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.
For the love of running: Locals excel in marathons
Blake Ziegler, a 2014 Luverne High School grad, ran the prestigious Boston Marathon on April 15, finishing in 2:43:47.
4-Her's try to pick up where volunteer George Bonnema left off
Members of the Magnolia Juniors 4-H Club spent time Thursday night, April 18, raking leaves, picking up branches and remembering community volunteer George Bonnema.
Locals travel to path of totality to view 2024 eclipse
The highly anticipated 2024 total eclipse of the sun occurred Monday, April 8, across North America, and several groups of Rock County residents traveled to experience the once-in-a-lifetime ev
Students perform 'Legally Blonde The Musical'
When the LHS production of “Legally Blonde, the Musical” opens next week for six evening performances, audiences will be surprised at what they see.
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- September 28, 2021Monday morning's funeral procession for James "Jimmy Jo" Johannsen included a Luverne Fire Department escort and an American flag draped from the ladder truck over the Highway 75 and Main Street intersection. Johannsen joined the Luverne Fire Department in 1973, and from 1981 to 1997 he served as the fire chief. He died Wednesday, Sept. 22, at age 78. His full obituary appears on…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021Luverne School Board members convened Thursday night in the performing arts center to accommodate more than 50 people for a listening session ahead of the regular agenda. Several individuals shared prepared remarks about masking in school — both for it and against it — and a common theme emerged: We need to do what’s best for the children. While the passion was there, consensus was not. Some…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 28, 2021A year after the coronavirus pandemic caused the 2020 event to be canceled, Luverne’s Tri-State Band Festival returned Saturday for the 70th time. Crowds once again lined Main Street to watch 14 bands compete in the parade competition with nine bands staying for the field competition. Luverne, as the host school, did not compete. Instead, both the middle and high school bands participated in the…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021Pat Scheidt cast the winning bid on the Ellis and Eastern Train Ride package through Ellis and Eastern Railroad during the Sanford Luverne Hospice Charity Dinner and Auction on Aug. 26 in Luverne. “I’ve been looking all these years at those tracks that go by my place,” said Scheidt, who lives west of Luverne on County Road 4. “I’ve just always wanted to ride the train.” So, when the auction item…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 28, 2021The county is seeking an additional $188,264 for its 2022 budget. Commissioners set a preliminary 2022 property tax levy increase of 2.97 percent at their Sept. 21 meeting. The amount will increase the local levy to $6.5 million of a $12.5 million budget planned for next year. Cost of the new school resource officer is estimated at $35,000, with the school districts of Luverne and Hills-Beaver…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021The City of Luverne set its proposed 2021 tax levy at $2,530,180, which reflects an 11.77-percent increase over the current levy. The levy includes $2,280,100 for the General Fund, debt service, and $250,080 for principal and interest on existing debt. Council members reviewed the city’s five-year capital improvement plan at their July 30 meeting and the proposed 2022 budget at their Aug. 17…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021Cleveringa Construction will build a twin home at 101 West Brown on a lot the city had previously cleared of residential blight. On the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Luverne Council approved a conditional use permit for the project, and construction will begin this fall. The property previously faced east with a North Freeman driveway, but the twin homes will face…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 28, 2021Residents in Hills face a $500 fine if they are found in violation of the city’s nuisance junk ordinance after Oct. 1. Council members unanimously adopted the fine for the misdemeanor offense at their Sept. 14 meeting. The fine is in response to the council’s ongoing effort to clean up yards in the city limits. Two months ago, notifications were sent to 300 Hills residents, property and business…
- September 28, 2021Lowell Fick runs the combine through his soybeans west of Luverne Thursday morning, Sept. 23, along the north side of County Road 5. Fick is among many Rock County farmers taking advantage of ideal harvest conditions to make quick work of soybean harvest this week. Soybean yields around the area have been varied but still good, averaging 45 to 60 bushels per acre, depending on where drought…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021Mike and Wanda Jarchow sold Grand Prairie Events to Generations on July 1, but they’re leasing it through December to honor bookings. As such, little has changed since ownership changed hands, but plans are brewing behind the scenes to prepare the facility for Generations and its associated programs. And funds are needed to see them through. Generations President George Bonnema laid out the…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 22, 2021Workers with Musch Construction, Pipestone, are removing and replacing sections of sidewalk, curb and gutter on Main Street in Luverne between Highway 75 and Blue Mound Avenue. The work so far is affecting the blocks west of the Freeman Street intersection, which is where the parade route starts for Saturday’s Tri-State Band Festival. “We’re doing what we can to minimize impacts to the band…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 21, 2021Saturday morning’s “Out of the Darkness” suicide prevention and awareness walk at Cardinal Field involved more than 300 people and raised more than $14,000. That far exceeded the initial goal of 75 people and $5,000. “ “It’s so exciting to see people come together for this,” said Angela Nolz, one of the event organizers. Funds raised will support research to prevent suicide, community education…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021Nicole Halverson was sitting at her dining room table early Friday morning, Sept. 17, when she heard a noise around 12:30 a.m. that caused her to move away from the table. “Thank God I did, because as soon as I was out of the way, that’s when the tree came down on my house — that was one of the loudest impacts,” she said. “As things calmed down, that’s when I noticed a tree (limb) resting on top…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 21, 2021Allan is a 3-year-old lab-retriever mix who’s lighting the way for Kimberly Schoneman’s ever-darkening world. Schoneman, Luverne, was diagnosed in 2009 with retinopathy uveitis. “My retinas are dying,” she told a roomful of Luverne Lions Club members last week. The autoimmune disease has taken her night vision, peripheral vision and many of the freedoms she previously enjoyed. By 2012 Schoneman…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021Rock County and developers of the future Elk Creek Solar Farm near Magnolia signed a development agreement Sept. 7. Commissioners were the last entities to sign on to the agreement for the 700-acre solar farm located between Vienna and Magnolia townships. Officials of both townships reviewed the document that stipulates various responsibilities, specifically the use and maintenance of county and…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021In an emergency meeting Sept. 16, the Luverne School Board unanimously supported dropping the mask mandate that was instituted Sept. 14. The emergency meeting had one agenda item: “Due to the lack of community support, the Luverne School District is not able to institute the mask mandate at this time. The administration recommends returning to CDC and MDH guidelines effective Sept. 17, 2021.”…
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