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  • July 17, 2018
    Several local insurance professionals were recently recognized for excellence by the Insurance Professionals of Greater Sioux Falls. Samantha DeBates, Senior Advantage Account Underwriter of Continental Western Group of Luverne, was named Insurance Professional of the Year for excellence in the insurance industry for 10 years or more. The award considers participation in association activities,…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    Carol Nelson’s colleagues honored her 45 years at Exchange State Bank, Luverne, on Tuesday, May 22, with a party and open house. “I never had a job interview,” Nelson said, looking back on her career. As a high school senior at Hills-Beaver Creek, then local bank owner Dennis Roning dropped by the business class and, on the spot, offered then Carol Wallenburg a job at the Exchange Bank of Hills…
  • May 29, 2018
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    When Luverne High School senior Katie Fick rolls across the stage to receive her high school diploma Sunday afternoon, June 3, the paper document represents an end to childhood and the beginning of adult independence.  Much of Fick’s determination was fostered five years ago when she joined a wheelchair basketball team in Sioux Falls. As a youngster, Fick didn’t consider herself different from…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    In under an hour, more than a dozen volunteers unpacked, fastened and placed 145 American flags at sunrise Monday in honor of Memorial Day. The early morning hour didn’t bother those who showed up, including the four Sasker siblings as they quickly snapped the flags onto the metal poles and placed the poles into the ground-level holders. “I don’t mind,” said Layne Sasker, the youngest of the…
  • May 29, 2018
    Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday authorized the use of funds from the State Disaster Assistance Contingency Account for emergency relief in Nobles County, Rock County, and St. Louis County.  Certain areas of each county experienced significant damage to public properties caused by a major winter storm with heavy snow and gale force winds, which resulted in subsequent flooding.  The severe winter storms…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 29, 2018
    The Luverne Optimist Club volunteers delivered sand to local backyards Monday, May 21, marking the group’s 40th year of sand deliveries. According to club member Don Amos, sand deliveries to local family sandboxes was the first community service project the Optimist Club did when the group first organized in Luverne in 1978. For last week’s deliveries, the group met at the Howling Dog before…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 29, 2018
    Area residents gathered at the Rock County Veterans Memorial on the courthouse lawn Sunday night on the eve of Memorial Day for a candlelight vigil honoring those who served their country. Rock County Veterans Services Officer Dave Haugom led the event, which featured live music by Ron and Jane Cote and participation by veterans and other community members. A reception on the Kahler Terrace of…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 29, 2018
    Take 16 Brewing Company investors and volunteers celebrated the opening of their new event center on East Main Street in Luverne Thursday night, May 24. Pictured are (from left) Betty Mann, Take 16 brewer Luke and Emily Rensink and their children, Mila (standing), Sampson and Charlotte; Pat and Kim Von Tersch, Chad Kucker, Tim Gust, Stan Knobloch, Kirk Bloemendaal, Curt Thorson, Sherri Thompson,…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 29, 2018
    Does your teenager spend too much time online? How much screen time is too much? How do parents know when or if to intervene? What are reasonable boundaries or limits? Forty-five people — some parents, some students — contemplated these questions last week in the Luverne High School gymnasium where they watched the documentary, “Screenagers.” “It was well received and we had great conversation…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 29, 2018
    Luverne City Council members took action on another step in the process of building the new $4 million electrical substation in the industrial park. After a May 17 bid letting, the council at its May 22 meeting awarded the general contractor work to Highmark Erectors from Black Hawk, South Dakota, who submitted the low bid of $1,408,216. City engineers with DGR are reportedly familiar with work…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    The city of Hardwick conducted its annual Board of Appeals and Equalization meeting Wednesday night, May 2. No members of the public attended the meeting to discuss the 2018 valuation of properties. County Land Records Director Tom Houselog said the small cities in Rock County increased at the same 5 to 5.5 percent level based on a five-year assessment history. Acreage values also increased 5 to…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 29, 2018
    The next show at Lord Grizzly Gallery in Luverne will feature the work of 22 high school artists from southwest Minnesota and South Dakota. The June show is entitled “Foot in the Door,” because the intent is to support new artists, according to gallery owners and curators Cody and Nicole Henrichs. “As a professional gallery, we value arts exhibition and education above all else,” Cody Henrichs…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    Record-breaking heat descended on the area for Memorial Day weekend prompting this Angus cow south of Hardwick to seek a way to stay cool. Temperatures reached the 90s across the region with reports of areas reaching 100. According to the National Weather Service, Luverne’s Quentin Aanenson Field reached 99 degrees on Sunday, breaking the previous record high of 93 set in 1969. Worthington…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    A new location, a new day and new honorary chairpersons will greet those who attend this year’s Rock County Relay for Life event in Luverne next week. Scheduled for Thursday, June 7, the event begins with the 5:30 p.m. supper and the 7 p.m. opening ceremonies in the Luverne Elementary School. With an indoor location, organizers won’t worry about weather conditions. Scott Wessels has been on the…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 29, 2018
    Four Rock County tax-forfeited properties were sold at an informal auction Wednesday morning, May 23, and all four properties found new owners. A dozen people gathered in the commissioners’ room of the Rock County Courthouse in Luverne with auditor-treasurer Ashley Kurtz, who conducted the auction. Kurtz outlined conditions of the sale and reminded those in attendance of other taxes and fees…
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