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Highway 75 project moving as fast as weather allowsDue to utility relocations and continuous rainy weather, the Highway 75/133rd Street project hasn’t moved along as fast as Rock County Highway Engineer Mark Sehr had hoped.Despite the delays, Sehr is still anticipating mid- to late July completion for the US Highway 75 portion of the project.Construction activities have included the removal of the bituminous and concrete pavement.The dirt work currently underway includes removal of material on US Highway 75 to meet sight distance specifications and placement of material on 131st Street to meet the width required for a city street.Next is the compaction required to meet the minimum density need for roads.Storm sewers and box culverts are also being worked on.Upcoming work will include the placement of an aggregate base, curb and gutter, and the bituminous paving.When the road itself is in place, other parts of the project that will have to be completed will include erosion control, signing, pavement marking, sod or seed and sidewalk construction.When the Highway 75/133rd Street project is behind us, we will still have the Main Street and Blue Mound Avenue projects to look forward to.The projects are expected to be let on June 17 with an anticipated August to September construction period with completion by mid-September.Relay for Life sets $40,000 as its goalThe Relay for Life committee is in the final stages for its big annual event.The two-day event will begin on Friday, June 17, at the Luverne City Park with the RFL supper running from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.The opening ceremonies will begin with a survivors’ lap at 7:00 p.m., followed by all of the teams starting their walk circling the park.The teams continue their walk around the park until the conclusion of the event at 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning.During the evening various activities, food and fund-raisers are held until the conclusion of the event.The Rock County event is one of 3,500 RFL events held nationwide.Since 2001, the Rock County event has raised from $44,128 to $62,085.Historical Society plans weekend eventThe Rock County Historical Society is hosting a barn dance for your weekend pleasure.The dance will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 11th at the Century Barn on the Rock County Fairgrounds.Music will be provided by Delmar Danke. Refreshments will be served.The Historical Society has other activities planned for the summer. Some of them include:
August 18; An ice cream social featuring hand-cranked ice cream on the lawn of the Hinkly House from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
September 20; The annual dinner and raffle at the Blue Mound Banquet Center with Dr. Lloyd Peterson, Southwest Minnesota State University, once again informing and entertaining the group with history of the area.Chamber golf scrambler scheduled for FridayThe Chamber of Commerce reports 18 teams have signed up for its annual golf scrambler as of Monday and expects to surpass the 22 entered in last year’s tournament.The 5-year-old tournament, scheduled for Friday, June 10, was started to help raise additional money to promote Luverne and its businesses.If you would like to participate, contact Lorna or Dave at the Luverne Chamber of Commerce, 283-4061.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com