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- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 26, 2025A strong showing by the Luverne High School speech team at the Montevideo Thunder Hawk Speech Invitational was displayed Saturday. Twelve teams competed at the event with Luverne placing fourth with 34 points. Russell-Tyler Ruthton won the event with 73 points. Eleven LHS students were recognized with medals or ribbons. Results include: • Xavier McKenzie, second, great speeches. • Tyler…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025The Hills and Luverne volunteer fire departments were recalled to a hog barn in Clinton Township Friday afternoon, Feb. 14. A caller to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office at 1:50 p.m. indicated a fire had reignited at a barn at 1153 41st Street northeast of Steen and that someone was unaccounted for and possibly still inside the barn. Fortunately everyone was out of the barn and accounted for…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025Three Luverne sixth-graders were honored by the Luverne Rotary Club for their essay entries in the organization’s Four-Way Test for inspiration. Clara Sandager, Logan Kempema and Hanna Hess earned the first- through third-place cash prizes respectively for their essays. Sandager, who won the top prize of $75, will represent Luverne in the upcoming District 5610 essay contest. All the students…
February 19, 2025Stanley Sasker, age 79, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at Sanford Luverne Hospital. Funeral service was held on Monday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m. at American Reformed Church in Luverne, with visitation prior from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Burial with military honors followed at Memory Gardens near Luverne. Arrangements were under the care of Hartquist Funeral Home. To sign an…
February 19, 2025Leo Patrick Brady was born June 11, 1942, to James L. and Agnes (Reinhart) Brady in Nobles County, Minnesota. He was baptized and received first communion at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Fulda, Minnesota. He attended Fulda Catholic School and Fulda Public School until his father needed him to work with him on the farm. He farmed with his father and other farmers in the Fulda area for a number…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne gymnastics team hosted the 2025 Section 3A tournament Saturday, Feb. 15, and took second place in the event. Seven conference teams participated in the team and individual events for a chance to quality for the state tournament Feb. 21-22 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. The Cardinals’ second-place team score was 133.925. They followed Worthington, which took top honors…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team fell 5-2 to Marshall in the section championship Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Lund Arena in St Peter. With the loss, the Cardinals finished their 2024-25 season with a record of 18-7-2. Marshall is scheduled to take on Section 8A Warroad in the state quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Xcel Energy Center. During the regular season, Luverne and Marshall split wins.…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted two conference games this past week, falling 75-62 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beating Worthington 91-73 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals will host Minneota Thursday, Feb. 20, in their last regular-season game of the year. JCC 75, LHS 62 Luverne fell 75-62 to Jackson County Central at home Tuesday, Feb. 11. Trailing 36-24 at the…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ hockey team tied Minnesota River 3-3 after one overtime period Friday, Feb. 14, at home. In the final regular season conference game, both teams would not relinquish their position and played tough in the final eight-minute overtime period. In the first period, Minnesota River drew first blood, scoring an even-strength goal at 8:10. In the second period, LHS sophomore Ben…- By Pastor Josh Hayden, Living Rock Church, LuverneFebruary 19, 2025Recently I have been reading a book called “Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis. The premise of the book is about a superior demon named Screwtape who is writing letters to a demon-in-training named Wormwood. The goal of these letters is to help Wormwood to destroy his “subject,” who is a Christian. The book was written in 1940 and is still very applicable today. However, while I will never be able…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 12, 2025More than 600 heart-shaped cookies were baked, iced and packaged at B’s Bakehouse in Luverne over the past week in time to distribute Thursday for Friday’s Valentine’s Day holiday. The project was a fundraiser for the local non-profit Luv1LuvAll group, and it was organized through the Luverne Area Chamber. Community members were encouraged to order the large heart-shaped cookies for $5 apiece…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 12, 2025School lunch debt continues to increase at Luverne Public Schools, and the current amount may affect the district’s longterm budget. Luverne students owe $31,000 to the school’s food service fund, an amount accumulated over the past three years. Pleas to middle and high school parents for payment of their student(s)’ meal debt are going unanswered due to the misinterpretation of the state’s…- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 12, 2025Students in Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter will represent Luverne High School at the state FCCLA leadership conference March 28-30 in Bloomington. “We are really excited for the state conference this year because of the great showing we had in the area contest as well as all the work our students have been putting into planning a great conference,” said adviser Carmen…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 12, 2025Sixteen area schools competed Saturday in Luverne for the speech invitational at the Luverne High School. As hosts, LHS did not earn a team placing, but individual speakers were eligible for awards. “But since it was our home meet, we could not place,” said assistant adviser Morgan Van Holland. “We would have placed fourth as a team.” The invitational originally had 17 teams registered, but…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 12, 2025The Hills Area Volunteer Fire Department was paged to a hog barn fire Wednesday morning, Feb. 5, in Clinton Township north of Steen. This is the second fire at a hog facility in Rock County in just over a two weeks period. The Luverne Fire Department assisted at the site at 1153 41st St., where the barn fire was reported at 7:08 a.m. According to Hills fire chief Jared Rozeboom, smoke was…
February 12, 2025Marvin Leroy Laackmann was born on Jan. 29, 1935, to Herman, Jr. and Fern (Hawes) Laackmann in Luverne, Minnesota. He was raised on the farm 12 miles northwest of town. Growing up on the farm, he helped with the daily chores and seasonal work. He attended country school through the eighth grade and high school in Jasper, Minnesota, graduating in 1952. He then enrolled at South Dakota State…
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