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.
For the love of running: Locals excel in marathons
Blake Ziegler, a 2014 Luverne High School grad, ran the prestigious Boston Marathon on April 15, finishing in 2:43:47.
4-Her's try to pick up where volunteer George Bonnema left off
Members of the Magnolia Juniors 4-H Club spent time Thursday night, April 18, raking leaves, picking up branches and remembering community volunteer George Bonnema.
Locals travel to path of totality to view 2024 eclipse
The highly anticipated 2024 total eclipse of the sun occurred Monday, April 8, across North America, and several groups of Rock County residents traveled to experience the once-in-a-lifetime ev
Students perform 'Legally Blonde The Musical'
When the LHS production of “Legally Blonde, the Musical” opens next week for six evening performances, audiences will be surprised at what they see.
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- September 07, 2021This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a…
- September 02, 2021Rock County has agreed to a settlement of all claims asserted in a federal lawsuit against Rock County and its deputies related to the Nov. 27, 2018, stop and search of Kelli Jo Torres. Named in the suit are deputies Dallas Hamm and Shelley Douty, Sheriff Evan Verbrugge and Rock County. Under the terms of the settlement, Torres along with her attorney will receive payment of $140,000. The…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 31, 2021A car show, bag toss tournament and grilled burgers were offered at the first Luverne High School Senior Night Monday evening in the school’s new commons and the performing arts center. About 63 seniors gathered for the event hosted by the school’s student council. The students were sophomores when the $31 million remodel and construction project began. For many students, Monday night’s event was…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 31, 2021Storms that swept through Rock County and the tri-state area Saturday night left downed trees, damaged crops and property, and wet basements. Hills, Beaver Creek, Steen and Luverne all had downed trees, some of them large, and some fell on vehicles and buildings. A large maple tree in Roger Tollefson’s backyard on Northview Drive in Luverne split down the middle, and half of it fell toward the…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 31, 2021The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission gave approval last week to the 109-megawatt Walleye Wind project in west-central Rock County. The regulatory agency issued permits to NextEra Energy for both site construction and certificate of need for the electricity. NextEra plans to construct up to 40 wind turbines in the townships of Beaver Creek, Luverne, Martin and Springwater. The farm…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 31, 2021Streets in and around the Luverne School District campus have been renamed as part of rebranding and school pride initiatives. Luverne City Council members approved an ordinance this summer to change the street names, and the new red-and-white signs went up last week. The following streets were affected: •Adams Street (the east-west road that enters the school campus at the tennis courts) is now…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 31, 2021The westbound ramps for I-90 at Luverne and Beaver Creek reopened last week following summer construction between the two towns. The work involved resurfacing the existing westbound pavement, and westbound motorists were shifted to the eastbound lanes in “head-to-head” two-way traffic between Luverne and Highway 23. The westbound ramp from Luverne onto I-90 was closed for the duration of the…
- August 31, 2021Members of the Bottoms Up Pink Ladies presented a gift bag and $500 to the Lisa and Mark Ehlers family Friday night during the Rock County Relay for Life event at Take 16 in Luverne. Pink Ladies Jennifer Luitjens (far left) emphasized that “no one fights alone” and honored Lisa for her fight against breast cancer. Also pictured are fellow dart league members Robin Folkers and Brandy Wersal. The…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 31, 2021Free coronavirus testing will continue at Luverne Public Schools for the upcoming school year. A grant from the Minnesota Department of Education will support the three tests available in the 2021-22 school year. Available tests include an at-home, over-the-counter option, the cue test administered in the school’s health office and the vault test. The at-home and cue test options provide results…
- August 31, 2021Stone Hill Excavation of Sioux Falls tears down the former Hills Co-Op Creamery Association building on West Third Street in Hills on Aug. 25 and hauls away the structure. The two-story brick building was constructed in 1927 and local dairy producers supplied the milk to make butter. According to the Hills Centennial book, the creamery closed in 1961. The building and half-acre site had a variety…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 31, 2021Hills-Beaver Creek Public Schools will welcome seven new teachers and three new paraprofessionals when the 2021-22 school year begins Tuesday. Lydia Hildebrandt will be in the sixth-grade classroom when the 2021-22 school year begins at H-BC Elementary in Beaver Creek on Tuesday. The Mountain Lake native attended Bethany Lutheran College, graduating in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 31, 2021When Luverne Public Schools opens the doors for the 2021-22 school year, seven new teachers will be in the classrooms. Some of the faces are familiar. However, this time they’ll be in the front of the classroom instead of behind a student desk. Cassie Uithoven (nee Pap) is an LHS graduate and will teach ninth-grade English language arts and grades 11/12 speech. She received an elementary…
- August 31, 2021Firearm and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as antlerless permit lottery this hunting season are reminded they must purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 9. Hunters who purchase their license before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or special hunt area they declare. No application is needed…
- August 24, 2021Rock County high school fall athletes are in their second week of practice. Players and coaches from Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are enjoying a more normal start to the season compared to last year's COVID pandemic-impacted fall season.
- By Lori SorensonAugust 24, 2021Becky Gonnerman, Luverne, describes her job during the pandemic as “a nightmare.” Gonnerman, a nurse in health services at Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls, spoke to a gathering at Take 16 Tuesday, Aug. 17, for the Rock County Farm Bureau annual meeting. “We care for a lot of people,” she said about the packing plant where 3,700 employees process 19,500 hogs per day. That was before February 2020…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 24, 2021Since 2007 Lisa Ehlers actively participated on the First Farmers & Merchants National Bank’s Relay for Life team, raising funds for cancer research. For many of those years, she was the annual event’s organizer. This year, however, Ehlers is sitting out, unsure if her own cancer treatments would leave her enough energy to complete the necessary event tasks. Cancer wasn’t something the mother…
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