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 FodnessJune 04, 2019For the first time in decades, a bridge project will be postponed in Rock County because no bids to complete the work were received. “Everyone is booked through October,” County Engineer Mark Sehr told commissioners May 21. The notice to construct a new bridge on County Road 52 over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad in Martin Township was completed in late April with the bid opening…
- June 04, 2019The South Dakota Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 from the Minnesota State line (rest area) east to Exit 1 (Highway 23) in Minnesota until mid-July. Westbound I-90 traffic will be diverted to two-way traffic in the eastbound lanes. I-90 westbound on and off ramps will also be closed at Exit 1…
- June 04, 2019Malfunction within a trailer’s brake system was the possible cause of a fire inside a toy hauler RV Thursday afternoon, May 30, on South Highway 75 in Luverne. The Luverne Fire Department was called to the scene near the intersection of Koehn Avenue and Highway 75. The call came shortly before 5 p.m. when motorists noticed smoke coming from the fifth-wheel trailer as it was westbound on I-90 and…
- June 04, 2019Russell Lofthus (far right), Adrian Elementary principal for the past 21 years, said goodbye to students, colleagues and friends Wednesday afternoon, May 29, in a public open house at the school. “It was time,” he said to well-wishers. The McVille, North Dakota, native began his career in education as an elementary teacher in Balaton followed by principal positions in Lynd, Fulda and Adrian.…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2019Monday’s rain showers forced Hardwick’s annual Memorial Day program indoors to the town’s community hall. About 90 people gathered for Hardwick’s annual event to remember those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Commander of the Arthur Moeller American Legion Post 478 Kyle Oldre encouraged audience members to visit the veterans memorial in Luverne where “every serviceman down there has…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2019An events center could open this summer in the former Beaver Lodge Banquet Hall, less than a year after a Sioux Falls real estate developer purchased the property. Rick Gourley renamed the facility SpringBrooke Events after the brook that runs through the 89-acre former Beaver Creek Golf Course. “I am very excited about the project and I firmly believe in it,” he told Rock County Commissioners…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019When Ron Schouwenburg was a student in Hills High School, he worked in the Hills John Deere Implement dealership for his dad and uncle, Don and Marinus Schouwenburg. That was when John Deere tractors, like the 720 and 630, ran on two cylinders and less than 50 horsepower, and planters like the 494 and 694 operated in only four or six rows at a time. After he graduated, Schouwenburg started…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019Terry Gray and Monty Hagedorn opened Herb ‘N Legend 10 years ago on Luverne’s East Main Street, and they say sales since then have been steady. Gray said typical customers are 25- to 40-year-olds shopping for tobacco products and “head shop”-type accessories, including glass pipes and decorative glass hookahs. But business spiked sharply in recent months — to nearly 50 transactions per day —…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2019Less than a week after classes ended for the 2018-19 school year on May 17, construction ramped up inside the Luverne Middle-High School building. Joel Bornhoft, ICS project manager, updated Luverne School Board members Thursday night, May 23, on the construction progress, including some surprises during demolition and additions to this summer’s construction schedule. On May 17 faculty packed up…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019The four-cylinder “put, put, put” of a vintage farm tractor filled the History Center with a nostalgic farm fuel aroma on May 16 when a newly restored 1936 Massey Harris Challenger assumed its place near the windows of the round showroom. The “iron mule,” as it was called in its day, is the centerpiece of an agriculture display that’s rotating in to replace the Luverne Fire Truck that’s held the…
- May 28, 2019After proudly caring for more than 841 Minnesota veterans and their families since opening in 1994, the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne is recognizing its 25th anniversary with a community celebration on Friday, June 7. The public is invited as current and former staff, volunteers, resident veterans, families and friends of the Veterans Home gather to reflect on a quarter century of caring for…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019The 35th Annual Buffalo Days celebration is set for this weekend in Luverne where a full slate of events and activities are set to unfold Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2. “It’s a good start to the summer,” said Luverne Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere. In addition to the Friday night Cruise-In, Saturday parade and Arts in the Park and Sunday Tales from the Graves, the weekend is…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019The Luverne Economic Development Authority signed a development agreement Monday with Four Way Properties on two lots in the city’s industrial park. The lots are adjacent to Patrick Swyter’s existing property where he operates Four Way Insulation at 903 S. Walnut Ave. According to the agreement, Swyter is paying $25,000 total for the combined lots, which are fully developed with water and sewer…
- By Glenda McGaffeeMay 28, 2019On Friday, May 24, the 54th Hills-Beaver Creek High School commencement ceremonies were conducted for 20 graduates. The graduation student address was given by valedictorian Josie Scholten and Bailey Swan. Garrett Raymon was salutatorian. Class colors were white and royal blue; the flower was a red rose; and the class motto was, “We will be heard, we will be seen, we are the class of twenty-…
- May 28, 2019Forty-seven students received their Adrian High School diplomas Friday night, May 24, in the high school gymnasium.
- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystMay 28, 2019Farm operators in many portions of the Midwest, including parts of southern Minnesota, northern Iowa, and eastern South Dakota will likely not be able to plant a portion of their 2019 corn and soybeans crops by the crop insurance “final planting dates” for their area. Those farmers have been evaluating their crop insurance coverage for prevented planting payments, as compared to the yield and…
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