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.
Roeman retires from 38-plus years with county FSA
Stacey Roemen celebrated her retirement from 38 years with the Rock County Farm Service Agency Saturday night at Take 16, which was crowded with family, friends and well-wishers.
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).
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- By Lori SorensonSeptember 12, 2017Residents in the Roundwind Road neighborhood are mostly against proposed residential development in the green space east of the pool and fitness center. They made their opinions clear at a public hearing July 13 about rezoning the space from commercial to residential use: They oppose any development of any kind in that space. However, city leaders have made it clear that the public space is under…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 12, 2017Work is continuing this summer on the “four corners” project at Main Street and Highway 75 in Luverne. The flag park on the southeast corner was completed late in 2015; the northeast corner and its lighted sign at the W-2 Quality Meats corner wrapped up last fall. Now work is underway on the northwest corner in the Laundry Room parking lot and boulevards. It will follow the “four corners” theme…
- September 12, 2017Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines has selected Luverne Initiatives For Tomorrow as one of seven finalists vying for a $15,000 Strong Communities Award. Exchange State Bank, a Federal Home Loan Bank member financial institution, has partnered with LIFT to help engage local partners and move Luverne forward. “We have all partnered together to make Luverne a better place,” said Ryan DeBates,…
- September 12, 2017Senior Citizens Monday, Sept. 18: Chicken casserole, broccoli, lettuce with dressing, bread, tropical fruit. Tuesday, Sept. 19: Lemon pepper fish, baked potato with sour cream, creamed peas, bread, slice of pie. Two-buck Tuesday sponsored by Rock County Red Arrow. Wednesday, Sept. 20: Sweet and sour pork, rice, vegetables, fruit, gelatin with whipped topping. Program: Dietitian; Site Council.…
- September 12, 2017The Luverne High School Marching Band performed for a home football game audience at halftime Friday night in what was their first official performance of the competitive season. The theme this year is “Totally 80s” and includes “Any Way You Want It,” by Journey, “Take on Me,” by Aha, “Careless Whisper,” by George Michael and “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. Luverne band members will march in…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 12, 2017Luverne’s Kim Rockman is planning to grow a Food Forest near her family’s home on North Blue Mound Avenue. A Food Forest is a public site that provides “free, nutrient-dense food for citizens.” The concept isn’t new, but it’s new to Luverne, and Rockman has been working to get plans in place for a spring groundbreaking. The Food Forest will be located in the grassy area between the city Public…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017More than 350 dairy calves perished in a barn fire Friday night at the Gary Frodermann farm south of Magnolia. Neighbor Chad Nelson called in the fire shortly before 8 p.m. Firefighters from Magnolia, Kenneth, Ellsworth, Adrian and Luverne were on the scene from 8 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday fighting to prevent flames from spreading to nearby buildings. Despite the loss Frodermann said, “It…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017There were farm tires and smokestacks as far as the eye could see Friday when nearly 70 tractors left Luverne City Park and tooled around Rock County. Many of the riders and drivers were returnees from last year’s popular event, which immediately prompted plans for a 2017 encore. “It was a good ride,” Iowa rider Jim VanDerWerff said Friday. He and his friend, Ken Johnson, also from Iowa, were in…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017In her 30 years of working in education, Vonda Viland has taken an important lessen to heart. “I’ve never met a student who wants to be a failure,” she said. Viland spoke at Luverne Public School’s final teacher in-service day on Thursday, Aug. 31. Students returned to classes on Tuesday. Viland’s message evolved around the students whom she encountered in her position as principal at Black Rock…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017For two decades Adrian educator Cate Koehne immersed herself as a classroom teacher in helping her special education students achieve their individual learning goals. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, when Adrian’s 350 seventh-through twelfth-grade students return to school, Koehne steps into the official role as the school’s new principal. “I loved special education,” she said. “I got to work with students…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017Entering its 10th year, the Luverne Backpack Program is experiencing growing pains and needs renewed financial support from the community. The program gives preschool through 12th-grade students foods they prepare and serve themselves each weekend during the school year. The volunteer-led organization provided food for 206 students during the 2016-17 school year. “For some of these kids, this is…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017A new option for senior housing is now available in Luverne with the recent opening of the Oasis Care Home at 514 Britz Drive in the Evergreen Addition. An open house for public viewing will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. The 3,500-square-foot house offers six bedrooms and three bathrooms on the main level, with common living room and kitchen areas. The half basement has a meeting area…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017Plans are underway to develop a bike share program in Luverne that would allow people to “borrow” and return bicycles around town. The Luverne Chamber Office last summer requested state funding to purchase bikes for a loan program, but it didn’t qualify. But last month the Statewide Health Improvement Program offered Luverne $3,000 for bikes — if they could be purchased and invoiced prior to Nov…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017For years Rock County residents could count on the public transportation network for a ride. For rides outside the network area, United Community Action Partnership would rely on a group of volunteer drivers. However, a federal law has caused the volunteer drivers to quit in the past two months. “We know rides are not happening,” said Shelly Pflaum, UCAP’s access coordinator. “The main reason we…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017Community consultant Roger Brooks recognized the nutcracker collection at Luverne’s History Center as a tourism draw for the community. “This is flat-out amazing,” he said in his June 9 assessment of the town. “This is worth getting off the interstate for.” He showed an artist’s rendering of an I-90 billboard, “Luverne: Home of the largest nutcracker collection in the Midwest.” It sounds far-…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017Allison Eitreim’s passion for teaching is extending beyond the school’s walls. As autism specialist at Worthington Public Schools, Eitreim started the Regional Autism Networking Group late last year and now the group regularly draws 30 or more people to its quarterly meetings. “If we stop at our school doors, we are missing the boat,” the 1992 Luverne High School graduate said. Autism Spectrum…
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