Public NoticeClose Proximity Property Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionNotice is hereby given that the Rock County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 20th, 2006, at the Rock County Family Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, MN at 8:15 P.M. to act on the following conditional use permit application:Conditional use: Expansion of an existing feedlot located within 1/4 mile of a cemetery.Property Owner: Jim VeldkampLegal Description: NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 2f in Rose Dell Township, Rock County, Minnesota.The conditional use permit is for the expansion of an existing feedlot on the property described above. The proposed facility consists of a 101’x192’ total confinement barn to house 2400 head of swine between 55 and 300 pounds. Using 0.3 animal units per head, total animal units are 720. The building shall have a 101’x192’x8’ poured reinforced concrete pit for manure storage. The existing feedlot has existing buildings including a 22’x48’ total confinement nursery with a 22’x48’x6’ poured concrete pit, a 28’x50’ total confinement nursery with a 4’x8’x50’ poured concrete pit, a 32’x108’ total confinement nursery with a 32’x88’x8’ poured concrete pit, and a 44’x64’ total confinement nursery with a 44’x64’x8’ poured concrete pit for 90 animal units. Total animal units on the Rock County site will be 810. This site is permitted with an adjoining site in Pipestone County. Existing buildings are a 41’x256’ total confinement finishing building with a 41’x256’x8’ poured concrete pit and two 41’x248’ total confinement buildings with 41’x248’x8’ poured concrete pits. The Pipestone County site has 1080 animal units.The described property is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place, or submit views in writing or by representative. Dated: March 9th, 2006By Order of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W. Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(3-9, 3-16)

Public NoticeClose Proximity Property Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionNotice is hereby given that the Rock County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 20th, 2006, at the Rock County Family Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, MN at 8:15 P.M. to act on the following conditional use permit application:Conditional use: Expansion of an existing feedlot over 1000 animal units.Property Owner: Sells Farm LTD Legal Description: SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 16 in Beaver Creek Township, Rock County, MinnesotaThe conditional use permit is for the expansion of an existing feedlot on the property described above. The existing feedlot has a 51’x168’ total confinement building with a 51’x168’x8’ poured concrete pit, two (2) 41’x200’ total confinement buildings with 41’x200’x8’ poured concrete pits. These have a capacity of 3000 head of finishing pigs equaling 900 animal units.The proposed facility consists of a 101’x160’ total confinement barn to house 2000 head of swine between 55 and 300 pounds. Using 0.3 animal units per head, total animal units are 600. The building shall have a 101’x160’x8’ poured reinforced concrete pit for manure storage. The total animal unit capacity for this building will be 600. The site will have a final capacity of 5000 head of finishing pigs equaling 1500 animal units. The described property is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place, or submit views in writing or by representative. Dated: March 9th, 2006By Order of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W. Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(3-9, 3-16)

The Rock County Board of Commissioners will be conducting a Public Hearing on March 21, 2006, at 8:30 A.M. in the Community Room of the Rock County Human Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road; Luverne, Minnesota, to hear input regarding a petition for improvements to Judicial Ditch No. 3.(3-9, 3-16)

Public NoticeClose Proximity Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning and Zoning CommissionNotice is hereby given that the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 20, 2006, at the Rock County Family Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, Minnesota, at 7:30 p.m., to act on the following application:Request for a variance to permit the construction of a non-conforming tire and repair shop, as an addition to the existing business, in an A-2 General Agriculture District. The proposed structure would be located 104 feet from the centerline of the public right of way, County Highway 4, 26 feet less than the required setback of 130 feet allowed in the Rock County Zoning Ordinance.Property Owner: Trudy DeutschApplicant Name: Manley Tire and Oil ServiceLegal Description: A parcel located in the SW corner of lot 8 in, designated in deed #80764, .47 acres in size, and .90 acres in the SW corner of lot lying north and east of highway, less .06 acres CSAH #17. Both parcels are located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 36 of Beaver Creek Township, T102N, R47W, Rock County, Minnesota. The property described is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place, or submit views in writing or by representative. Dated: March 9, 2006By Order of the Rock County Planning and Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W. Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(3-9, 3-16)

Public NoticeClose Proximity Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning and Zoning CommissionNotice is hereby given that the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 20, 2006, at the Rock County Family Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, Minnesota, at 7:40 p.m., to act on the following application:Request for a Conditional Use Permit to permit the construction of a non-conforming tire and repair shop, with dimensions of 86’ x 100’, as an addition to the existing business, in an A-2, General Agriculture District.Property Owner: Trudy DeutschApplicant Name: Manley Tire and Oil ServiceLegal Description: A parcel located in the SW corner of lot 8 in, designated in deed #80764, .47 acres in size, and .90 acres in the SW corner of lot lying north and east of highway, less .06 acres CSAH #17. Both parcels are located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 36 of Beaver Creek Township, T102N, R47W, Rock County, Minnesota. The property described is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place, or submit views in writing or by representative. Dated: March 9, 2006By Order of the Rock County Planning and Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W. Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(3-9, 3-16)

Public NoticeClose Proximity Property Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionNotice is hereby given that the Rock County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 20th, 2006, at the Rock County Family Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, MN at 8:30 P.M. to act on the following conditional use permit application:Conditional use: Expansion of an existing feedlot over 1000 animal units.Property Owner: Blac-X Farms Legal Description: NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 12f in Beaver Creek Township, Rock County, Minnesota.The conditional use permit is for the expansion of an existing feedlot on the property described above. The existing feedlot will consist of 6 acres of open lots with runoff controls to house 990 head of finishing cattle. Using 1 animal unit per head, total animal units will be 990. The open lots will drain to a 2 acre storage basin. The total animal unit capacity for these lots will be 990.The proposed facility consists of 6 acres of open lots with runoff controls housing 990 head of finishing cattle. The runoff from these lots will be routed to the new storage basin. These lots have a capacity of 990 animal units. The site will have a total capacity of 1980 head of finishing cattle equaling 1980 animal units. The described property is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place, or submit views in writing or by representative. Dated: March 9th, 2006By Order of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W. Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(3-9, 3-16)

NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTSMinnesota Rule 7020.2000, subp. 4NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LIVESTOCK FEEDLOT PERMITNotice is hereby given per Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 215, that Howard VanWyhe, has made application to the County of Rock, for a permit to expand a feedlot with a capacity of 500 animal units or more. The proposed feedlot will be located in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 35 in Martin Township, Rock County, Minnesota.The proposed facility consists of a 51’x74’ total confinement barn to house 1000 head of swine under 55 pounds. Using 0.05 animal units per head, total animal units are 50. The building shall have a 51’x74’x8’ poured reinforced concrete pit for manure storage. The total animal unit capacity of this building will be 50.The existing feedlot consists of a 20’x50’ total confinement building with a 1100 gal. poured concrete pit housing 200 head of swine under 55 pounds having a capacity of 10 animal units. The existing feedlot has an existing 100’x150’, 150’x175’ and 100’x100’ open lots without runoff controls to house 50 head of feeder cattle and 135 head of slaughter steers, having the capacity of 170 animal units. Also the existing feedlot also consists of an existing 150’x200’ and a 175’x200’ open lots with runoff controls to house 335 head of slaughter steers having the capacity of 335 animal units. The site will have a final capacity of 565 animal units. This publication shall constitute as notice to each resident and each owner of real property within 5,000 feet of the perimeter of the proposed feedlot as required by Minnesota State Law.(3-9)

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots bowed out of the South Section 3A Boys’ Basketball Tournament after playing a preliminary-round game at Edgerton Public School Thursday.Playing sixth-seeded Fulda to open the event, it looked like the Patriots might stage an upset when they sported a five-point lead nine minutes into the contest.Fulda, however, responded to the challenge by outscoring 11th-seeded H-BC 61-46 the rest of the night to clinch a 71-61 victory.The win moved Fulda into Saturday’s quarterfinals in Worthington, where it takes on third-seeded Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin. H-BC ends the season with a 3-24 record.Fulda scored the game’s first five points before H-BC put together a 15-5 run ending with a pair of free throws from guard Adam Finke at the 8:58 mark of the first half, giving H-BC a 15-10 cushion.The Raiders rallied to tie the game at 23 with less than four minutes remaining before putting together an 11-4 run ending with a three-point shot from Sam Woitalewicz right before the first-half buzzer sounded, leaving Fulda with a 34-27 advantage.After the Raiders scored the first two points of the second half, H-BC rallied to trail by three (37-34) when Finke converted a field goal with 14:25 left to play.The Raiders led 41-38 before going on a 12-4 spurt to gain their biggest lead of the game (53-42) with 8:54 remaining.H-BC’s Aaron Esselink, who missed nearly seven minutes of the second half after drawing his fourth foul at 15:28, did bring the Patriots within five points (62-57) of the Raiders when he scored from inside the paint with 2:35 left to play.The Raiders, however, made nine free throws the rest of the way to seal their 10-point victory.Esselink, who snared eight rebounds, led the Patriots with 19 points. Tom Scholten and Cody Rozeboom pulled down nine rebounds each and netted 11 and 10 points respectively. Finke and Halden Van Wyhe charted seven and five assists respectively.Box scoreVan Wyhe 0 0 0-0 0, Rozeboom 3 0 4-8 10, Finke 2 0 2-2 6, Scholten 4 1 0-1 11, DeBoer 0 0 0-0 0, Hup 7 0 1-2 15, Sandbulte 0 0 0-0 0, Esselink 7 0 5-5 19.Box scoreH-BC: 24 of 54 field goals (44 percent), 12 of 18 free throws (67 percent), 31 rebounds, 18 turnovers.Fulda: 23 of 60 field goals (38 percent), 16 of 23 free throws (70 percent), 32 rebounds, 16 turnovers.

By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth boys’ basketball team survived a challenge by Adrian to advance to the semifinal round of the South Section 3A Boys’ Basketball Tournament Saturday in Worthington.The top-seeded Panthers were pushed hard by No. 8 Adrian, but the seedings followed form as EHS came out on the winning end of an 80-66 decision.Ellsworth, 23-4 overall, moves into tonight’s semifinals in Worthington. The Panthers play fourth-seeded Southwest Christian at 6 p.m.Adrian ends the year with an 11-13 mark.The Dragons didn’t go down without a fight.Trailing by 18 points late in the first half, AHS rallied to trim Ellsworth’s advantage to four points early in the second half.Ellsworth, however, answered the challenge by riding the scoring of Aaron Van Der Stoep and Cody Schilling to a 14-point victory.Van Der Stoep nailed nine three-point shots and led all players with 29 points. Schilling, who had 11 rebounds and 10 assists, scored 14 of his 26 points during the second half."They made a couple of good runs, but we maintained our poise," said EHS coach Markus Okeson. "Adrian is a better team than an eighth seed."The game started with both teams putting together six-point runs.After taking its first lead (10-9) at the 13:47 mark of the first half, the Dragons opened a four-point (15-11) cushion when Jory Haken drained a three-point shot at 12:56.Ellsworth countered with a 34-12 run in the next 10:38 and gained a 45-27 advantage when Weston DeBerg converted a field goal with 2:18 remaining. The Dragons fought back with a 7-0 run ending when Brad Lonneman hit a field goal with five seconds remaining to make it a 45-34 game at the intermission.Adrian started the game playing a 2-3 zone in order to protect the tender ankle of senior post Brad Brake. Van Der Stoep carved up the zone by draining six threes and scoring 20 points in the first 18 minutes of play."I didn’t know if we could play man-up against them right away, and I wanted see what we could do in a zone," said AHS coach Chris Rozell. "We let Van Der Stoep go off on us early, and it continued that way throughout the game."The Dragons executed well during a 7-0 run that ended with Lonneman sinking a three-point shot at the 16:08 mark, which trimmed Ellsworth’s advantage to four points at 45-41.Ellsworth resumed control by going on a 21-10 run ending with a three from Van Der Stoep to make it a 66-51 game with 7:23 left to play.Adrian did trim the difference to seven points two different times with less than five minutes remaining, but Ellsworth led by as many as 16 points while outscoring the Dragons 10-3 in the final four minutes."They came out in a zone, and we busted them out of it," Okeson said. "We executed well offensively. We got some good looks and we made our shots."Kramer scored 10 points for EHS, which made 10 of 21 three-point shots during the game.Lonneman (21 points and 14 rebounds) and Brake (19 points and 14 rebounds) registered double-doubles for AHS. Lee Stover scored 14 points and charted seven assists."We went on some runs, but we just couldn’t get over the hump," Rozell said. "When we came within seven points late in the game, we didn’t capitalize on their turnovers. Give Ellsworth credit, because they shot the ball well and did what they needed to."Box scoreAdrianSwayze 2 0 0-0 4, A.Diekmann 0 0 0-0 0, Lonneman 8 1 2-2 21, Kontz 1 0 1-1 3, Haken 0 2 0-0 6, Stover 4 1 2-2 13, Brake 9 0 1-3 19.Ellsworth: DeBerg 3 0 1-2 7, Kramer 2 2 0-0 10, Schilling 8 1 7-8 26, Van Der Stoep 0 9 2-2 29, Herman 4 0 0-0 8, Chapa 0 0 0-0 0.Team statisticsAdrian: 28 of 58 field goals (48 percent), six of eight free throws (75 percent), 34 rebounds, 11 turnovers.Ellsworth: 29 of 54 field goals (54 percent), 10 of 12 free throws (83 percent), 29 rebounds, five turnovers.