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 Mavis FodnessMarch 30, 2021With an anticipated shortfall of $1.6 million reflected in the revised 2020-21 budget, Luverne School Board members postponed action on the budget until all receipts are noted. District business manager Marlene Mann presented the revised budget at the March 25 regular board meeting, showing anticipated revenue of $17.9 million with expenditures at $24.3 million. Mann said school districts…
- March 30, 2021Motorists are advised that Highway 91 at the north edge of Adrian will be closed to replace the bridge over Interstate 90 beginning Monday, April 12, and traffic will be detoured. While I-90 will always remain open to through traffic, at times I-90 traffic may be diverted to the ramps at Highway 91 during certain stages of construction. Highway 91 through traffic will be detoured to Nobles…
- March 30, 2021Many farmers and applicators will soon be applying anhydrous ammonia (NH3) ahead of the planting season. Even with a rush against time and the weather, safety should never be compromised. Recent accidents involving anhydrous ammonia have proven how dangerous and deadly the chemical can be when not handled properly. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is providing the following tips to…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 30, 2021Sioux Valley Energy recently donated $5,000 toward the $135,000 fundraising goal to remodel the former grain elevator office in Hills into the “Team E Fieldhouse.” The funds from Sioxu Valley Energy will support work on the multi-use facility that will house equipment, a public weight-lifting space and meeting room/offices for Game Plan 4 Hope. The field house is named in memory of former Hills-…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 30, 2021For the second consecutive year, all Minnesota FFA Convention events will be conducted virtually due to the coronavirus. The April 18-20 event will feature several local FFA’ers competing in the career exploratory activities as well as three students from Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School receiving individual honors. Hills-Beaver Creek Participating in the state virtual judging contests will be…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021Seventeen 4- and 5-year-olds enthusiastically decorated coffee filters with colored markers in Haley Tollefson’s classroom Friday as they became “kindergartners for a day.” In a twist to the school’s traditional Kindergarten Round-Up, the incoming 2021-22 kindergartners experienced a day in the kindergarten classroom as a first-time, daylong event organized by teachers. Preschool teacher Macy…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 23, 2021Luverne World War II veteran Bill Holling saw his family Friday for the first time in over a year when his daughters and their husbands visited him at Poplar Creek apartments. “This was such a joyous occasion,” his daughter Patricia Jones said Monday morning. “I’m still on a high now.” She and her husband, Bryan, drove more than five hours from Shenandoah, Iowa, Friday to meet her sister,…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021Rock County will receive an estimated $1.8 million over the next 12 months as part of the American Rescue Plan passed earlier this year. An additional $1 million will be divided among the county’s cities and townships, according to the plan. Rock County Commissioners learned of the allocations at their March 16 meeting after preliminary figures were released by the National Association of…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 23, 2021April 5 is the deadline for public comment on the Minnesota DNR’s plans for the Blue Mounds State Park former interpretive center area. The architect’s proposal includes three drawings for the trailhead site that incorporate remnants of the former Fred Manfred home, along with new trailhead amenities. The proposals are on the DNR’s website, which also provides background and a link to a survey…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021The Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School was named Robot Design Champion at the First LEGO League challenge competition March 13 in Sioux Falls. Judges selected the H-BC team named H.E.L.P. Heroes for their innovation in designing their LEGO robot named Pistachio. “This team used outstanding programming principles and solid engineering practices to develop a robot that is mechanically sound,…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 23, 2021St. Patrick’s Day parades aren’t typically a big deal in Luverne, but this year it was different. A first-ever marching band of Edgerton students led the procession of green-colored parade entries, and crowds lined the parade route in numbers not seen at a Luverne St. Patrick’s Day Parade in decades. More than anything, the celebration was festive, like a normal community celebration, something…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021Rock County Commissioners approved a 10-year abatement of county taxes March 2 for Rock River Ag Properties LLC south of Luverne. Owners Brad Bergman and Joshua Renault requested abating 100 percent of taxes on the six acres in Clinton Township. It’s the site of a combined warehouse, seed storage and office facility recently built at the intersection of Highway 75 and 61st Street. Five jobs will…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021The Helping Building Communities Stronger (HBCS) club will meet later this month to plan the 2021 Friendship Days. “There are never enough hands,” said HBCS president Howard Vis. The planning meeting will be 7 p.m. Monday, March 29, at the Hills Legion Hall. Vis made the announcement at the March 9 Hills City Council meeting. He said current coronavirus pandemic guidelines will be easy to follow…
- March 23, 2021The state of Minnesota’s COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program is expanding further this week, with temporary vaccination events in Marshall at the MERIT Center and Worthington at the Worthington Event Center. Vaccine will be administered at the Marshall and Worthington events to currently eligible Minnesotans, including frontline workers in food processing and agriculture this week. “Across the…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021The Rock County Board of Commissioners decided a tied bid for highway striping with the flip of coin at their March 16 meeting. Traffic Marking Services Inc. of Maple Lake won the coin flip in what was a first-ever tied bid-letting process for Rock County engineer Mark Sehr. “Both quotes were identical at $71,294.40,” he said. “After discussions with (County Administrator) Kyle (Oldre) and the…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 23, 2021The Luverne speech team beat its competition in the small schools division March 18 during the Big South Conference virtual meet. Nine Luverne students on the first-place team also received individual honors. Earning all-conference speech honors by placing first or second in their category were Luke Thorson, Chance Tunnissen, Burke Johnson, Brianna Kinsinger and Bethany Behr. Honorable mentions (…
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