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A Honor Roll
Seniors: Tryce Bennett, Tyson Bork, Annie Bos, Chase Bosch, Calvin Erickson, Hannah Fick, Ethan Gray, Ashlee Kelderman, Kathleen Kiers, Seth Klarenbeek, Abby Knobloch, Emilee Kodet, Allison LaRock, Taryn Rauk, Jacob Sheppard, Lauren Tatge, Avery Vis.
Juniors: Taylor Durst,...
Luverne High School speech coach Gavin Folkestad was selected by his peers as the 2020 Section Speech Coach of the Year.
This is the first time the 10-year veteran coach has received the honor.
“I was surprised when I heard I got the award,” Folkestad said. “We have a large number of great veteran...
Twenty staff members with Hills-Beaver Creek Public Schools spent Friday morning cleaning the ditches along Hwy 270 between Hills and Steen. Traditionally the senior class completes the fall and spring cleanup but due to the coronavirus and the issuance of distance learning, the students were...
There aren’t many positive aspects about the coronavirus and its impact on our community, from a reeling economy tofrontline workers in harm’s way, and we fear we may lose loved ones to the deadly virus.
That’s why staying home and suspending life’s big events are so important — reduce...
The color blue dominated the décor as well as the comments Thursday night, Nov. 21, at the Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary recognition celebration and open house.
The kindergarten- through fifth-grade facility was officially named a National Blue Ribbon School the previous week by the U.S. Department...
Luverne’s Dolly Talbert received the Advocate for Choral Excellence Award from the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota.
“Dolly has given of her remarkable gift of music to many throughout our community,” said Luverne choral director Seana Graber, who nominated Talbert for the award...
Archie Bonnett received a tribute fitting a horseman Monday morning when his son, Marty, led a four-horse procession to Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
The riderless horse was Archie’s 22-year-old Appaloosa mare, Hannah, which he raised from a foal.
On her back was Archie’s saddle and she led the...
At 92, Doreen Rollag has been making music for most of her life, and she’s happiest when she’s sharing her talents.
For more than 60 years, she’s been the organist for Palisade Lutheran Church, Beaver Creek, where she also sings in and has directed the church choir and other ensembles.
But Doreen’s...
Tammy Loosbrock, Sanford Luverne Medical Center senior director, was named to the Becker Hospital Review’s 60 Critical Access Hospital CEOs to Know in 2017.
This recognition is another in a growing list of Sanford Luverne achievements.
In April Healthgrades presented Sanford Luverne with its 2017...
The Craig and Twyla Schilling family of Ellsworth was recognized as a Century Farm Family at the Rock County Fair on July 28.
In 1916 John and Grace Bergman, Twyla Schilling’s great-grandparents, purchased 160 acres in the northeast quarter of Section 23 in Kanaranzi Township of Rock County.
For...