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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- March 19, 2019
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 19, 2019Rock County residents need to wait an extra month for their annual property evaluation and classification notices to arrive in the mail. “It’s a combination of a perfect storm,” said Land Records Director Tom Houselog. A March 6 letter to township and city officials explained the reasons for the delay and to reschedule the individual Board of Appeal and Equalization meetings. Instead of April,…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 19, 2019For Luverne High School spring play director Shawn Kinsinger, the choice for this year’s production is a compromise between students. “Last fall I asked the kids what they wanted to do; half the kids wanted to do a musical and half wanted to do something different, but well-known,” he said. “Larceny and Old Lace,” by Van Vandagriff is a spoof of the well-known theater production, “Arsenic and Old…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 19, 2019Three Luverne High School seniors continue to shine the spotlight on local poverty issues. Mikayla Wiederhoeft, Courtney Wendland and Adriana Gonzalez are collecting good clean socks for distribution locally. “Socks for Souls” aims to collect 100 pairs. “We found out that socks are the most demanded thing for the homeless,” Gonzalez said. “Even if the people who need socks aren’t homeless, we are…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 19, 2019Shopko Hometown in Luverne will close its doors by June. Local store employees were informed Monday of the closure affecting all Shopko stores nationwide. “This is not the outcome we had hoped for when we started our restructuring efforts,” said CEO Russ Steinhorst, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Hometown Shopko retail stores were owned by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. Financial struggles prompted…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 19, 2019Weather in 2018 adversely affected productivity from Rock County’s four wind farms. Based on production tax numbers released in late February, Rock County will collect $754,440 in production tax revenue, the lowest amount collected since 2012. Last year, the county received $825,431 from 2017 production numbers. The highest amount collected, $896,429, came from 2014 production. Wind farms in Rock…
- March 19, 2019Volunteer-led Friends of Blue Mounds State Park will implement a habitat restoration project at Blue Mounds State Park with support from the Minnesota DNR and funds issued by Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota. The project will include volunteer opportunities for community members at events throughout the fall months. Friends of Blue Mounds State Park is one of seven groups selected to…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 19, 2019Luverne City Council members approved a resolution at their March 12 meeting to support local efforts toward a complete count in the 2020 census. The city of Luverne established a Complete Count Committee (CCC) earlier this year to support the 2020 U.S. Census efforts. The committee’s goals are to: •increase response rates in the city of Luverne. •promote and educate community members of the…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 19, 2019Community members are encouraged to attend next week’s planning meeting for a plaza in downtown Luverne. It’s at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, in Grand Prairie Events where refreshments will be served. Luverne Initiatives for Tomorrow (L.I.F.T.), Luverne Area Chamber, along with other community organizations and businesses are partnering to gather citizen feedback and ideas. They’re working with…
- March 19, 2019As disability service providers in Minnesota continue to address significant challenges in staff recruitment and retention, they joined with individuals they support for a rally at the Capitol Rotunda in St. Paul March 12. Their top concern is the push for a “competitive workforce factor” to address the shortage of direct support professionals (DSPs) serving people with disabilities. This adds a…
- March 19, 2019Three Rock County 4-H’ers were among 52 youth across the region who attended the daylong Southwest BLU leadership retreat March 2 at Southwest State University in Marshall. Janica Oechsle and Emma Deutsch attended as participants while Josie Scholten, a Minnesota State 4-H Ambassador, assisted with leading the retreat. BLU — Building Leadership and Understanding — encouraged youth to make and…
- March 19, 2019Eleven Rock County 4-H’ers in grades kindergarten through high school shared their communication talents Feb. 28 at the annual 4-H Communication Arts Contest in Luverne. Members participated in photojournalism, creative writing, interpretive reading and photojournalism. Contest goals included developing effective skills in both written and oral communications, developing poise and self-…
- March 19, 2019Good Samaritan Society Luverne was deficiency free in 2018, according to Providigm, a company that specializes in quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) in health care. It recently recognized the Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne with its Embracing Quality Award, which is given to facilities with deficiency-free state surveys for the entire calendar year. State health departments…
- March 19, 2019Luverne High School band and choirs presented their March concert Saturday, March 16, in the high school gym following their work with expert clinicians. The band worked under the direction of John Aboud, Algona, Iowa, and the choirs were scheduled to perform with Dr. Michael Culloton from Concordia College, Moorhead. Culloton, however, was unable to travel to Luverne for the event, so Luverne…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 13, 2019Several county roads and an unknown number of township gravel roads in Rock County are closed this morning due to flooding. They join dozens of other flooded roadways — including I-90 near Luverne — in southern Minnesota that are making travel difficult for motorists. Emergency officials warn to remind motorists to be watchful for flooded areas as water can rise quickly. Culverts plugged with…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 12, 2019Local public works officials took advantage of Monday’s thawing temperatures to catch up with snow removal and prepare for possible flooding. “We spent all day clearing storm gutters to get ready for the two inches of rain we’re supposed to get,” Luverne public works employee Matt McClure said Monday. He and his co-workers were putting in extra hours to clear frozen slush from alleys and curbs to…
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