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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- 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…
- September 05, 2017Firearms and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as lottery this hunting season are reminded they must purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 7. Hunters who purchase their license before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or special hunt area they declare. This season, antlerless deer permits are…
- September 05, 2017Luverne High School students Jacinda Hustoft and Lindsey Roemeling attended a week of BestPrep’s Minnesota Business Venture (MBV) this summer, thanks to sponsorship from the local K.A.H.R. Foundation. MBV is a business and career skills camp held each summer in partnership with the Herberger Business School at St. Cloud State University and the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship at St.…
- September 05, 2017Almost $5 million dollars is now available to support landowners in meeting the requirements of Minnesota’s buffer law. Funds distributed to soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) are to be used for cost-sharing contracts with landowners or their authorized agents to implement riparian buffers or alternative practices on public waters and public drainage ditches. The 2017 legislation also…
- September 05, 2017On Sunday, Aug. 27, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, along with Luverne and Rock County officials, toured the construction underway on the 4-million-gallon reservoir being constructed southwest of Luverne. Pictured are (front from left) Red Arndt, Klobuchar, Rock County Commissioner Sherri Thompson, Lewis and Clark’s Troy Larson, (back) Luverne City Councilwoman Caroline Thorson and County Commissioners Stan…
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