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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- July 04, 2016Cheryl Thacker, Luverne, was selected as executive director of New Life Treatment Center, a Christian residential drug and alcohol treatment program in Woodstock. Thacker was appointed to her position by the Board of Directors of the New Life Treatment Center at their June 15 meeting. According to board president Duane Bonnema, Thacker was chosen for the leadership position from a pool of…
- July 04, 2016Bridal Shower An open house bridal shower for Krista Klaassen, bride-to-be of Andrew Hoyme, will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Card Shower Gladys Siebenahler will celebrate her 85th birthday on Monday, July 11. Greetings may be sent to her at 1007 N. Cedar, Luverne, MN 56156
- July 04, 2016Rock County Community Library wrapped up June with two regional author visits.
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 04, 2016The 15-year anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers that killed nearly 3,000 people will be observed locally on Sept. 11 with a special Blue Light Beam Memorial ceremony. Diane Sherwood, president of the Remember Rally group, approached county officials last month about conducting the lighting ceremony in a public location in Luverne. County officials approved her request to…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 27, 2016Thirty-six Luverne High School students and four chaperones returned Friday from a 10-day trip to Puerto Rico. The trip was organized by Luverne High School Spanish teacher Caroline Thorson as an extension of the lessons learned in her Spanish classes. “The students get to see and use the things they learn in class in an authentic situation,” Thorson said. The students had ample opportunity to…
- By Lori SorensonJune 27, 2016Log rolling competition joins a growing list of attractions at The Lake in Luverne Monday for the Fourth of July holiday. A 12-foot long, 65-pound man-made log was delivered to Luverne’s indoor pool Wednesday, June 22, for training and practice. After it was filled with water, the polyethylene log weighed 500 hundred pounds, not unlike one that would be used in Olympic log rolling competition.…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 27, 2016After 16-year-old Chris Ashby was killed in an auto accident July 5, 2006, his parents, Barb and Gene Ashby, established a scholarship in his honor. The first Christopher Martin Ashby Memorial Scholarship was awarded the following spring in honor of their only child. In 2008, the year Chris would have graduated, the couple said they found it difficult to select one student among Chris’ classmates…
- By Lori SorensonJune 27, 2016The Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday morning, June 22, the dam and lake at Blue Mounds State Park will not be rebuilt. It’s not the answer the local park users were hoping for, but the decision will likely have long-term implications for water quality and habitat. Scientists, engineers, hydrologists and others have been studying the area since June 2014 when flood damage at the…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 27, 2016
- By Mavis FodnessJune 27, 2016The Beaver Creek Watershed is now considered a priority in terms of federal funds to control erosion. That’s good news for 43 flood repair projects on eroded agricultural land according to a June 20 work group meeting at the Rock County Land Management Office. Since the 2014 flood events, the county office has received more than 160 applications for erosion repair. The number is significantly…
- By Lori SorensonJune 27, 2016The early morning sky on Wednesday, June 22, was a spectacular sound and light show of a classic summer thunderstorm. But one lightening bolt connected with a barn on the Darrell and Leah Van Meeteren farm northeast of Luverne. "We heard the loudest crack that night, but we didn't realize it was at our place," Darrell Van Meeteren said Thursday. "There was a lot of electricity…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 27, 2016County commissioners received a firsthand look at various projects in Rock County on their annual road tour June 21. Meeting in the afternoon, commissioners completed the 2 ½-hour transit bus ride prior to the 5 p.m. board meeting. A 7 p.m. Board of Equalization meeting ended their day. No property adjustment requests were made. The tour took commissioners to areas in Kanaranzi, Beaver Creek and…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 27, 2016Theodore Roosevelt was right at home at Blue Mounds State Park north of Luverne Saturday. Amid the prairie grasses and bison that make the state park their home, living history reenactor Adam Lindquist told visitors to his hunting camp display about the 26th president of the United States while acting and dressing like Teddy Roosevelt. Lindquist’s performance was like stepping back into time and…
- June 27, 2016Adrian will host an event July 2 that highlights people and resources that support veterans. The event, called the Dawg Days of Summer, features a mobile unit that memorializes military working dogs and their handlers who have been killed in the War on Terror. Activities will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on 1st Street in Adrian, north of the Adrian American Legion and also inside the post home. According…
- By Lori SorensonJune 20, 2016Luverne will have a Fourth of July fireworks show this year for the first time in over three decades. And two local firemen, Jeremy Lehman and Jonathon Kurtz, will be in charge of lighting the fuses for the holiday show at The Lake in Luverne. “I just want everyone to know we’re going to do this in Luverne,” Lehman said. “There’s something for people to do here — you don’t have to leave town for…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 20, 2016Almost 70 years of classroom experience won’t be returning to Luverne Public Schools when just two longtime teachers decided to retire at the end of the 2015-16 school year. Greg Antoine and Mary Jo Graphenteen chose early retirement after spending 32 and 36 years teaching in Luverne respectively. Each decided it was time to start another chapter in their lives with one embracing the thought of…
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