Kahler Terrace coming back together
Workers from Kehm Contractors, masonry specialists from Omaha, Nebraska, began last week to piece together the Sioux Quartzite brick veneer on the Kahler Terrace a
Construction begins on child care center
The $7.2 million construction project is underway to renovate the former Total Card building into a community child care center in Luverne.
Jack's Basket reaches 10-year milestone
Ten years ago Kenneth native Carissa (Nieuwboer) Carroll started Jack’s Basket to make sure all babies born with Down syndrome are welcomed and celebrated.
Senior student council members serve breakfast as thank you to teachers
Seniors from the Luverne High School student council organized and prepared a hot breakfast for elementary and secondary teachers and support staff Tuesday morning.
Taubert debuts Sip of Joy CEO business
Prior to joining the Southwest MN Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program last fall, Joy Taubert quietly made British pastries and hosted tea parties for her family.
Much need moisture delays spring planting, clears local drought threat
Spring fieldwork took off in Rock County and across the region in mid-April, but conditions changed in late April and early May after more than 3½ inches of rain fell over a two-week period.
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- By Lori SorensonJune 16, 2015The population of Hills swelled over the weekend to welcome hundreds of visitors for the town’s celebration of its 125th anniversary. The quasquicentennial party was timed with the town’s annual Friendship Days weekend, so there were the usual parades, games, food vendors and festivities. In addition, volunteers hosted a meet and greet at the school, where some classes chose to organize class…
- June 16, 2015June 7-June 13 weather: High temperature for the week: 98 Low temperature for the week: 55 Average temperature for the week: 72 Rain amount for the week: 1.94 Moisture total for June…
- By Glenda McGaffeeJune 16, 2015The Hills Beaver Creek School Board approved the hiring of Tom Sandager as the district’s new high school agricultural teacher. The board took action on the hiring at a special meeting Friday, June 12. Sandager, who will start his duties for the 2015-16 school year, lives near Hills. He will be taking over the duties of Greg DeWandel, who retired after 39 years of teaching in the district.
- By Glenda McGaffeeJune 16, 2015Area residents hungry for the taste of fresh strawberries can find them at Hansen’s berry farm. The Hansen Strawberry Farm is owned and operated by Kathy and Jerry Hansen near Beaver Creek. This is their fifth year in operation. Jerry Hansen said, “The berries are nice sized this year and the season should last two to three weeks.” Hansen Strawberry Farm is open 7 a.m. to noon daily. Information…
- By Lori SorensonJune 16, 2015Music lovers enjoyed a serene evening atop the Blue Mounds State Park Saturday night when musician Paul Imholte played a variety of stringed instruments at the Interpretive Center. As part of the 2015 Life on the Prairie series of summer events, Saturday’s Concert on the Prairie featured the haunting sounds of unusual and original string instruments. Imholte wrote the music in honor of the…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 16, 2015An electricity distribution upgrade between Hardwick and Kenneth will provide more power to customers along the four-mile area in northeastern Rock County. Since June 2, workers from subcontractor Legacy Power Line Inc. of Wadena have been erecting wooden power poles along County Road 7 between 160th and 200th avenues in Battle Plain Township. Once the poles are fully upright, workers from Sioux…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 16, 2015A Luverne native was able to rub elbows recently with the legendary rock n’ roll band, The Rolling Stones. Katrina (Vander Kooi) Wallmeyer, a 2000 graduate of Luverne High School, is director of development and communications for the choral music programming organization VocalEssence. Wallmeyer has worked for VocalEssence, Minneapolis, for almost seven years. Last month VocalEssence founder…
- By Lori SorensonJune 16, 2015Dave Knips isn’t on a mission to make people look 20 years younger, but with his new Medi Spa business, he said he enjoys helping people feel better about themselves. “It’s not Joan Rivers and plastic surgery and big lips,” said Knips, who offers Botox and Dermafill treatments at his office in the Salon 75 building on South Highway 75. “You want to look refreshed — good for your age — not 20…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 16, 2015Last year Father’s Day weekend celebrations were put on hold in Rock County as residents dealt with the aftereffects of severe flooding. The persistent weather front helped the area recover from a yearlong drought, but it turned into too much of a good thing June 14-16, 2014, when more than 13 inches of rain caused the Rock River to swell to new record high levels. No lives were lost, but Rock…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 16, 2015Relay for Life of Rock County surpassed this year’s goal of $35,000. The 2015 event culminated Friday, June 12, with the local Relay for Life event and marked the 15th year the event has been conducted in Rock County. With donations still coming in, the committee raised just over $36,000 in monetary and in-kind donations from corporate donations and the 13 fundraising teams. “It went as well as…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 16, 2015Nate Golla (left) holds the squealing pig for Exchange State Bank Branch Manager and Vice President Ryan DeBates to kiss during Friday night's Relay for Life of Rock County. After the exchange of affection, the pig quieted, prompting aonther peck from DeBates as Ryan Wynia with First Farmers and Merchants Bank (far right) reacts. The event raised $2,571.07 with the one earning less "…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 10, 2015A Luverne woman is in jail after the vehicle she was driving struck a house. Maren Jane Overgaard, 45, was driving a 2006 GMC Envoy, owned by Tollefson Publishing of Luverne, when she left the roadway and struck a porch at 504 W. Luverne St. at 9:54 p.m., Wednesday, June 10. Homeowners Bill and Pauline Martin were not injured. Overgaard was transported by Rock County Ambulance Services to Sanford…
- June 09, 2015May 31-June 6 weather: High temperature for the week: 85 Low temperature for the week: 43 Average temperature for the week: 69 Rain amount for the week: 0.67 Moisture total for June…
- June 09, 2015Charlotte Steffen Charlotte Steffen, 81, Hills, formerly of Marshall, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. A private family service will take place at a later date. Arrangements are by Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Luverne. (0611 DN)
- By Glenda McGaffeeJune 09, 2015During the Hills Friendship Days and 125th celebration, a descendant of the namesake of Hills will be among the residents and visitors attending activities and riding in the parade. Gregory Newton Hills and his wife, Shirley, from Newark, Delaware, will be attending the festivities. Hills is a great-grandson of Frederick Clark Hills, for whom Hills was named. Frederick Clark Hills was born at…
- By Glenda McGaffeeJune 09, 2015The town of Hills is one of the younger villages of Rock County. It came into existence after and as a result of the building of the Sioux City and Northern railroad from Sioux City to Garretson. Following is information gleaned from “An Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock and Pipestone Minnesota.” The Illinois Central railroad was built through the neighborhood in the fall of 1887, and…
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