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 SorensonMay 23, 2016Dozens of local bicyclists participated in the Luverne Optimist Club annual Bike Rodeo in Beaver Creek and Luverne Saturday, May 14. In addition to Optimist Club volunteers, Ken Petersen of Ken’s Bike Shop, Luverne, was there to help make minor adjustments to bikes. Helmets and door prizes were given to all participants at each location, plus two bikes and a scooter were given as prizes in…
- May 23, 2016The Southwest Initiatives Foundation is celebrating its 30th anniversary by recognizing 30 people, organizations or businesses that provide a snapshot of all those who “make southwest Minnesota a special place.” At SWIF’s 30th anniversary celebration April 29 near Granite Falls, the organization honored three local entities among that group of 30: •Gary Papik, Luverne, president of Papik Motors,…
- By Lori SorensonMay 23, 2016Readers in Rock County will have additional locations to pick up or drop off a book as part of the Little Free Library program that allows people to take books and return them once they’re read. The Rock County Early Childhood Initiative is coordinating the project with the help of the Luverne Area Chamber and Rock County Community Library. “The whole idea is to encourage people to read and use…
- May 23, 2016Members of the Luverne Optimist Club and Luverne High School hockey and baseball players gathered volunteers and two truckloads of sand Monday night, May 16, to fill orders for area backyard sandboxes.
- By Lori SorensonMay 16, 2016The Rock County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a string of vehicle break-ins reported last week in Luverne. According to Sheriff Evan Verbrugge, his office took five reports of break-ins to vehicles in the neighborhoods of the 400 block of North Freeman down to the 200 block of West Lincoln and in the 200 block of South Estey Street. He said the break-ins were reported Wednesday night and…
- May 16, 2016Last week was National Nursing Home Week and the Minnesota Veterans Home, Luverne, celebrated under a theme of superheroes. National Nursing Home Week was May 8-14, and May is National Older Americans Month.
- By Mavis Fodness, reporterMay 16, 2016Five Luverne High School seniors are leaving a lasting impression for future students in their school. Mace Walgrave, Susan Thompson, Colton Kunkel, Mitchell Muller and Sandra Renken have taken on the challenge of painting a legacy mural in the high school’s north stairwell. The group began working on the mural eight weeks ago, and last week they began adding paint to the walls, covering the…
- By Lori SorensonMay 16, 2016Elementary students from Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek schools met senior citizens Thursday, May 12, for a friendly Intergenerational Spelling Bee at the Senior Center. Each was asked to spell words such as guillotine and silhouette until only the top three spellers remained as place winners in each of the two age groups. Senior winners were Madge May, first, Kay Franklin, second, and Louise…
- May 16, 2016Luverne: The Luverne High School Class of 2016 will graduate at ceremonies beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 22, in the Cardinal Gym at Luverne Elementary School. The public is welcome. Adrian: Adrian High School commencement will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 20, in the Adrian High School gymnasium. Ellsworth: Graduation exercises for Ellsworth High School are set for 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the…
- May 16, 2016Four Luverne Middle School choir students were selected by audition to participate in the American Choral Directors Association’s honor choirs. Sixth-graders Elise Ferrell, Pierce Cunningham, Ashton Sandbulte and Casey Sehr traveled to St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi May 7. Guest conductor was Mary Alice Stollak, retired director of choral activities with Michigan State University.…
- May 16, 2016GrandStay Hospitality, LLC, the franchisor for GrandStay Hotels and Crossings by GrandStay, has awarded four prestigious awards to the GrandStay Hotel & Suites, Luverne. During a GrandStay Hospitality conference April 28-29 in Apple Valley, the Luverne hotel received “Customer Service” and “Web Hotel of the Year.” The award recognizes the local business for how it treats guests and how it…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 12, 2016In a 5-1 vote the Luverne School Board voted not renew the contract of one its special education teachers as recommended by the elementary principal. That action was taken Thursday night among more than 40 people who gathered in the middle/high school media center for the public meeting. Board members and principal Stacy Gillette made no comments during the community input portion of the meeting…
- May 10, 2016Luverne's Esther Frakes captured this photograph from the backyard of the veterans home last week. She remarked, as many others have this spring, how green the grass is and how colorful and fragrant the flowers and tree blossoms are. According to Luverne Volunteer Weather Recorder Troy Thone, the month of April was marked by widely swinging "rollercoaster" highs and lows, but the…
- By Lori SorensonMay 10, 2016An 80-year-old farmhouse burned to the ground in Beaver Creek Township Wednesday night as part of a joint training exercise among several local fire departments. Burdette and Sharon Braun built a new house on their acreage last fall and offered the old one to firefighters for training. “It went well,” Burdette said Thursday morning after smoking embers had been pushed into a hole where the old…
- May 10, 2016Luverne High School’s Class of 2016 spent Friday morning completing community service projects. Each of the 91 seniors chose to pull weeds, paint, move materials, wash windows or scrub fire trucks. Senior Service Day replaces the traditional Senior Skip Day in Luverne. Once the seniors finished the morning of service projects, they gathered at the City Park for a picnic before having the…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 09, 2016The first week in May was National Teacher Appreciation Week, but for teachers in Luverne their work with the district’s 1,192 students has been appreciated all year long through the two simple words, “Be Great.” Superintendent Craig Oftedahl started as head of the district in July and challenged staff at their workshop in August to “Be Great” in the upcoming 2015-16 school year. As a part of his…
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