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  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 18, 2015
    Geff Fitzer, who farms west of Luverne, has been strip-tilling his fields for 13 years with notable success. That can be no better proven than in the June 2014 and recent May 10 rain events, both of which gouged deep gullies through fields and washed fertile topsoil into ditches and downstream. “I have to admit, my fields came through in great shape,” he said about the storms. “I’ve had virtually…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 18, 2015
    The rich black soil of southwestern Rock County is among the most fertile in the nation. That’s why it’s so disappointing to see the damage from last week’s storm that washed topsoil — along with recently planted seed — into ditches and nearby streams. “We have got to do something about this,” said Doug Bos of the Rock County Land Management Office. He shared photographs of deep washouts and…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 17, 2015
    Despite the interruption from a fire alarm, Sunday’s commencement exercises for Luverne’s Class of 2015 flowed smoothly and focused on the class motto, “We have come a long way, but not half as far as we will go.” Nine of the Class of 2015 high school graduates spoke to the crowd of fellow students, friends and family members seated in the Luverne Elementary School gymnasium. Spencer Schacht and…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 12, 2015
    Local fans of the popular television series “House Hunters,” will recognize the featured Realtor in a segment recently filmed in Sioux Falls. Ashley (Gacke) Bartholomaus is a realtor with the Tony Ratchford Group of Keller Williams Realty in Sioux Falls. She sent House Hunters producers an audition tape of herself describing her experience working with a young couple, Damon Thielen and Jessica…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 12, 2015
    Last week Minnesota farmers tied a 30-year record for the most soybean acres planted in a single week. That follows the pace set by corn planting the previous week when corn producers had the second-highest acres planted in 30 years, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. For Kenneth farmer Danny Roskamp (picture above) last week meant a personal milestone in the 21…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 11, 2015
    The May display at the Carnegie Cultural Center rivals that of professional art exhibits, yet many of the artists don’t yet know how to tie their own shoes. The Day Care Art Show, featuring the work of Rock County’s youngest artists, is on display through the month of May at the Carnegie at 205 North Freeman Avenue in Luverne. Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere said many local day care…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 11, 2015
    Betty Mann turned 85 on May 1, and she said birthday cards are still trickling in. “I just got three more today,” she said Monday. Mann, president of the Rock County Historical Society, is among a group of volunteers raising money for a new History Center to start construction this summer in downtown Luverne. It will occupy the Herman Motors building once that business relocates to its new…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    May 11, 2015
    Luverne Middle School and High School choir students performed their spring pops concert Friday night, May 8, in the Cardinal Gym. Under the direction of Seana Graber, the groups sang and danced to familiar tunes that have become popular as Disney theme songs. Each of the groups performed their own numbers, and the evening wrapped up with a combined choral performance of “Seize the Day,” which…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 11, 2015
    More panic buttons will be installed in the Rock County Courthouse due to action taken by the Rock County Commissioners at their May 5 meeting. An additional 22 of the small devices will be installed under desks and service counters, all within easy reach by county employees if emergency assistance is needed. Commissioners approved $4,616.10 for the equipment and installation. Sheriff Evan…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 11, 2015
    Last week Minnesota farmers tied a 30-year record for the most soybean acres planted in a single week. That follows the pace set by corn planting the previous week when corn producers had the second-highest acres planted in 30 years, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. For Kenneth farmer Danny Roskamp (picture above) last week meant a personal milestone in the 21…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 11, 2015
    For two area graduates, their recent graduation from community college is one they won’t soon forget. When Tyler Jacobs (Ellsworth Class of 2013) learned President Barack Obama would be the May 8 speaker at Lakes Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota, the 20-year-old didn’t believe the news at first. “I thought it was a joke,” he said. “It’s (Watertown, South Dakota) such a small…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    May 10, 2015
    Two people died Monday morning, May 11, in a hog barn fire four miles east of Jasper in Rock County. According to Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge, Sharla Drew, 50, and Kristy (VanSurksum) Giesler, 32, both of Jasper, died in the blaze. Drew, an employee of New Horizon Farms, and Giesler, a presser-washing contract were working inside the nursery barn. At least two other employees where at the…
  • By glenda mcgaffee
    May 05, 2015
    The following information was gleaned from the Hills Centennial Book published in 1990 for the Hills 100th anniversary: The location of the present day Hills City Offices was once the site of a lumberyard. It started as the A.T. Sexe yard, which was bought out by the Tuthill Lumber Co.   P.H. Bly, who had managed the yard for Sexe, continued as manager for the Tuthill Company.   Ray Garner took…
  • By glenda mcgaffee
    May 05, 2015
    At their regular meeting Monday, April 27, the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board approved the hiring of two new teachers for the 2015-16 school year.   Megan Klumper was hired as secondary English-language arts instructor and Kelli Yonkovich as K-12 special needs instructor.   The board also extended the 2015 school year contract with Darin DeBoer for 12 hours of developmentally appropriate…
  • By glenda mcgaffee
    May 05, 2015
    The Arrive Alive Tour came to Hills-Beaver Creek High School Thursday, April 30, with funding provided by donations from the family of Andrea Boeve and the Exchange State Bank. Boeve was killed Monday, June 30, 2014, after being struck by a distracted driver on Highway 270 east of Hills. She was towing her two daughters, 4-year old Claire and 1-year old Mallorie in a bicycle child trailer. Both…
  • By Glenda McGaffee
    May 05, 2015
    The celebration of Mother’s Day began in the United States in the early 20th century.   In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as a national holiday to honor mothers. Estelle Leuthold, Hills, will celebrate Mother’s Day with her eight children, 20 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren in Jacobson Park in Hills. Her children are Sandy Feucht…
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