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 SorensonMarch 30, 2021Luverne City Council members at their March 23 meeting adopted a resolution to issue and sell $6,460,000 in general obligation bonds. Of that, more than 75 percent is to finance the pool expansion and renovation project and the rest is to refinance an existing 2012 bond issue for Highway 75 water and sewer improvements and for the city hall roof replacement. Bids were received Tuesday morning,…
- March 30, 2021The Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne has been recognized with the Pinnacle Customer Experience Award, through Pinnacle Quality Insight. The company helps senior care providers improve patient experience and retain employees through survey platforms. The Luverne Veterans Home “customer experience” is measured through Pinnacle’s monthly telephone interviews with the residents and/or their…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 30, 2021Luverne city officials got a bird’s eye view of construction progress on wastewater treatment plant improvements, thanks to drone images by Cade Wenninger. They hired the Luverne High School senior through his Skygenix business started through the CEO program (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities). The city paid Wenninger $200 to photograph construction progress in May 2020 and March 2021, and…
- 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…
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