People in the News
- September 19, 2017Luverne High School senior Hans Bakken was recently named a “commended student” in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. Bakken joins about 34,000 other commended students throughout the U.S. He placed in the top 50,000 scorers among the more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2016 preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. As a…
- September 19, 2017U.S. Air Force Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Matthew P. Raak graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also…
- September 05, 2017Prekker graduates from SMSU Alizabeth Prekker, Luverne, graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall following spring semester. She earned an associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences.
- August 29, 2017Winter named ‘Best of Class’ at UMD Luverne High School 2017 graduate Brandon Winter received the prestigious “Best of Class” scholarship at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, where he will be a freshman this fall. The scholarship is awarded to first-year students who rank in the top 1 or 2 of their high school class. It has a total value of 50 percent of resident tuition for four years of…
- August 14, 2017State Sen. Bill Weber was recognized by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) Aug. 3 during the Coalition’s three-day summer conference in Fergus Falls for his positive impact on the state’s tax policy. Sen. Weber, a Republican from Luverne, is serving his second term in the Minnesota Senate. The award is given to legislators who helped advance CGMC’s policy during the preceding…
- October 17, 2016Local student enrolls at SJU Quinton Siebenahler, son of John and Awanda Siebenahler of Luverne, has enrolled at Saint John’s University in Collegeville for the 2016-17 academic year.
- October 03, 2016Popkes granted $1,000 scholarship Ellsworth High School student Megan Popkes, daughter of Darrin and Nancy Popkes, has earned a $1,000 academic scholarship from the Minnesota Soybean Processsors’ Board of Directors to further her education in animal science and ag business at South Dakota State University in Brookings. Students eligible for this scholarship must attend school within 50 miles of…
- September 19, 2016Oye earns master’s degree in recreation management Ryan Oye, son of Steve and Andrea Oye, Luverne, graduated May 14, 2016, from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, with a master’s degree in recreation management. He graduated Cum Laude from Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota, in 2015 with bachelor’s degrees in recreation management and business administration. Oye, a 2012 Luverne High…
- September 12, 2016Poplar Creek employee Krista Stenger, Luverne, received a $1,000 scholarship Friday from Care Providers of Minnesota, an association of which Good Samaritan Society is a member. Stenger, a certified nursing assistant and universal worker at Poplar Creek, is a student at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Luverne. She’s working toward what will eventually be a registered nursing…
- August 29, 2016U of M Crookston Dalton Javner, Hardwick, was one of 27 students to serve as an S.O.S. leader at the University of Minnesota Crookston during orientation weekend Aug. 19-22. S.O.S. leaders welcome and assist new students and their families to become acclimated to the campus and the community.
- August 23, 2016Luverne graduates awarded A.R. Wood scholarships Six Luverne High School 2016 graduates are recipients of scholarships awarded by the A.R. Wood Scholarship Trust. The award recipients include Jenna Schelhaas, Tatiana Gust, Jacob Jarchow, Brianna Jonason, Nicole Kneip and Chase Wiederhoeft. The total amount awarded was $7,700. The A.R. Wood Scholarship Trust is administered by First Bank and Trust…
- August 16, 2016Minnesota West releases summer dean’s list Minnesota West Community and Technical College congratulates the following students for achieving a 3.5 or higher grade point average to earn a place on the Summer 2016 dean’s list: From Adrian, Danielle Hermeling. From Luverne, Christa Kahnke and Autumn Norman.
- August 16, 2016The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners recently recognized Dr. Codie Zeutenhorst of Luverne with a certificate of attainment for satisfactory completion of the acupuncture examination. He is a chiropractor practicing out of the Luverne Health and Wellness office on South Freeman Avenue in Luverne.
- August 01, 2016David Anderson has been named the new general manager of GrandStay Hotel & Suites of Luverne and returns home to Minnesota from Arizona, where he will lead the area’s highest rated hotel on TripAdvisor. Originally from Bemidji, David returns to Minnesota after nine years in Arizona where he served as director of operations, general manager, revenue consultant manager and assistant general…
- July 25, 2016Iowa Lakes releases spring Honors List Iowa Lakes Community College, Estherville, Iowa, has named Tara Sudenga, Luverne, to the Spring 2016 honors list. To earn this honor, students must be enrolled full time and earn a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. Thier graduates from Clarke University Austyn Thier, Adrian, graduated from Clarke University, Dubuque, Iowa, on May 7, 2016, with a…
- July 19, 2016Meester named to School of Mines dean’s list Dalton Meester, Beaver Creek, has been named to the Spring 2016 semester dean’s list at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. To be named, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours with a 3.5 GPA or higher. Meester is majoring in chemical engineering.
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