Tuff Home residents experience 'A Night on Mount Olympus'
The day after Hills-Beaver Creek High School hosted a junior-senior prom for students, residents from Tuff Memorial Home donned dresses and suits Saturday afternoon for their first
State offers info on 2026 Hwy 75 work
Minnesota Department of Transportation personnel were in Luverne Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the 2026 Highway 75 construction project.
'Marlene and Darlene without George'
“Marlene and Darlene” will return to the stage next week for another comedy performance to raise money for Generations.
Emerald ash borer officially reported in Rock County
Infestations of the destructive emerald ash borer have been spreading across Minnesota over the past 15 years, and on Monday the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first sighting
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.
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- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Sioux Valley Energy recently donated $10,000 to the city of Hills to add playground equipment for its proposed day care facility. “The city has been working diligently to try and find a solution to help with the day care provider shortage,” said Hills Mayor Keith Elbers. “It is a long process but, together with everyone’s help and generosity of partners like Sioux Valley Energy, we are going to…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Rock County Commissioners approved pay increases for elected employees at their last meeting of 2022 on Dec. 26. The increases took effect Jan. 1, except for the sergeants’ union still in negotiations. Sheriff Evan Verbrugge received a 6-percent pay increase for 2023, bringing his salary more in line with similar positions in the nine-county area. Verbrugge’s salary went from $105,375 to $111,698…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 24, 2023City of Luverne union employees are about to start a new three-year contract, which was approved at the Dec. 20 City Council meeting. The new three-year labor agreement calls for a 4.5 percent increase in 2023, a 3.5 percent increase in 2024 and a 3.5 percent increase in 2025. Council members acted on year-end finance resolutions that included other wage adjustments for 2023. The city’s non-union…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 24, 2023A good way to measure growth over time is to track the number of building permits issued for construction. Luverne building official Chad McClure compiled numbers for 2022 when he issued 160 permits valued at $29,450,362. Of those, four were for single-family home construction valued at $757,134 and comprised 2.6 percent of permit valuations last year. McClure points out that these valuations don…
- January 24, 2023Eugene Marshall of the Blue Mound Area Theatre Board (left) accepts a $500 check from Bill Stegemann of CenterPoint Energy recently at the Palace Theatre in Luverne. The gift was generated through CenterPoint Energy’s Give Grant program that allows current and retired employees to earn funds with their volunteer hours. (Submitted photo and information)
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023An international biogas company visited Rock County Tuesday and expressed interest in something local livestock producers have a lot of – manure. Nature Energy operates 13 biogas plants in Denmark and in three years plans to build 15 more in North America. Four Nature Energy representatives met with county commissioners Tuesday, explaining their business model and needs from a host community.…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023Anyone wanting to enjoy the use of a sled in Hills or Beaver Creek won’t have to look far, thanks to the eighth-graders at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School. Two Little Free Sled libraries are now available for use in each community. Similar to a Little Free Library, where books are available to borrow and placed back when read, the Little Free Sled Library allows anyone to borrow a sled, use…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2023Ten years ago Janine Papik and LaDonna Iveland noticed families were traveling to Sioux Falls for violin lessons. “We wondered if there would be a way for instructors to come to Luverne, rather than all these Luverne students traveling to other communities for lessons,” Papik said. That idea in October of 2012 led to Luverne Street Music, which today joins 11 instructors with more than 100…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2023Luverne native Monti Ossenfort is the new general manager of the Arizona Cardinals, according to the NFL team’s announcement earlier this week. “It was critically important for us to find the right person to lead us as general manager and there is no doubt in my mind that we have that in Monti Ossenfort,” Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement released Monday. “He possesses every…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023Amanda Marie Locks is in trouble. “Goldie,” as she is known to her friends, is on trial for breaking and entering, and destruction of private property. Did she break into the Mr. F.D. Bare family home, consume porridge, break a chair and ruin a window screen in her haste to escape? Students in the Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School production of “Goldilocks on Trial” will answer those questions…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2023Two more lots in Luverne’s industrial park are on the market priced at $21,000 and $31,000, according to action at the January meeting of the Luverne Economic Development Authority. The lots are located near the intersection of Koehn Avenue and Dakota Road in the Mayes subdivision, named for the late Marty Mayes who farmed the 91 acres before they were annexed into the city in 2007. “We already…
- January 17, 2023Hills Mayor Keith Elbers (standing, far left) watches Vickie Busswitz and Cory Metzger recite the oaths of office prior to the Jan. 10 Hills City Council meeting. Busswitz was re-elected to a second term in November while Cory Metzger begins his first four-year term. Metzger was elected to the seat filled by Alan Leenderts, who served on the council for 16 years. Watching the reciting (seated)…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2023Beaver Creek City Council members convened Wednesday night, Jan. 11, for their first meeting of the new year under new leadership. Jacob Conger and Heidi Freese were elected in November and were sworn in as new council members at the start of the meeting. They replace outgoing members Jeff Dysthe and Pat Bender who didn’t file for re-election. Council members thanked them for their leadership.…
- January 17, 2023All five Rock County commissioners were sworn into office Thursday morning, Jan. 5, at the Rock County Courthouse in Luverne. Due to redistricting, Gary Overgaard, Stan Williamson, Greg Burger, Jody Reisch and Sherri Thompson (above, being sworn in by District Judge Terry Vajgrt) refiled for office and received no challengers in the November general election. Thompson was elected board chairman…
- January 17, 2023The Minnesota State Veterans Home in Luverne has been recognized as one of America’s top nursing homes for 2022-2023, according to U.S. News and World Report magazine The magazine evaluated more than 15,000 nursing homes, and only 16 percent of U.S. skilled nursing facilities earned the “Best Nursing Home” designation this year. Scott Buchanan, administrator of Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023Emma Nibbelink of Luverne was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident reported at 6:04 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, in Sioux County, Iowa. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Nibbelink was traveling south on U.S. Highway 75 near Hull, Iowa, in a 2008 Chevrolet Impala when her vehicle drifted onto the west shoulder that was covered in snow and ice. Officers determined Nibbelink overcorrected the…
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