Organizers and volunteers working to renovate the “Smith Mercantile” building downtown continue to raise money toward a goal of opening this year.

The local nonprofit, Luverne Initiatives For Tomorrow (LIFT) partnered with the Southwest Initiative Foundation last year to purchase the…

The Luverne School District will operate with two principals instead of three following the retirement of Elementary Principal Stacy Gillette on June 30.

Under the new plan, Middle School Principal Jason Phelps will transition to overseeing kindergarten through seventh grade. High School…

Each item held up by Lt. Edison Dengler, a member of the Buffalo Ridge Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, looked like an everyday object – shaving cream, pens, hair brushes and more.

But each of them had been converted into stashes that could hold anything from alcohol to pills.

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Ten months after negotiations began, the Luverne School Board has reached an agreement with the teachers’ union, providing final approval during its meeting on May 28.

“This was the first time that anyone can remember having to start and end a year without reaching an agreement,” said…