road construction
July 08, 2026As a promising sign of progress on the Highway 75 reconstruction project in Luverne workers began pouring concrete just north of Barck Avenue early Tuesday morning. This section of concrete work is between Barck Street and Cashin Drive. The next section of concrete is set to be poured between Main and Brown streets. The road is being rebuilt from the base up, and the city of Luverne is replacing…
By Lori SorensonMay 06, 2026An isolated neighborhood near the Highway 75 construction work was without water for roughly five hours Wednesday afternoon, April 29. Affected customers were notified ahead of time and were also notified when water service was resumed. Henning Construction is the contractor for the work, and Brent Henning said the work took longer than planned, because last week’s rain created wet conditions…
By Lori SorensonApril 15, 2026Highway 75 closed this week in Luverne between Main Street and Dodge Street for the highway reconstruction project set for April through October. The Main Street and Dodge Street intersection will remain open for the first phase of the work. Traffic will be detoured on Main Street and Blue Mound Avenue to 131st Street north of the hospital. Access to homes, businesses and the school will be…
By Lori SorensonApril 01, 2026More than 100 people attended last week’s Minnesota Department of Transportation open house to learn about the Highway 75 reconstruction project that starts April 15. The meeting at Generations Tuesday, March 24, was hosted by MnDOT officials and representatives from Henning Construction, Adrian, which is the contractor for the project. In the center of the room was a long poster-size aerial…
By Lori SorensonMarch 25, 2026Tree removal began this week on Highway 75 in Luverne ahead of road reconstruction work starting in April between Main Street and Veterans Drive. The contractor, Husky Con-struction, Eden Prairie, began removing marked trees (there are 31) and work will continue through this week, according to officials with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. MnDOT hosted another information meeting…
By Nicole RonchettiMarch 25, 2026The Rock County Board of Commissioners reviewed the next several years of county road and bridge projects and approved a five-year construction plan. Rock County Highway Engineer Mark Sehr presented the plan during the March 17 County Board meeting. The plan outlined eight projects coming up in 2026, including: •Bituminous mill/overlay on 11 miles of County Road 20 from Highway 23 to…
By Lori SorensonMarch 04, 2026The maple tree at the corner of Dodge Street and Highway 75 in Luverne is at least the age of the stately three-story home on the property — more than 100 years old. Dave and Linda Iverson moved into their home 53 years ago, a year after Dave started as a veterinarian at Rock Vet Clinic. Their maple tree was large and mature at that time. The house was built around 1918 or 1920, and they…
By Rick Peterson, general managerSeptember 06, 2022Under the heading of full disclosure, I would be in the group of folks that would be guilty as charged. What’s the charge, you ask? The charge is doing more than my share of complaining about all the inconveniences the road construction is causing. It seems at every turn one of those orange “construction ahead” signs staring you in the face. A week or so ago on a Friday evening, Mary and I were…
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