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  • By Lori Sorenson
    November 07, 2016
    Presidential elections can provide teachable moments in classrooms, but this year’s contentious campaign has prompted educators to revisit how they teach civics in an atmosphere that’s anything but civil. Luverne’s Jason Berghorst first mentioned the struggle on Oct. 9. “I came to the conclusion that it was probably not possible to teach this presidential election to my middle schoolers the way…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    November 07, 2016
    A high-speed chase Saturday late afternoon ended in a field south of Kanaranzi where three people were taken into custody. Arrested were the 29-year-old driver, Brett John Hoffman, Sioux Falls, and his passengers, 30-year-old Shawn Thomas Lewis, Sioux Falls, and 26-year-old Delphia Paris Wright, whose last address was San Diego, California. They were traveling in a 2016 Hyundai, a rental vehicle…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 07, 2016
    Construction began in northeastern Rock County on a $10 million project to bring water from the Lewis and Clark water pipeline to the Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water pump station in Edgerton. Installation of the 21-mile, 14-inch trunk line began in September and is expected to be in operation sometime in 2018. Winter Brothers Underground of Brookings, South Dakota, is completing the pipeline…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    November 07, 2016
    The Green Earth Players fall production is a Broadway classic musical, according to director Lary B. Etten, Sioux Falls. “‘The Fantasticks’ is the longest-running show in New York and Broadway history,” said Etten, founder and former artistic director of the Sioux Empire Community Theater. “It originally opened in 1960 and continued through 2002, but after four years off, popular demand brought…
  • November 07, 2016
    Fifteen students from Southwest Youth Services in Magnolia spent Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Luverne for their third annual Community Service Day. According to teacher Paula Lammert, the school received names of residents who could use help raking and moving leaves to the curb for pickup by city of Luverne employees. While enjoying a sunny day off from classes, the students’ learning did not stop. “…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 07, 2016
    The skies around Rock County have been absent the telltale signs of winter weather approaching. Flocks of ducks and geese headed south for warmer temperatures are not flying overhead in large numbers as they have in past years. “If they are happy, they are not going to move,” said Wendy Krueger, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wildlife specialist. “The biggest push is yet to come.”…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 07, 2016
    Connecting to Rock County Rural Water is the best solution for safe drinking water at Blue Mounds State Park, but timing for the project hinges on state funding. Kathy Dummer, DNR regional manager of parks and trails based in New Ulm, relayed the decision in a Nov. 3 letter to the Rock County administrator. “While there are many actions needed to make the project move forward, the biggest…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    November 07, 2016
    The Luverne School Board approved hiring an additional special education teacher to assist current and future students in the district. Currently the district has seven full-time special education teachers working with students in grades 1 through 12. The district also has three speech/language teachers and one developmental adaptive physical education teacher. The new teacher would work in the…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    November 07, 2016
    Quality Printing on Main Street has undergone a transformation under Luverne’s Historic Façade Improvement Program. The program offers free technical assistance for architectural design services as well as financial assistance in the form of loans and grants. The project for Mark and Annie Opitz’s building included removing the coverings from the two columns, removing the wooden shakes from the…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    November 07, 2016
    Kenneth native Carissa (Nieuwboer) Carroll, Shoreview, was recently recognized with a group of young leaders across the state who were named 2016 Outstanding Young Minnesotans. JCI Minnesota (formerly Minnesota Jaycees) each year acknowledges the accomplishments of young adults who have contributed to the state through their service, thought and influence, community involvement or…
  • November 07, 2016
    Kenneth native Carissa (Nieuwboer) Carroll, Shoreview, was recently recognized with a group of young leaders across the state who were named 2016 Outstanding Young Minnesotans. JCI Minnesota (formerly Minnesota Jaycees) each year acknowledges the accomplishments of young adults who have contributed to the state through their service, thought and influence, community involvement or…
  • November 07, 2016
    Boys from Southwestern Youth Services in Magnolia volunteered Friday to help organize donations for the One Warm Coat Project upcoming distribution. Those in need of warm coats can pick them up from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, and from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the ATLAS for Life office at 201 E. Main Street. Donations have been pouring into the organization, which will continue…
  • October 31, 2016
    Republican Jim Hagedorn is challenging incumbent DFLer Tim Walz for election to the U.S. House of Representatives District 1 seat, which represents Rock County and Minnesotans across the very southern region of the state. The Minnesota Newspaper Association surveyed each candidate and provided their responses for distribution in community newspapers statewide. The original survey included a dozen…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 31, 2016
    Luverne’s fourth annual Trunk ‘N Treat was all it promised to be Monday night for Halloween trick-or-treaters who circled downtown Luverne where participating businesses offered candy from decorated trunks. 
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 31, 2016
    Rock County Red Arrow recently wrapped up its 2016 fund drive with a $74,000 tally — which is $14,000 over their goal. “The people of Rock County are generous,” said Dianne Ossenfort, chairwoman of the 2016 Red Arrow fund drive. “It is just that simple.” Red Arrow was founded more than 50 years ago in 1965 on the premise that it would simplify giving for area residents by coordinating one major…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    October 31, 2016
    In addition to choosing the next president of the United States, local voters are tasked with important choices for city, county, school and township leadership.   Rock County Board Mike Davis, rural Luverne, and Gary Overgaard, rural Magnolia, are on the ballot for the District 1 County Board seat currently held by Ken Hoime, who decided to retire. Candidates Don Bryan, Hardwick, and Kyle Hemme…
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