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- November 06, 202410 years ago (2014) •Federal monies are slowly coming into Rock County coffers four months after June’s extreme weather events left $4.3 million in infrastructure damages in its wake. Rock County is one of the first counties in the state to receive payments, according to Chris Nordeng, engineering specialist with the state’s Homeland Security and Emeregency Management Agency. Nordeng oversees…
- October 30, 202410 years ago (2014) •Rock County Board of Commissioners tabled a motion to contribute to the History Center Fund Drive until their next regular meeting Nov. 4. “We need to do something,” said Commissioner Jody Reisch at the group’s Oct. 21 meeting. While specific dollar amounts were not discussed, Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre said funding options include a specific levy or taking from…
- October 23, 202410 years ago (2014) •Students and community members have been enjoying the Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom, which opened this fall near the Luverne Elementary School south side parking lot. Over $70,000 was raised through donations by community members and businesses who supported the vision of a custom-designed outdoor classroom that allows children to use all their senses in a natural…
- October 16, 202410 years ago (2014) •Apparently there are no boundaries for one Luverne marathon addict. Amy Feit, an Adrian High School graduate who now makes her home in Luverne, completed her seventh marathon on American soil in Colorado last spring. After registering a career-low time of 3:32 in Fort Collins, Feit must have been inspired. Why else would anyone travel across the Atlantic Ocean with her…
- October 09, 202410 years ago (2014) •A sudden squeal erupted from the late 1970s-model Gleaner F2 combine as its auger spun into motion. Operator Jack Mulligan said the gray-colored gleaner’s small harvest head was specially designed to collect small grains. On Wednesday, Oct. 1, as he zigzagged around the rolling hills at the Touch the Sky Prairie, the machine easily harvested the tall grass seed. Mulligan…
- October 02, 202410 years ago (2014) •On Sept. 11 the Minnesota Humanities Center recognized 30 Minnesota Veterans at the 2014 Veterans’ Voices Award Ceremony, honoring veterans who have made significant contributions to their communities. Among the awardees was Luverne native David Wentzel, who received the “On the Rise” award for his “work to significantly improve the lives of Minnesota’s veterans,” according…
- September 25, 202410 years ago (2014) •Kaitlyn Van Meeteren, employed with Good Samaritan Society Luverne at Poplar Creek Estates, received a Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation scholarship. Kaitlyn, a universal worker employed at Poplar Creek Estates since January 2013, was presented with the scholarship by Jill Schewe, director of Assisted Living, Housing, and Home Care for Care Providers of Minnesota. ……
- September 17, 202410 years ago (2014) •A Luverne teenager will represent the city Sunday in a first-ever statewide vocal competition called Minnesota Sings. Madilyn Oye, a 16-year-old junior at Luverne High School, will perform Sept. 28 in the McKnight Ballroom at the Holiday Inn St. Paul East Hotel. The Luverne Area Chamber of Commerce selected Oye and sponsored her entry into the contest. “I am a little…
- September 11, 202410 years ago (2014) •A journalism career that started in 1985 with a Star Herald internship has come full circle for Mavis Fodness, who was hired Sept. 2 as a full-time reporter at the Star Herald. “I’m looking forward to getting to know my community again and sharing that experience with readers,” said Fodness, who graduated from Luverne High School. Managing editor Lori Ehde said Fodness is…
- September 04, 202410 years ago (2014) •A 50-year-old piece of Luverne history is gone after crews demolished the 2-million-gallon steel water storage tank near the city power plant earlier this month. The tank was beginning to age, and it was more cost effective to replace it than to repair it. In its place, the city is constructing two 1.2-million-gallon tanks, for a total project cost of roughly $2 million…
- August 28, 202410 years ago (2014) •Mike Jarchow recently returned home from Haiti where he helped set up a tent donated by his business to a school in a remote village. He and his wife, Wanda, own Jarchow Enterprises, which rents out tents, tables and other equipment for weddings, graduations and other events. Last summer he was at a Sioux Falls lumberyard looking for tent parts when he was approached by a…
- August 21, 202410 years ago (2014) •Luverne High School graduate McKayla Schilling was recently recognized by the Army National Guard for physical fitness excellence following 10 weeks of basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. She was the top female finisher in her company, with only two male recruits finishing ahead of her. At the end of her training, she received “The Army Achievement Medal for exceeding…
- August 14, 202410 years ago (2014) •Flowers and gardening have a healing effect on humans, and at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, one little garden is helping a lot of humans – and wildlife, too. The garden oasis that sprouted near the home’s west wing entrance started with one resident, Rex Oberhelman, who enjoyed plants and flowers and filled windowsills and corners with his hobby. When his hobby…
- August 07, 202410 years ago (2014) •After 27 years of clocking into work in school kitchens at 6 in the morning, Mary Smook will be able to sleep in this fall. “When school starts in August, that will be kind of nice,” Smook said. Smook retired as the head cook at Luverne Elementary School at the end of last year. She had been cooking for Rock County students and school staff since 1988 when she began as…
- July 31, 202410 years ago (2014) •It’s been a good summer for Kenneth brothers Nathan and Justin Rust, who were promoted to master sergeant and senior master sergeant respectively in the U.S. Air Force. Nathan Rust found out in June of his promotion to master sergeant, and Justin was notified July 16. Nathan’s wife, Darlene, was promoted to technical sergeant last winter. “The fact my wife, brother and I…
- July 24, 202410 years ago (2014) •The Luverne Country Club yielded its first hole-in-one of the 2014 season Saturday. Brad Van Santen, an LCC member for the past seven years, registered the first ace of his career during the first two nine-hole rounds he played at the course. Van Santen pulled a 9-iron out of his bag to attacked the pin on LCC’s par-3 No. 3 hole. Van Santen’s shot from the tee bounced in…
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