The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking volunteers to monitor the state’s more than 12,000 lakes and 92,000 miles of streams for water quality.
These include several high priority sites in Rock County, and the agency is recruiting residents for its popular Volunteer Water Monitoring...
Stanford Rognley “Shiner” Nelson, 71, died at home in Waseca, Minnesota, on April 27, 2022.
He was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on July 9, 1950, to Anna Evelyn (Rognley) and Joseph Nelson. On the family homestead near Hills, he farmed, herded, was a carpenter and furniture builder, and...
Wayne Van Wyhe Sr., 88, Hills, died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
Visitation is from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at the Steen Reformed Church in Steen. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Hills United Reformed Church in...
Chilly temperatures didn’t stop the 40 children who participated in the Blue Ribbon 4-H Club’s Easter egg hunt Saturday morning at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. The 4-H’ers hid 300 plastic eggs filled with candy in the home’s courtyard, where Tuff residents were able to watch the festivities...
Two solar feedback signs will be placed near Hills, alerting drivers to the speed their vehicle is traveling as it enters the city limits.
The signs, which flash the speed of the approaching vehicle on a display board, are similar to the solar feedback signs located along County Road 4 through...
Isaiah 40:30-31
30 Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; 31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
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Henrietta Bos, 84, Hills, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A funeral service was Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Steen Reformed Church. Burial followed in the East Side Cemetery in rural Steen.
Henrietta Van Wyhe was born May 10, 1937, on a farm...
Raymond Van Wyhe, age 90, of Luverne, Minnesota, died Saturday, February 19, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be Friday, February 25, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11:30 a.m., all at First Presbyterian Church in...
New Vision will demolish the iconic wooden grain elevator in Beaver Creek this spring and replace it with a new office and scale in time for harvest this fall.
“It’s not safe for our customers, employees and the community,” said New Vision CEO Matt Ashton. “It’s long past its prime and needs to be...
Shirley Jean Honken, 81, Hills, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will...