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An idea three years ago to update restroom fixtures at the Ellsworth ballpark blossomed into a city campground that opened this summer.
Ellsworth City Council member Spencer Swenson said the city received $2,000 for the restrooms in 2016 from the Lyon County, Iowa, Riverboat Foundation.
The mini...
Renewable Energy Systems hosted a landowner meeting last week to answer questions about plans for a $200 million wind farm.
RES plans to construct 36 to 40 wind turbines in Martin and Beaver Creek townships in the southwest corner of Rock County.
Scott Jansen and Lisa Bellen with RES conducted the...
Crews wrap up work at the corner of Highway 75 and West Dodge Street Friday, July 13, after the intersection was torn up for more than a week.
Workers repaired a water main and moved a fire hydrant to the west. The water main problem had been discovered during the school year, but the city...
Rock County Commissioners signed a proclamation Tuesday morning, July 10, designating Rock County as a Purple Heart County to honor local veterans who were wounded or killed while protecting the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans. “The Purple Heart is not an earned award but a reward for shedding...
Five Luverne High School students earned national recognition at the FCCLA National Leadership Conference June 28-July 2 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Zoe DeBates, Jacinda Hustoft, Lindsey Roemeling, Sage Ver Steeg and Shane Berning participated in one of 30 family and consumer science-related competitive...
Several local insurance professionals were recently recognized for excellence by the Insurance Professionals of Greater Sioux Falls.
Samantha DeBates, Senior Advantage Account Underwriter of Continental Western Group of Luverne, was named Insurance Professional of the Year for excellence in the...
Temperatures and humidity combined last week in Luverne for a heat index near 100 degrees on the Fourth of July.
But that didn’t stop hundreds of locals and visitors from celebrating the holiday at The Lake where there were plenty of water activities to keep people cool.
In addition to the Davis...
Dr. Michelle Lenertz has joined the team of veterinarians at Rock Veterinary Clinic, Luverne.
Lenertz received her undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University, Brookings, and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
“It’s nice to be closer to home,”...
For 62 years students and residents in Luverne School District watched sporting events, musical programs and graduations from the wooden bleachers first used when the school opened in 1956.
For two days last week, six workmen with Construction Specialties of Alexandria manually loosened thousands...
Friday’s and Saturday’s productions of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” at the Luverne Palace Theatre harken back to the vaudeville acts for which the 1915 facility was originally constructed.
This week Missoula Children’s Theatre used the facility to rehearse for its annual production.
On Monday...