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 FodnessFebruary 01, 2022At their Jan. 27 meeting, Luverne School Board members unanimously supported hiring an existing employee to fill the newly created district health aide position. Karen Hubbling works as a middle-high school paraprofessional and has worked for the local district since 2017. She is also a registered nurse. Hubbling was one of 10 applicants for the $25-per-hour position. “In our applicant pool, we…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 01, 2022Interest rates were higher than anticipated Jan. 24 when Rock County’s $4.5 million general obligation bond went to market, but the refinancing still saved taxpayer dollars. Four companies placed bids, and at their Jan. 25 meeting commissioners accepted the lowest bid, 1.93 percent from Piper, Sandler & Co. of Minneapolis. Four companies vied for the $4.5 million in bonds, offering rates from…
- February 01, 2022Kathryn Dahl, MD, PhD, family medicine, recently joined Sanford Luverne clinic, where she’ll specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, including women’s health, maternity care and newborn care. “I want to care for the young and the old, the big and the small, the healthy and the chronically ill,” said Dahl. “Every person deserves access to high quality health care, and I want to help them receive…
- February 01, 2022Millions of rural caregivers provide crucial support to family members or friends living with memory loss and dementia. These same caregivers often feel stressed and isolated. An online workshop may help them. The University of California, San Francisco, is conducting a study of a new online caregiver workshop. The project is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Caregivers may qualify if…
- February 01, 2022As lawmakers plan for how to utilize the state’s historic $7.7 billion budget surplus, leaders from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) are calling on Governor Walz and the Legislature to remember rural Minnesota. “The Governor and legislators have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make investments that will benefit our state now and well into the future,” said CGMC director…
- February 01, 2022Luverne High School will break up the doldrums of winter with Snow Week Feb. 7-11 with various activities and the crowning of a Snow Week king and queen. The royalty candidates are selected and voted on by LHS teachers and staff as recognition for positive leadership and character in the classroom and activities at school and in the community during their years at LHS. “These 10 seniors are well-…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 25, 2022With a successful small robot competition behind them, the Luverne High School robotics team is preparing for the tournament that inspired the team’s creation two years ago. The Great Northern Regional will be March 24-26 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 2020 Luverne earned the “Rookie Inspiration Award” at the event during the team’s first-ever season. Two years later, the LHS robotics students…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 25, 2022Luverne students resume one act play competition Saturday when they travel to Pipestone to perform “Supermodels in Jeopardy,” a dark comedy by Jonathan Dorf. Joseph Stearns, the LHS one act play adviser, chose “Supermodels in Jeopardy” last year. “I selected this piece because it has a wide range of casting options, so we would pull it off regardless of student turnout for the activity,” he said…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 25, 2022Nate Golla and his father, Gary Golla, announced this week that they’re selling their 74-year-old family business, the Luverne Farm Store. The feed mill side of the business has been purchased by Pro Partners LLC, a group of local investors who will use the mill to support their hog production. The lawn care, grounds maintenance and rental equipment part of the Farm Store business has been…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 25, 2022A heartfelt gift is available for Valentine’s Day through a community organization focused on ending poverty in the Luverne area. Luv1LuvAll is offering a heart-shaped, decorated sugar cookie for $5. The Valentine’s Day offering replaces the poinsettia sales the group conducted during the Christmas holiday. New chairperson Holly Anderson-Wessels said the timeline change is a better fit for the…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 25, 2022New Vision will demolish the iconic wooden grain elevator in Beaver Creek this spring and replace it with a new office and scale in time for harvest this fall. “It’s not safe for our customers, employees and the community,” said New Vision CEO Matt Ashton. “It’s long past its prime and needs to be removed.” Pieces of tin and debris have been falling off in the wind, and the Beaver Creek City…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 25, 2022A program is being developed by a local electric cooperative to connect communities with resources for economic and community development. Sioux Valley Energy calls the program REVIVE 2030. Once developed, REVIVE 2030 will work with individual communities within the cooperative’s footprint on various projects. Rock and Pipestone counties are part of the cooperative’s service area and are included…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 25, 2022On a bitterly cold day last year in February, a small group of bundled-up CMA members gave away more than 350 free frozen pizzas. In the Living Rock Church parking lot on East Main Street in Luverne, the Christian Motorcyclists handed pizzas to motorists through rolled down windows of heated automobiles. And they were grateful, according to CMA member JoAnn Vanderburg. “Some allowed CMA members…
- January 25, 2022The exterior walls of the PrairiE Loft apartment buildings are now going up, allowing passersby a glimpse of the upcoming two, 27-unit apartment units known as the PrairiE Loft I and II. The $8 million project (on the former Sharkee's and Mert's Repair lots) is named with a capital "E" for "environmental sustainability and smart building practices." The two buildings…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 25, 2022A small area within the Luverne Elementary School media center is dedicated to a former teacher who was passionate about helping students read. “Carrie’s Reading Nook” was established in memory of Carrie Bakken, who assisted in the Response to Intervention and Title I reading programs. Bakken died in July 2019 from complications of scleroderma, which she was diagnosed with in 1994. As a final…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 18, 2022Several southwest Minnesota mayors, including Luverne Mayor Pat Baustian, met with Sen. Amy Klobuchar on a Zoom call Friday, Jan. 14, to talk about infrastructure needs in their communities. Klobuchar was a vocal supporter of the bipartisan infrastructure law enacted in November, and she told the mayors she wanted to hear about their needs for the funding. “I want to find out what projects you…
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