Luverne
There was a splash of good news for high school athletes on the fall prep sports scene in Minnesota this week.
On Monday, Sept. 21, the Minnesota State High School League Board of Directors approved a motion to return football and volleyball to fall activities this season.
With all the states...
Much of the Luverne High School Marching Band performance schedule is canceled, including this weekend’s Tri-State Band Festival.
However, festival organizers have developed a special educational clinic for the 52 local students who will take the field at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Due to the coronavirus...
Two downtown Luverne buildings will be improved with help from the city’s Historic Facade Improvement Program.
At their Sept. 14 meeting, members of the Luverne Economic Development Authority approved funds for John Bowron’s building on East Lincoln Street and for Luverne Counseling LLC on West...
Luverne cross country runners competed in their second home meet of the season on Friday, Sept. 18. In the team’s fourth meet of the season, both the girls’ and boys’ teams placed second.
Camden Janiszeski made it four straight Top Five finishes to kick off the season. Janiszeski placed third with...
After two weeks of instruction, Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek public schools will continue with their current safe learning models, even as coronavirus positive case numbers continue to rise in the county.
The Minnesota Department of Health released the 14-day case rate per 10,000 residents on...
Luverne is among dozens of communities across the state that will host “no barrier” testing sites through the Minnesota Department of Health.
The first sites are in Grand Rapids, Pine City and Waseca this week. Luverne’s round of testing is set for Oct. 13-15 at a location to be announced.
Nasal...
Minnesota Department of Transportation workers spent several days last week repairing the tire impressions on both the north- and southbound lanes of South Highway 75 from Main Street to Koehn Avenue. The impressions were causing “dishing” or potentially unsafe driving conditions when it rains....
We hope our readers will check out the Premium Minnesota Pork special edition inserted in this week’s Star Herald.
The facility, with more than 250 jobs and economic investment in the community, is easily one of the best things to happen to Luverne in recent years.
It’s the sort of thing that would...
Dispatch report
Sept. 11
•Complainant reported theft.
•Driving complaint was reported eastbound on Interstate 90, Highway 75 off-ramp, Luverne.
•Complainant on 81st Street, Beaver Creek, reported a homeless individual walking.
Sept. 12
•Suspicious activity was reported on W. Bishop Street.
•...
LeRoy Austin (left) accepted the official Love the Burger Battle trophy Friday night for his “Forkin’ Good Burger” from Rock-Nobles Beef Ambassador Whitney Elbers. The announcement was by televised video by Rock-Nobles Cattlemen’s Association President Jay Bakken. Eight Rock County restaurants took...