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  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 01, 2023
    Lawful gambling is now regulated in the city of Hills due to a newly adopted ordinance. City council members adopted the lawful gambling ordinance Oct. 10. “The purpose of this ordinance is to regulate lawful gambling within the city of Hills, to prevent its commercialization, to ensure the integrity of operations, and provide use of net profits only for lawful purposes,” the ordinance read.…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 01, 2023
    Workers with McGill Restoration of Omaha, Nebraska, are deconstructing the terrace at the Veterans Memorial Building on the Rock County Courthouse grounds. The $890,000 project will seal out water that has been seeping into the underground hallways between the memorial building and the courthouse basement. A new terrace deck will direct water away from the foundation, and a portion of the…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 01, 2023
    Eighty-five students, representing eight southwest Minnesota schools, gathered Oct. 25 at Luverne High School for a regional meeting of the state Association of Student Councils (MASC). LHS senior Henry Hartquist is the southwest division president and assisted in the day’s planning. “We are sharing tools and ideas on how to become better leaders and persons in our communities,” he said. Guest…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 25, 2023
    City of Luverne leaders and department heads hosted tours of public facilities Tuesday, Oct. 17. Staff members were stationed at the power plant, public works building and wastewater treatment plant to lead tours and answer questions. The city of Luverne recently invested in improvements and upgrades at each of the locations, and the tours were designed to show taxpayers the end result of those…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 25, 2023
    The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board moved forward with the district’s facility improvement projects Monday night by approving plans to build a new bus garage in Hills instead of remodeling the existing vehicle facilities. The board also approved investigating the sale of the existing 31,500-square-foot bus garage. “We did our due diligence to see what would be the best use of taxpayer dollars…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 25, 2023
    When the Luverne High School drama department takes to the stage Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 27-29, audiences should be prepared for laughter and pranks in the production of the comedy “Wild Pink” by Margaret Witt. The curtain rises at 7 p.m. all three nights in the school’s performing arts center. The play centers around a hog farmer Jebediah (portrayed by sophomore Elijah Henrichs) and his three…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 25, 2023
    Searching for documents in Rock County Land Records will be easier once a digitizing project is completed in 2024. At their Oct. 17 meeting, Rock County commissioners approved $128,501 for Fidlar Technologies of Davenport, Iowa, to scan, digitize and index the 320 record books dating from 1874 to 1980. “We have every document ever recorded and they are in the vault right now,” said Land Records…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 25, 2023
    Trunk ’N Treat returns to Luverne for Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 31, when businesses, families and organizations set up displays and greet local trick-or-treaters. The event will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the elementary school bus lot. This is the 11th annual Trunk ’N Treat and the second year it’s been at the school after nine years on Main Street, according to Luverne Area Chamber Director…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 25, 2023
      Three live cameras in Luverne will provide 24-hour online video feeds for viewers to follow events, activities, weather and other livestreams. “It's an exciting day in Luverne if you like to see what's happening in town,” Luverne Chamber Director Jane Lanphere said when the cameras went live last week. She said three cameras were purchased through a partnership between the City of Luverne,…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 25, 2023
    Local law enforcement on Oct. 22 arrested a violent and apparently high suspect at ACE Hardware in Luverne. According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call came in around 12:40 p.m. Sunday with reports that a man was trying break into the cage of a foster cat in the store. Employees believed that he was high and reported that he was trying to break the locks on the cage. Law…
  • October 18, 2023
    John Hemme (in combine) and Jarnet Johansen return to the 2023 corn harvest Monday afternoon west of Hardwick after scattered rain showers dampened the area over a four-day period. The majority of area farmers finished the soybean harvest last week prior to the much-needed moisture, which started Oct. 12 and accumulated roughly an inch of rain over the four days. Statewide, according to the…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 18, 2023
    Hardwick City Council members agreed to sell property in the city’s new Scott Addition to Steve and Yvette VanDerBrink, according to action during the council’s regular monthly meeting Oct. 10. They approved the VanDerBrinks’ offer of $124,100 for 4.26 acres, which is more than half of the seven acres the city purchased from Bullerman/Scott family earlier this year for $88,000. The Scott…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 18, 2023
    Last summer a tornado sent a silo through the back wall of Jacob and Amanda Hartz’s shop north of Beaver Creek. “Things were just a mess,” said Amanda. “It was all twisted.” She’s a nurse at Sanford Luverne Clinic, and Jacob operates Hartz Welding and Repair in addition to feeding swine for Lynch Livestock. Together they have three children, ages 12, 9 and 7, who help on the acreage that also…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 18, 2023
    The Hardwick City Council further enforced its nuisance ordinance Oct. 10 with one of two property owners who failed to comply with administrative citations. Nicole Halverson’s home at 207 1st St. West was damaged Sept. 17, 2021, when a tree fell on the roof during a storm that produced 70 mph winds. Halverson, who was home at the time of the winds, was uninjured, but the home is now…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 18, 2023
    A cadet program with the Hills Area Volunteer Fire Departments is exposing high school students to fire fighting in their community. The latest cadets are H-BC senior Logan Susie and junior Sawyer Bosch. At age 17, they can’t apply to be full-fledged volunteers until they reach age 18. Until then, they are gaining valuable experience. As cadets, they respond to 911 calls like the full-fledged…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 18, 2023
    Beaver Creek City Council members learned Wednesday night that the community’s drinking water is clean and relatively well protected against contaminants. That’s according to Amanda Strommer with the Minnesota Department of Health. She updated council members at their Oct. 11 meeting on Beaver Creek’s wellhead protection plan, something the MDH updates every 10 years. She said the town’s…
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