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- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 17, 2024Mother Nature took a turn for the worse this past week causing several local sporting events to be postponed or rescheduled. After a mild winter through the first of the year, this winter storm and freezing temperatures hit the area hard. Both Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek schools called off activities, 14 in total, and were forced to reschedule some and postpone others. On Tuesday, Jan. 9,…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistSeptember 07, 2021This summer has been one of the more frustrating summers for gardeners in recent years. Persistent drought, heat, and pests have presented challenges than were not encouraging. I am grateful for the abundant rain we have been blessed with in the past week because going into winter with limited top and sub soil moisture can be a critical factor for survival of many of our trees, shrubs, and…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 13, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 8, 1965. Weather Slows Work On County Highway Projects Maintenance Work Behind Schedule, Too The county highway department’s 1965 road building program is being delayed by wet weather, County Engineer Julius Brown said yesterday. In fact, he said, the wet weather is also slowing up the county’s normal maintenance…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 14, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958. Past Week’s Precipitation Totals 1.14 In. After an unusually dry period the first three months of 1958, Rock County came in for some brisk rainfall in the past week. Starting last Thursday and continuing intermittently through Sunday a total of 1.14 inches of moisture was recorded at the Luverne precipitation gauge. The…- By Troy Thone, Luverne volunteer weather recorderJuly 11, 2016After a brief respite of cooler-than-normal weather in May, June returned to this year's pattern of above-normal temperatures with average highs breaking the 80-degree barrier and average lows nearing the 60-degree mark. Overall, temperatures were nearly 3 degrees above normal with one particular stretch of four days where the mercury breached 90 degrees, rising as high as 95 on a couple of…
- By Troy Thone, Luverne volunteer weather recorderMay 09, 2016If I happened to be in the business of nicknaming the months, this April would be "Average April." Overall, April temperatures varied little, with average highs just slightly below normal and average lows a few degrees above normal. Even the extremes for the month were not that extreme, with the warmest high occurring on the 14th at a picture-perfect 77 degrees. The coldest low was a…
- April 11, 2016A cool spring has blanketed much of Minnesota, but a change in weather and the storms that typically come with it are on the way. Tornadoes have occurred in Minnesota from March to November and last year, there were 39 reported touchdowns in the state. While there were no reported injuries or deaths in 2015, those tornadoes serve as a good reminder for families to have an emergency plan in place…
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