2022

Senior Mallory Nelson keeps the puck in play with a slapshot toward the goal Nov. 29 against rival Marshall.
The Luverne girls’ hockey team posted two shutouts this past week against conference opponents in the Blue Mound Ice Arena. Luverne blanked Marshall 3-0 at home Tuesday, Nov, 29, and outshot Waseca 6-0 on home ice Saturday, Dec. 3. The Cardinals, now 6-0 for the season, were scheduled to host...
Defenseman Kalad Hein lays out a Two Rivers opponent in the second period Nov. 29. Both teams traded goals to end the game in an overtime tie, 2-2.
The Luverne boys’ hockey team opened their season with two wins and a tie this past week. The Cardinals traveled to Marshall for a 5-3 win over the Tigers on Tuesday, Nov. 29. They hosted Two Rivers Friday, Dec. 2, for a game that ended in a 2-2 tie. The LHS boys wrapped up their weekend with an 11...
Sophomore Amira Cowell competes on the balance beam Thursday night, Dec. 1, to open the 2022-23 gymnastics season at home in Luverne against Blue Earth Area. The Cardinals bested the Buccaneers by more than seven points.
Luverne gymnasts started the 2022-23 season at home Thursday night, Dec. 1, with a clear win over the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers. The Cardinals posted a 126.075 to 119.575 victory. Coach Phoebe Flom is relieved to have the first meet end with a win. “We got the first-meet jitters out of the way,”...
Merlin Cleveringa (center) is semi-retiring in January, and his two longtime employees, Adam Uithoven (left) and Derek Sandbulte, are buying the business effective Jan. 1, 2023. Cleveringa Construction is renting office space from Real Estate Retrievers in the recently remodeled Luverne Farm Store/True Value building on South Highway 75. The office façade is used to illustrate construction products and will be updated periodically as new products are introduced. The Cleveringa Construction business name wil
A Dec. 1 ribbon-cutting celebrated new office space for Cleveringa Construction on South Highway 75 in Luverne, but the company families are celebrating a great deal more than that as the year comes to a close. Merlin Cleveringa announced that he’s semi-retiring in January and his two longtime...
Bryce Niessink and Janice Fick played the roles of Santa and Mrs. Claus Saturday for photo sessions with Myhre Studio during Winterfest activities at the Luverne Elementary School Saturday. They’re pictured here with the Larsen children (from left) Maddox. Lucy, Willow, Harper and Ella.
Luverne’s Winterfest celebration over the weekend featured all the classic holiday activities, plus several new ones. The Friday morning Puppet Show Story Hour at the Rock County Library started the weekend Friday morning. The Historic Hinkly House was open to the public Friday and Saturday (see...
New Vision Co-Op intends to build a warehouse next spring in another expansion plan at its Magnolia feed mill. Rock County commissioners agreed in a 4-1 vote to abate property taxes for new 62-by-352-foot warehouse during a Nov. 8 public hearing.  No one from the public commented at the hearing or...
Eighteen four-person teams competed in the first session of “Pizza, Pitchers & Puzzle” Saturday afternoon during Flannel Fest at Big Top Tents and Events in Luverne. Teams had two hours to complete a 300-piece puzzle, drink 12 beers and eat one large pizza.
Carolyn Diedrich of Luverne took top honors at the inaugural Flannel Fest chili cook-off Saturday at the Big Top Tents & Events. Diedrich bested six other competitors in the fundraiser for the Luverne Hockey Association. “The whole day was a great turnout,” said Amber Lais with the Luverne Area...
Volunteers Kathy Eggebrecht (right) and Marilyn Bergman distribute meal baskets to each of the tables of fourth-graders.
Luverne Elementary School’s 506 kindergarten through fifth-grade students enjoyed their annual Respect Lunch Friday when kitchen staff prepared a sit-down meal of mashed potatoes, corn and ham, with sugar cookies decorated as Christmas trees for dessert. Students dressed up for the occasion and...
10 years ago (2012) •More than $900 was raised for the Rock County SHARE program during photos with Santa at the Winterfest Craft Show Saturday at Luverne Elementary School. Rodger and Dianne Ossenfort played the part of Santa and Mrs. Claus for their 26th year. They posed for pictures, listened to...
Luverne Cardinal wrestlers showed up in a big way for their first tournament Saturday, Dec. 3, in Flandreau, South Dakota. According to coach Jordan Kopp, each and every wrestler contributed to the team and fed off each other’s energy in the match. “These kids left it all out on the mat,” he said...

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