creations of my imagination.
DJ Luethje and I will bring the sisters to life on stage Thursday, April 28, for a dessert auction fundraiser for Generations in Luverne.
We will play the roles of two hapless, elderly sisters trying their...
Meetings
Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, May 2, at Poplar Creek Care Center in Luverne. Masks are required.
Friendship Club (formerly TOPS) meets Mondays at 9 a.m. at the Luverne Pizza Ranch. New members welcome. Contact Karen at 507-935-2004 for more information.
‘Marlene...
The Luverne High School softball team made quick work of Blue Earth Area on Friday, April 22, in a doubleheader that favored the Cardinals 10-3 and 16-0.
The Luverne girls improved their record to 7-0 after also sweeping Pipestone April 19 (see related story).
The Cardinals will look to continue...
St. Catherine Catholic Church
203 E. Brown St., Luverne
St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org
Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor
Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin...
The Luverne boys’ tennis team returned to its winning ways over the past week with three consecutive victories.
The Cardinals, now 7-1 on the season, defeated Blue Earth Area on Thursday and Yellow Medicine East and Montevideo on Saturday.
The scheduled meet in Fairmont Monday was postponed to May...