August
LSS meals at Generations
Monday, Aug. 15: Chicken-fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes with gravy, Italian blend, dinner roll, dessert.
Half-Price Day sponsored by Sanford.
Tuesday, Aug. 16: Ham, baked potato with sour cream, carrots, dinner roll, dessert.
Wednesday, Aug. 17: Tuna pasta salad...
A.R. Wood scholarships awarded
Several Luverne students have been awarded A.R. Wood Trust scholarships.
Luverne High School Class of 2022 recipients include Brenn Siebenahler, Casey Sehr, Griffen Jarchow, Brooklyn Ver Steeg, Luke Thorson, Trygve Gangestad and Madeleine Schmuck.
Six former...
Dispatch report
Aug. 27
•Phone outage was reported.
•Reported a pedestrian light at crosswalk is possibly out.
•Complainant on W. Adams Street reported a civil property issue.
•Complainant reported an abandoned vehicle on 91st Street, Luverne.
•Complainant reported a camera outage.
Aug. 28
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Rock County high school fall athletes are in their second week of practice. Players and coaches from Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are enjoying a more normal start to the season compared to last year's COVID pandemic-impacted fall season.
Local leaders and child care professionals gathered for an emergency meeting last week after a number of in-home providers closed and announced closures.
Ten Rock County providers left the profession in the past year, leaving roughly 120 children needing care elsewhere. That’s in addition to nearly...
Meetings
Rock County People First will meet Monday, Sept. 13, in Luverne Pizza Ranch for a 5:30 p.m. meal and 6:30 p.m. meeting.
Fishing derby Aug. 29
The Luverne Optimist Club Fishing Derby will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Minnesota Veterans Home pond for ages 5 to 15. Food and...
Dispatch report
Aug. 13
•Complainant reported driver not returning his truck.
•Complainant on N. Cedar Street reported property damage.
•Complainant requested to speak to deputy.
•Driving complaint was reported westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 1, Valley Springs, South Dakota.
Aug. 14
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LSS meals at Generations
Monday, Aug. 30: Chicken and noodle casserole, mixed vegetables, peaches, cookie.
Tuesday, Aug. 31: Tater tot casserole, green beans, bread, cinnamon apples.
Wednesday, Sept. 1: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, brownie.
Half-Price Day sponsored by American...
10 years ago (2011)
•A powerful storm swept through Rock County in the overnight hours of Tuesday morning.
Nearly 60-mph winds uprooted trees, tore rooftops off buildings and collapsed grain bins, among other reported damage. …
The most concentrated area of damage, and perhaps the most visible, was...
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 29, 1935.
Rock County Burial Assn. Re-Elects Four Directors
Encouraging Reports on Past Year’s Business Submitted at Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Four directors were each re-elected for two years at the annual meeting of stockholders of...