Thone wins spelling bee C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S-H-I-P
Twenty-three of the best spellers in southwest Minnesota participated Saturday morning in the 2024 SW MN Spelling Bee hosted at the Luverne Middle School.
History Center to host April 18 celebration
The Rock County History Center’s construction project is complete, and staff and volunteers are hosting a celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
Palisade Lutheran Church celebrates 150 years of worship
Palisade Lutheran Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary Sunday, April 14, at the corner of Minnesota Highway 23 and 121st Street (County Road 5).
Students visit Child's Remembrance Garden
The Child’s Remembrance Garden in Luverne was established in 2022 to comfort families grieving the death of a child.
Historic Palace Theatre gets safer entry
Workers with G&D Viking Glass, Sioux Falls, showed up Tuesday morning at the historic Palace Theatre in Luverne to install a new street level entry.
FEMA starts updates on flood maps for Luverne, Rock County
City of Luverne and Rock County officials met March 27 with state and federal officials to restart the flood plain mapping process.
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- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019A bridge replacement in Martin Township will get underway this fall, two years after the wooden structure was destroyed by fire. Four bids were received Aug. 19, and county commissioners chose the low bid of $1.292 million submitted by Prahm Construction Inc. from Slayton. “He wants to get the dirt work done this fall,” said County Engineer Mark Sehr. Construction of the bridge on County Road 52…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, to establish two separate tax districts in the city of Hardwick. The 7 p.m. hearing allows public input into the city’s phase-in plan to place 10 identified parcels now included in the city limits of Hardwick into a separate rural service district and an urban service district. The move would lower property taxes on the parcels included in…
- By Jason BerghorstSeptember 10, 2019Luverne is welcoming 70 college students to town for the fall semester. The students attending Minnesota West Community and Technical College — Luverne Center began classes Aug. 26. Jill Arp, the resource specialist at the Luverne Center, organized a “Getting Connected” week that included a vendor fair, community scavenger hunt and more. “Our goal is to help connect them to the community of…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019Owners of new single-family homes or duplexes built after Sept. 1 are now eligible for tax abatements in Rock County. Commissioners unanimously passed the “Rock County Home Initiative” at their Sept. 3 meeting. The initiative is meant to encourage replacement of dilapidated housing structures in Rock County. The program is similar to initiatives in Pipestone and Nobles counties. Approved…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019Marie and Dan LaRock, founders of Rock Ranch west of Hills, attended the Sept. 3 Rock County Board meeting to discuss their planned expansion and indoor arena project. Rock Ranch, which began as a non-profit organization in 2016, offers horsemanship classes to children ages 5 to 17 with various riding abilities. “This year has received remarkable interest,” Dan told commissioners. Participation…
- September 10, 2019Two Luverne residents died in a one-vehicle crash reported at 6:09 a.m. Wednesday morning, Sept. 4, to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office. Myron Waddington, 39, and Jennifer Cattnach, 41, were riding eastbound in a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu on County Road 7 two-and-one-half miles west of Hardwick near 120th Avenue when the crash occurred. According to Sheriff Evan Verbrugge, the vehicle left the…
- September 10, 2019A Magnolia woman lost her life in a single vehicle rollover Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, near Kanaranzi. According to information from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, the report came in at 8:17 a.m. of a vehicle crash on 190th Ave. and 21st Street, which is near the curves south of Kanaranzi. Ana Little, 31, had been driving south on 190th Avenue and was traveling through the curves at 21st Street…
- By Glenda McGaffeeSeptember 10, 2019A lot has happened in the past 72 years — from the moon landing to the fall of the Berlin Wall — and one couple, John and Dorothy Sikma, have been together through it all. The couple celebrated a vow renewal ceremony at the Bernhard Tuff Chapel at the Tuff Memorial Home Tuesday, Sept. 3, with residents, staff and family. Pastor Maggie Berndt-Dreyer, chaplain of the nursing home, officiated at the…
- By Glenda McGaffeeSeptember 10, 2019The Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Hills hosted a grades 9-12 youth group barbecue Sunday, Aug. 25, to kick off the school year youth group weekly meetings. The first group meeting was Sunday, Sept. 8. “We had a great group of kids for our kick-off barbecue,” said organizer Brenda Plimpton, who invited all community youth to join the informal group meetings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday nights. “We…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 10, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on September 21, 1967. 1,100 Bushels of Sealed Corn Stolen An inconspicuous theft has netted the biggest haul of corn in years here in Rock County. Norman Thorson who farms three east and one and three fourths south of Luverne, reported to the Sheriff’s office and to the Rock County Agricultural Stabilization and Con-…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019Fifty-one 4-H’ers represented Rock County at the recent Minnesota State Fair. Hannah Kruse, a member of the Livewires 4-H Club was named a Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association and MN State Fair scholarship recipient during the annual event. Thirty-one 4-H’ers exhibited livestock during the Aug. 23-25 encampment. More than 2,895 animals were exhibited. Local results including the 4-H’er’s name…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 03, 2019Last fall Michelle DeKam drove out of state for her son Jayden, a first-grader, to play soccer with kids his own age. On the drive from Luverne to Iowa, the young mom began thinking about a local soccer league. “If Rock Rapids could have 90 kids playing soccer in one grade, why not in Luverne?” she asked. This spring, with the help of Luverne Community Education and the Luverne Optimist Club,…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 03, 2019Rock County Commissioners tabled a conditional use permit request for construction of two wind turbines west of Luverne in Luverne Township. In Tuesday’s 4-to-1 vote, commissioners will consider the issue again at their Sept. 10 meeting. Commissioner Gary Overgaard cast the lone “no” vote. He said the permit applicants met the ordinance requirements and should be allowed to proceed with the wind…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 03, 2019Hills-Beaver Creek school officials adopted an e-learning plan to combat the effects of missing school days due to inclement weather. Last year H-BC students missed nine days. “The e-learning plan is, in part, a result of the greater amount of missed days,” said H-BC Superintendent Todd Holthaus. Snow days prompted schools to add days at the end of the school year or forfeit planned vacations to…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 03, 2019Heidi Schacht spent more than three decades working in education and found there is nothing like working in the classroom. Now there is nothing like retirement. Schacht was involved in education for 36 years, the last 14 at Luverne Elementary School. “We always knew I would retire when Spencer finished college,” she said. Spencer, the youngest of Mike and Heidi’s two children, graduated from St.…
- By Jason BerghorstSeptember 03, 2019Emily Lodine Overgaard was a Luverne Street Music teacher, friend and supporter. Now a donation made in her memory will continue to teach and support music students at the local studio. LSM recently purchased a new Kawai acoustic piano to be used by piano students and to accompany students learning a variety of other instruments. Overgaard passed away in June, five years after being diagnosed…
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