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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- May 26, 2020The Verne Drive-In Theater enjoyed positive response to its season opening night Friday night, May 22, in Luverne. New owners, the Kevin Rozeboom family, reported a nearly full house Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with lower attendance on Monday, when it rained. Theater operator Doug Rozeboom, and his sister Gracie, who helps with business operations, said they’re looking forward to new releases in…
- May 26, 2020Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter members were recognized May 11 during the Luverne High School virtual awards night. The chapter’s annual awards night was canceled due to the coronavirus concerns, and adviser Dennis Moritz presented only a small portion of the member awards at the school’s awards night. The entire list of award winners for the Luverne-Adrian chapter members is as follows: Greenhand…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 26, 2020Local FFA chapters didn’t have to travel far to participate in the annual Minnesota FFA State Convention. The high school students turned to their computers for this year’s event May 19-21. Organizers planned speakers, workshops, award presentations and evening activities for chapter members to experience virtually. As part of the program, the top three placings in individual supervised…
- May 26, 2020Retired high school band director Dale Nelson played “Taps” in Luverne’s Maplewood Cemetery Monday along with buglers and trumpet players across the country for “Taps Across America.” With parades and gatherings canceled over the Memorial Day weekend, brass players were asked to stand on their porches or wherever they may be at 3 p.m. Monday and play “Taps.” The idea was a brainchild of retired…
- May 26, 2020Luverne Daisy Scout Mila Rensink, 7, and her mother, Emily Rensink, recently helped deliver 90 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies to local organizations after the annual cookie sale was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. The regional council, Dakota Horizons, Sioux Falls, made arrangements and had the surplus cookies paid for and instructed troops to donate their extra cookies. In Luverne,…
- May 26, 2020Joyce Elaine Wessels, 91, died Saturday, May 23, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. A graveside service open to the public will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 29, at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Please follow social distancing of 6 feet from those of other households and do not attend if ill. There will be a celebration of life at a later date. In…
- May 26, 2020Agricultural producers can now apply for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides direct payments to offset impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. The application and a payment calculator are now available online, and USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) staff members are available via phone, fax and online tools to help producers complete applications. The agency set up…
- May 19, 2020Workers with Gil Haugan Construction of Sioux Falls begin setting the steel beams Tuesday for the new Luverne Middle-High School commons that will bridge the school with the elementary building. As part of the commons construction is the new performing arts center on the north side of the commons. It is expected to be last project to be completed in the school’s $31 million improvement project by…
- By Lori SorensonMay 19, 2020Nearly 90 Luverne High School seniors and their families took turns on the stage in the gym over the past week to record their individual graduation moments on camera. Seniors donned their caps and gowns and crossed the stage as their parents announced their names into a microphone and handed over their diplomas. After embracing and shaking their parents’ hands, the graduates stopped at center…
- May 19, 2020Teachers with Discovery Time Preschool presented certificates to 60 of their 3- to 5-year-old students in the Luverne Elementary School parking lot Thursday, May 14. Parents drove their preschoolers into the parking lot in one or two sessions — morning or late afternoon. In addition to certificates, teachers Angie Janiszeski, Becky Runnoe (pictured above, left to right) and Deb Mitchell presented…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 19, 2020After 41 years in education, Luverne Community Education Director Karen Willers decided this spring that her next lifelong learning activity is retirement. “I made it public on Leap Day,” Willers said. “Right before all this COVID-19 stuff started.” The coronavirus canceled all spring youth and adult enrichment activities and forced Early Childhood Family Education and Discovery Preschool classes…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 19, 2020If success is measured in numbers, Sue Hup’s 40 years with students earns the Luverne Elementary teacher a gold star for achievement. At the end of the 2019-20 school year, she is looking for success in retirement. Hup is leaving students this week in a way she couldn’t imagine when she started her teaching career in 1980. Since mid-March, Hup and her co-workers have approached education in a…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 19, 2020Regan Feit, a junior at Luverne High School, earned $250 last week when she placed third in the first CEO National Pitch Competition. Bryn Mongeau, a Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior, was named to the Top 18 and earned $50. The two students are part of the Southwest Minnesota Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities program along with 13 other high school students from Pipestone, Edgerton and…
- By Lori SorensonMay 19, 2020Saturday’s radiothon to support local businesses sold out of gift cards in only four hours — not the two-day effort originally planned. “Talk about this community being rock solid,” Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere emailed after the event. “Thanks for Sharing the Luv.” Nearly 170 Rock County businesses participated in the promotion that encourages customers to buy gift cards now to use any…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 19, 2020Rock County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution urging Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to allow all Rock County businesses to reopen. At their Tuesday morning Zoom meeting, commissioners indicated in the resolution the “inequity in the closure of some businesses and the reduction in operations of others has created much economic hardship across Rock County and throughout Minnesota.” Local…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 19, 2020To celebrate the second to the last day of school for the 2019-20 school year, the public is invited to a “drive-by” good-bye from Luverne Public School teachers and staff from 5 to 6 p.m. today (May 21). Teachers and staff will stand along the front of the middle-high school and the south parking lots as families drive by and wave hello (and goodbye). Participants are asked to stay in their…
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