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Hardwick kicked off its annual summer celebration last weekend with softball games, a community meal and its annual parade.
This year’s parade, however, was missing one of its usual parade entrants.
On Saturday, June 27, instead of being washed and polished for a drive down Hardwick’s Main Street,...
After more than 120 years of weddings, funerals and worship services, Kenneth Lutheran Church will close its doors at the end of the month.
A final worship service will be at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 28, followed by a catered meal.
The small building with a proud white steeple housed hundreds of summer...
Charles “Chuck” Connell of Luverne appeared in Rock County District Court Monday morning on charges of criminal vehicular operation — substantial bodily harm — and DWI.
The charges stem from a Sept. 27 crash east of Luverne on County Road 4 in which Connell attempted a left-hand turn in front of an...
Hardwick’s Jubilee Days annual celebration brings people together for food, fun and fellowship.
New Green Lantern Café and Bar owner Jens “J.R.” Jensen hopes to bring that same atmosphere to Hardwick year-round.
“Jubilee Days is my big introduction,” he said.
Since taking over the business April 1...
Road construction and related detours along Highway 75 in Luverne expanded this week to include a portion of Main Street just west of the Highway 75 and Main Street intersection.
According to Luverne City Administrator John Call, one block of West Main Street was scheduled to be closed for two to...
For the first time in 15 years, tillable land in Rock County decreased in market value.
That was one finding reported by Rock County Land Records Office Director Tom Houselog during the county’s Board of Appeals and Equalization meeting Tuesday night, June 16, in the Rock County Courthouse.
Rather...
More than a month after a fire at a New Horizon Farms facility east of Jasper killed two women, investigators gathered at the scene Tuesday, June 16, to determine a cause.
The Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office was joined by as many as 15 other private fire investigators from across the United...
LeRoy Veldkamp woke up his wife, Denise, shortly before 5 a.m. Monday and told her they needed to get to the basement.
That was a good call.
Moments later straight-line winds hammered their home, damaging the roof and sending debris through the south windows.
“A board came through and embedded...
After six days on the road, the Luverne High School marching band returned home full of stories, experiences, and for director Richard Owen the one and only copy of the group’s studio performance.
“I signed a whole lot of paperwork stating I can’t make a copy,” Owen said. “I have the one-and-only...