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
Student 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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- April 25, 2016The Luverne FCCLA Chapter had 14 students attend the state conference and compete in STAR events. Through their hard work and dedication eight students brought home a gold placing, five students brought home a silver placing and one student brought home a bronze placing. Zoe Brown placed first in her STAR event category, which qualifies her for the National FCCLA conference in July. Over 1,000…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 25, 2016One last workday recently wrapped up the local contribution to the One Million Pillowcase Project. Earlier this year, Luverne High School Senior Mira Uithoven joined the challenge as part of her FCCLA National Leadership Service in Action project with the assistance of her 4-H Club, the County K9s. Uithoven’s goal was to fundraise for materials and sew 50 pillowcases, of which 35 would be donated…
- By Lori SorensonApril 25, 2016A commercial appraisal of the Sharkee’s property on South Highway 75 has been completed, and Luverne City Council members reviewed that information at their Tuesday night meeting. That appraised value — which is not public information — will be used to develop a purchase agreement between the city of Luverne and owner Dave Halverson and his creditors. According to City Administrator John Call,…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 25, 2016A Rock County resident’s worry over his drinking water quality prompted Rock County Commissioners to review a recent gravel extraction request. At the Tuesday, April 19, County Board meeting, two motions were made to grant conditional use permits to Reker Construction & Aggregate LLC of Adrian. Reker requested renewal of the five-year gravel extraction permit in Section 26 of Clinton Township…
- By Lori SorensonApril 25, 2016Luverne City Council members took action at their Tuesday night meeting to lift a watering ban that has been in place since 2012. Adequate spring rains and winter snow melt have raised the static levels of city wells, but Luverne water users also have the luxury of a guaranteed source from the Missouri River aquifer. In March the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System officially reached Luverne,…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 25, 2016The Rock County emergency officials now have the ability to send local messages to everyone’s cell phone. Sheriff Evan Verbrugge and Emergency Management Director Kyle Oldre are now certified to use the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System or IPAWS. “As long as you don’t deactivate it off your smartphone, you’re going to get the information,” Verbrugge said. IPAWS is administrated through…
- April 25, 2016Watch your May 1 Announcer for the Summer Community Education brochure. Registration for many summer recreation sport activities is due by Thursday, May 19. Be sure to sign up for morning recreation, basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, arts and crafts, gymnastics, football, wrestling, track and field. For information or to register for these activities call Community Ed at 283-4724. Flag…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 25, 2016With the retirement of longtime Heartland Express employee Elaine Birkestrand set for Sunday, May 1, county officials have been discussing different options to fill her position. Heartland Express provides public transportation to families, older adults and people with disabilities. The countywide service began in 1991. Birkestrand began as a part-time bus driver in 1994 a year after the local…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 25, 2016Recent property sales in Beaver Creek prompted local assessors to increase market values. However, the increase wasn’t as much as necessary to meet state requirements. Tom Houselog, Rock County Land Records director, explained the increase in market values to Beaver Creek City Council members at their annual board of appeals and equalization meeting Wednesday evening, April 20. Beaver Creek had…
- By Lori SorensonApril 25, 2016Saving a life could be as simple as a text message. A team of local professionals is working to get the message out about TXT4Life, a suicide prevention resource that uses texting as a way for those in crisis to seek help anonymously. Because youth are most at risk for suicide (the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds), it’s designed to respond to their most-used method of…
- April 25, 2016The first bison calf has been born at Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne in southwestern Minnesota, and up to 25 more are expected, according to Park Manager Chris Ingebretsen. “This is an exciting time to visit the park,” Ingebretsen said. “New calves will continue to be born into early June, when our herd size will reach about 100 animals.” Each newborn calf weighs 40 to 50 pounds and is able…
- April 25, 2016The artwork of 17-year-old Brandon Sprock, son of Luverne High School graduate Sara (Schomacker) Sprock, is on display at the Museum of Visual Materials, Sioux Falls, through April 30. In December the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota put out a call for art to be created by students across the state of South Dakota. Sprock, a student at LifeScape Specialty School in Sioux Falls and…
- By Lori SorensonApril 19, 2016Glen Gust’s grocery career began when he was a child. “I started delivering bread with the bread man when I was 7, and I delivered milk with the milk man when I was 12,” Gust recalled. “I made $4 a week — $1 per day — in the summers.” As a high school student in Canby he worked for the local grocery store, and after he graduated in 1966, he worked at Sullivan’s SuperValu in St. Cloud where he…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016A Luverne High School junior has become the 12th student in school history to claim a state speech title. Knute Oldre, son of Kyle and Sara Oldre, Luverne, placed first in Discussion at Friday’s State Speech Tournament in Lakeville. Discussion is the category in which Luverne students have won nine out of the school’s 12 state individual titles. Four other Luverne students competed with Oldre at…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016A unique four-person theatrical performance last week in St. Catherine Church illustrated the topic of forced labor and commercial sex in Minnesota. A panel discussion afterward offered ways community residents could end the modern-day slavery. More than 50 people attended the public performance of “Bottom,” by Twin Cities’ Blank Slate Theatre on Thursday, April 14, in Luverne. Director Adam…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016Luverne Middle School students have spent the school year being challenged by their peers to make a difference. The effort stems from the student council’s attendance at the WE Day Minnesota conference in early November. Becky Rahm, the middle school student council adviser, said the daylong event encouraged and empowered students to return to their communities and lead events that could make a…
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