2022
A Christmas lighted train engine will again highlight Luverne’s 2022 community holiday plans, which kick off with fireworks Nov. 27 in Luverne City Park where individuals, businesses and organizations have been decorating lighted displays.
Ellis and Eastern Railroad will transport Santa and Mrs....
If members of Luverne’s National Honor Society follow Ron Honken’s advice, they will read every day, help find solutions, stay local, and give back to their communities.
Honken was the guest speaker for the 2022 induction ceremony Nov. 14 in the Luverne Middle-High School performing arts center....
The Luverne girls’ hockey team wasted no time getting the 2022-23 season rolling when they ripped off three wins in a row in their first week of play.
Coming off last season’s section championship and state tournament appearance, Luverne took down New Ulm on the road Tuesday, Nov. 15, blanked...
Luverne Public Schools will receive an additional $450,825 in 2023 from the local tax levy.
The State of Minnesota Department of Education tabulated the 12.02 increase, which local school board members accepted at their Sept. 22 meeting.
The increase brings the local levy for Luverne Schools to $4....
The 2023 levy was increased by 4.5 percent in action taken recently by the Rock County Commissioners.
The increase adds $294,041 to bring the total county portion of the tax levy to $6.8 million.
The county’s 2023 budget is anticipated to be $12 million.
A Truth In Taxation hearing is Tuesday, Dec...
Spending time with family and friends at Thanksgiving remains important for many Americans, and this year the cost of the meal is also top of mind.
Farm Bureau’s 37th annual survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of this year’s classic Thanksgiving feast for 10, which is $64.05 or less than...
Jen Luitjens (second from left) poses with the $5,000 check she received as the Scotty McIntyre “Go Beyond” award recipient. The award was presented by United Fire Group regional representative Tom Diefendorf (far right). Luitjens, a member of the Hardwick Fire Department, donated the check to the...
Rock County 4-H’ers were recognized for their year’s achievements at the annual year-end awards banquet Saturday, Nov. 5, at Generation Events in Luverne.
The potluck event, “Color Your Life with 4-H” was attended by 100 4-H’ers, parents, leaders and sponsors.
Federation officers
The evening...
About two dozen local veterans attended the Veterans Day program Friday at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School, where they were treated as “everyday heroes.”
“I wanted the public to notice that veterans are everyday people — high school students, young adults, janitors, volunteers, business people...
Rock County voter turnout in the 2022 general election was nearly 75 percent, according to local election official Ashley Kurtz.
Of Rock County’s 5,582 registered voters, 4,163 participated in the midterm (non-presidential) election.
That turnout is high compared with Minnesota’s 60.66 percent...