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  • By Glenda McGaffee
    September 06, 2016
    Four new teachers will be working in classrooms when the school doors open for students at H-BC for the 2016-17 school year. Samantha McGaffee will be teaching special education in the elementary and high school. She lives in Sioux Falls. McGaffee attended Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall and graduated with degrees in Early Childhood Education and Academic Behavioral Strategist.…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    September 06, 2016
    Forty-six tractors were part of a long parade of both old and new farm implements that assembled at Luverne City Park Friday morning for a ride around the county. According to one of the organizers, Rodger Ossenfort, Friday’s event was a dry run for a tractor ride planned for next year’s 150th Anniversary celebration in Luverne. The idea came up one day while he and Ken Vos were having coffee.…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    September 06, 2016
    The Luverne City Council is considering more than $3.1 million in capital purchases next year, according to estimates from city department heads. In 2015 the budget was $2.5 million and in 2018 it’s anticipated city capital expenses will be $4.7 million. The council met with city department heads to review upcoming spending in the areas of fire, government buildings, parks and recreation, streets…
  • September 05, 2016
    Dan Hamann (left) and Gene McClain attach signage on the new Grand Prairie Events facility on South Estey Street in Luverne Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 31. Remodeling of the 11,500-square-foot former Family Dollar Store began last fall with the finishing touches completed last week. The first event, a wedding, will be staged in the building on Friday and Saturday. Mike and Wanda Jarchow, Luverne,…
  • September 05, 2016
    USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide a new financing option to help farmers purchase portable storage and handling equipment. The loans, which now include a smaller microloan option with lower down payments, are designed to help producers, including new, small and mid-sized producers, grow their businesses and markets. The new “microloan” option allows applicants seeking less than $50,…
  • September 05, 2016
    Glen's Food and Gas Center honored several local individuals last week through the Cenex Tanks for Thanks program. Pictured are (front, from left) Sue Sandbulte, Joyce Hansen, Teresa Latten, Alice Hansen, Beth Capistran, Gib and Henrietta Elbers, (back) Glen's employees Nicole Baler, Macey Edwards, Andrea Woods, Logan Bosch, Crystal Phillips, Shirli Akkerman and Sherri Thompson. The…
  • September 05, 2016
    There is an increase in pedestrian and bicycle traffic around schools starting this week as students across the state head back to school. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists to practice safety as they travel. Pedestrians should use crosswalks and sidewalks when available, and look left, right and left again before crossing the street. When…
  • September 05, 2016
    Luverne Community Education will offer the following upcoming classes and activities. Call 283-4724 to register.  Pop-in-Play Time is Tuesday evening, Sept. 6, or Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, for parents and children to play in the preschool classrooms at school. No fee, but registration requested. Early Childhood Family Education classes begin the week of Sept. 12 for 13 sessions to help families…
  • September 05, 2016
    Firearms 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 and apply for an antlerless permit by Thursday, Sept. 8. Rock County is part of permit area 234, which will offer 100 antlerless permits this year. The lottery is a way to evenly distribute antlerless permits, which…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    August 29, 2016
    A year after he encouraged staff at Luverne Public Schools to “Be Great,” Superintendent Craig Oftedahl inspired employees at Monday’s in-service to continue moving forward positively. Charge! “One word. Very simple,” he said to the 200 people gathered in the Luverne Elementary School commons. “And everyone knows what it means.” As an illustration, staff members watched the opening scene of the…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    August 29, 2016
    Betty Mann has trouble sleeping at night. “I have all these things running around in my head, and it’s hard to turn them off,” said Mann, Rock County Historical Society President. There’s good reason for her cluttered mind: Truckloads of valuable “clutter” are waiting to be sorted at the new History Center, and opening day is looming on the horizon. “Through the years we’ve acquired duplicates of…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    August 29, 2016
    Like most college freshmen Luverne’s Baily Vis is both nervous and optimistic about starting the next chapter in his life. The prospect of meeting new people and adjusting to a new situation could make any 19-year-old nervous. But Vis is optimistic he will make the adjustment just fine. “I can handle it,” he said. “I know I can get over any hurdle that comes my way.” For Baily the hurdles have…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    August 29, 2016
    Fifteen new teachers will be working in classrooms when the school doors open for students in Adrian, Ellsworth and Luverne Tuesday for the 2016-17 school year. Five new teachers will be at Adrian Public Schools. Amanda Engelkes will be a first-grade teacher at Adrian Elementary. She is married to Tyler Engelkes and lives in Bigelow. Engelkes received her bachelor’s degree in early childhood…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    August 29, 2016
    Zucchini, a summer squash, was gaining in popularity at a recent Farmers Market in Luverne, thanks to Rock County Master Gardener Dawn Sandager. Sandager spends up to five weeks each summer at the market as part of her community outreach work as a Master Gardener, a title she earned five years ago. This year each Thursday since Aug. 4, Sandager has unfolded a table and prepared a dish on site…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    August 29, 2016
    Family reunions are a universal summer pastime, and for Rock County native Becky Bartels, her Aug. 21 event was similar to many family gatherings. There were elders, long lost cousins (some from overseas) and children (many who vaguely resembled their grandparents) all gathered at the home of Becky’s parents, Elmer and Eunice Bartels, in Luverne. And they all trace their roots to a family farm…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    August 29, 2016
    A passion for cars and airplanes could be satisfied at one event coming to Luverne on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Fly-In or Drive-In Pancake Breakfast revitalizes and improves the event of 2009, according to organizers. Pancakes will be served from 7 a.m. to noon at Quentin Aanenson Field south of Luverne The Luverne Municipal Airport Board and Sierra Delta Aviation are sponsoring the event. “We are…
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