celebration

  • Jeff Gould, “America’s Storyteller,” was the featured speaker at Saturday night’s 40th anniversary celebration of the Luverne Area Community Foundation at Big Top Tents and Events in Luverne. He pointed out that Rock County is the cornerstone of the state of Minnesota, and said the geographical truth speaks to the communities and people of Rock County. “The town of Luverne is the epitome of a successful small town in America,” he said at the start of the evening. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    LACF celebrates 40 years of growth
    By Lori Sorenson
    April 24, 2024
    The Luverne Area Community Foundation observed its 40th anniversary with a fundraising event Saturday night in Big Top Tents and Events, Luverne. The celebration theme, “Honor our legacy; grow our roots,” was carried through small, potted succulents for each guest, with a note staked in the soil of each plant. “Thank you,” was the message. “You are planting seeds that will last forever.”…
  • History Center director Wendel Buys describes the 30-by-60-foot storage addition as a “working space” with an intake area where staff and volunteers will receive and catalogue museum inventory. Items will be received in the southeast corner through an overhead door (for larger items) and walk-in door. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    History Center to host April 18 celebration
    By Lori Sorenson
    April 10, 2024
    The Rock County History Center’s construction project is complete, and staff and volunteers are hosting a celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18. “It’s just beautiful,” said History Center Director Wendel Buys, who said the need for storage prompted the project. “There’s been so much stuff and not enough storage.” Earlier this year, a grant-funded assessment of the History Center…
  • Check out LACF's 'celebration' for some holiday cheer
    By Rick Peterson, general manager
    December 15, 2020
    It’s not easy this Christmas season to be jolly and merry and shouting “Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas.” But if you need a feel-good moment, I encourage you to check out the Luverne Area Community Foundation’s virtual Celebrations of Philanthropy. To do so, go to www.luvacf.org and click the link. Each year, somewhere between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Foundation hosts an in-person gathering to…
  • 1929: Celebration plans underway for old Company A. 136th Infantry
    By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical Society
    April 04, 2016
    The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on May 16, 1924:   OLD CO. A BOYS TO HOLD RE-UNION HERE MAY 27   Committee in Charge of Arrangements Wants Every Member to be Here for a Day of Pleasure   Plans are being made for a re-union of the members of the old Company A. 136th Infantry, which is to be held in this city on Tuesday, May 27th. A committee of George M. LaDue, P. K. Myers and…
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