Tuff Home residents experience 'A Night on Mount Olympus'
The day after Hills-Beaver Creek High School hosted a junior-senior prom for students, residents from Tuff Memorial Home donned dresses and suits Saturday afternoon for their first
State offers info on 2026 Hwy 75 work
Minnesota Department of Transportation personnel were in Luverne Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the 2026 Highway 75 construction project.
'Marlene and Darlene without George'
“Marlene and Darlene” will return to the stage next week for another comedy performance to raise money for Generations.
Emerald ash borer officially reported in Rock County
Infestations of the destructive emerald ash borer have been spreading across Minnesota over the past 15 years, and on Monday the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first sighting
LHS competes in world robotics
The Luverne High School robotics team earned a Judges Choice Award at last week’s FIRST Robotic Competition World.
Sled hockey comes to Blue Mound Ice Arena
The Siouxland Sled Hockey Association brought on-ice practice to the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne for the first time April 7 in honor of their newest member.
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By Lori SorensonApril 03, 2024Workers with G&D Viking Glass, Sioux Falls, showed up Tuesday morning at the historic Palace Theatre in Luverne to install a new street level entry. The work follows years of planning and design to make the 109-year-old doorway safer in winter months when snow and moisture cause the decorative tile to get slippery. The Palace at one time used removable doors in winter months to keep out…
By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024City of Luverne and Rock County officials met March 27 with state and federal officials to restart the flood plain mapping process. The FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) topography maps are used by the federal flood insurance program and by communities for flood risk assessment. The mapping process started over a year ago, but stopped in February 2023, when local officials noticed the…- By Lori SorensonApril 03, 2024
By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024Members of the Denver Go-Getters 4-H Club hosted their first community Easter egg hunt Saturday as part of the club’s Community Pride project. Adult adviser Ashley Carlson said the 4-H’ers stepped forward when the local church group and Community Club opted not to host the Easter egg hunt this year. The 4-H’ers stepped in to fill 850 plastic eggs with candy and stickers and hid the eggs…
By Lori SorensonApril 03, 2024Construction will begin next week on the $7.2 million child care center in Luverne, and the Kids Rock! Inc. nonprofit board will soon hire an executive director to oversee licensure and facility startup. As that job description is finalized, Emily Crabtree said the board is looking for a “unicorn” to fill the important responsibilities the job requires. “The ‘unicorn’ would be able to do it all…- By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024Council members in the cities of Rock County will decide in the next 60 days if they will join in a countywide recreational marijuana ordinance or if they will develop ordinances of their own. Commissioners agreed to give the city councils of Beaver Creek, Hills, Steen, Magnolia, Luverne, Kenneth and Hardwick until mid-May to decide to opt in or opt out of a countywide limitation. “Because any…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024The 2024-25 school year at Luverne Public Schools will begin Tuesday, Sept. 3, and end 168 school days later on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Luverne School Board members spent March 12 in a workshop discussing the 2024-25 school year, weighing pros and cons of three suggested calendars. Each option started and ended the school year on the same dates with different suggested dates for holidays and…
- By Lori SorensonApril 03, 2024Luverne City Council members took action at their March 26 meeting to wrap up the Lopau Housing Addition project on the west edge of Luverne. The council approved the final payment of $89,517.54 to Henning Construction Inc. and signed the “Owner’s Acceptance of Contract Construction.” The project on north Walnut Avenue created a 24-lot residential development, including new streets, water,…
- April 03, 2024Sanford Luverne Medical Center has been designated a Level 4 Trauma Hospital by the Minnesota Department of Health. Employees voluntarily participated in the intense designation process to become part of Minnesota’s statewide trauma system. “When patients need trauma care, they need it quickly,” said Tammy Loosbrock, senior director for Sanford Health in Luverne. “Being located along…
- April 03, 2024More than 1.4 million Minnesota taxpayers have already filed their taxes, and over 97,000 refunds have already been sent out. With over a million taxpayers expected to file between now and the April 15 filing deadline, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has some tips to make it easier for those who still need to file. Ready to file: •E-file and choose direct deposit. Electronically filing…
By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024Last week’s Farm Week at the Library culminated Friday with Story Time with Bronwyn Wenzel and special animal guests. Library patrons met Franklin (a donkey), Darla (a lamb) and Opal and Olive (chickens) Friday morning after guest farmer reader Tom Sandager shared the book, “Right This Very Minute,” a table-to-farm story about food and farming. Thursday evening’s Story Time featured local…
By Lori SorensonMarch 27, 2024threw pies at high school students Friday morning in Beaver Creek after winning a “penny wars” fundraiser $459.68 to $314.47. The penny challenge followed H-BC High School’s suicide awareness campaign observing World Teen Mental Wellness Day on March 2. They sold T-shirts with the message, “The world is a better place with you in it,” and those proceeds, combined with penny wars competition,…
March 27, 2024Baking batches of cookies means a cookie exchange is imminent as sung by Luverne Elementary second-graders Friday afternoon in a production of “Cookies! The Musical!” in the performing arts center. Eighty students took to the stage under the direction of Beth Capistran and Morgan Van Holland. The sweet smell of cookies brought a group of puppies to the event, but they were easily distracted by…- By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024Years of persistence paid off for Rock County Rural Water (RCRW) when the local system’s project made the federal congressional directed spending list for Minnesota. RCRW will receive $1 million toward the construction of an 80-foot water tower to improve service to customers in western Rock County. Ryan Holtz, RCRW manager, told Rock County Commissioners at their March 19 meeting that he asked…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024New feedlot construction and expansions in Rock County slowed to just a handful per year over the past few years. However, county officials remain optimistic that growth will continue in the local livestock industry, given early 2024 activity. Doug Bos, assistant director of the county Land Management Office, presented the feedlot summary for 2023 to Rock County commissioners March 19. “This…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 27, 2024Rock County residents dodged a massive late-winter storm that dumped over a half foot of snow across central and eastern Minnesota. Hardwick and northern Rock County communities had roughly 1½ inches of snow as of Monday morning while Luverne and communities further south saw very little accumulation. Meanwhile, Edgerton and Pipestone only a few miles north saw blizzard conditions with colder…
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