2022
The Luverne High School girls’ tennis team is making history this week as the first girls’ tennis team to earn a Section 3A championship and a berth in the Minnesota State High School League girls’ tennis tournament. The team opened Class A quarterfinal play Tuesday morning with a loss against...
With less than two weeks remaining until Nov. 8, the work pace is increasing for local election officials.
“It’s busy here but things are going well,” said Rock County Auditor-Treasurer Ashley Kurtz Monday.
She said her office issued more than 200 absentee ballots as of Monday afternoon, and mail...
Luverne High School drama department will present two one-act plays for the fall production season.
The students will present “One Lane Bridge” and “Hamlet and Zombies” Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-29, in the school’s performing arts center.
The plays continue a theme the school’s...
Luverne girls’ and boys’ varsity cross country teams both left the Big South Conference meet as small school champions Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Cedarcreek Park near Fairmont.
This Thursday, Oct. 27, they look forward to facing all teams in the section as Luverne hosts the Section 3A meet.
“We’re...
Local law enforcement officials are investigating a drive-by shooting that was reported in Hills Saturday night.
According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to the Bailey Susie residence at 209 Central Lane in Hills around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, for possible...
The Luverne Area Chamber and Luverne Public Schools are working together to host the community’s annual Trunk ‘n Treat.
The popular Halloween event typically packs the downtown blocks of Main Street with hundreds of costumed trick-or-treaters who collect candy from dozens of cleverly decorated...
Dispatch report
Oct. 14
•Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker 9, Luverne, reported a driving complaint.
•Report of road closure on 121st Street and 30th Avenue, Luverne.
•Complainant on 181st Street, Kenneth, reported a civil issue.
Oct. 15
•Complainant on S. 4th Street, Kenneth,...
New signage on the Generations building on South Estey Street marks one of the final remodeling projects after the group purchased the former Grand Prairie Events from Mike and Wanda Jarchow last year.
Scott and Trisha Viessman, Luverne, and their business, A-1 Jet, created the new “Generations...
United Community Action Partnership (UCAP) works to eliminate poverty by empowering individuals and strengthening communities.
Through community coordinated partnerships, we help individuals and families find the support, resources and relationships they may need. We care about the communities and...
Friday’s warm weather may have kept many of the area’s “zombies” outside, but that didn’t stop the Rock County Library from celebrating Halloween early during the MEA break. Zombie Appreciation Day featured a scavenger hunt, a special monster story time and afternoon activities that included...