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  • February 22, 2022
    Kruse named to St. Mary’s dean’s list Kasyn Kruse was named to the Fall 2021 semester dean’s list at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona. To be eligible, students must earn at least a 3.6 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Kasyn is the son of Jason and Karla Kruse of Luverne.   Students named to Winona State University’s dean’s list Jessica Anderson, Luverne, Nicole Hoogland, Luverne, and Julia…
  • February 15, 2022
    Hills-Beaver Creek High School junior Jenifer Martinyuk was recently awarded second place in the District 3 Voice of Democracy writing contest. She received $100 from the District 3 VFW and $25 from the District 3 VFW Auxiliary. Martinyuk’s essay titled “America’s Gift to My Generation is Pride” was selected as the local writing winner, which qualified her for the district level competition.
  • February 15, 2022
    Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company, Luverne, announced today that the company has hired Scott Boll as a sales representative to their growing team.  Boll, a Luverne native, attended Vermilion Community College in Ely. He has spent time in other areas of Minnesota over the years, helping manage his parents’ video stores, Palace Video. For the past 13 years Boll was a successful sales…
  • February 08, 2022
    Anderson on dean’s list, earns design award Jadyn Anderson was named to the Dean’s List at Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design for the Fall 2021 semester. To qualify, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher with 12 credits or more. Anderson also received the Design of Excellence Award for Fall 2021 for her architectural studio project. Each semester the Design of Excellence…
  • February 08, 2022
    Farmers Mutual Hail recognizes Shirley Top as top-producing agent Shirley Top with Kozlowski Insurance Agency and Financial Services Inc. of Luverne has recently been recognized as a top-producing crop insurance agent for Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company (FMH). FMH recognizes the top-producing agents in total premium each year. Top has been recognized as placing 47th in the company's…
  • February 01, 2022
    SMSU Marshall announces honor students Rozilyn Oye and Cassidy Teunissen, both of Luverne, were named to the Honors list for the Fall 2021 semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall. To be eligible, students must earn at least a 3.5 GPA with a minimum of 12 graded credits.   Northwestern College releases dean’s list Garrett Raymon, Hills, and Ainslie Robinson, Luverne, were named…
  • January 25, 2022
    Minnesota West names area students to dean’s list Minnesota West Community and Technical College has announced the Fall 2021 semester dean’s list. To be eligible, students must earn a minimum of 12 graded credits with a 3.5 GPA or higher. Named to the list from Luverne are Eduardo Carrillo, Sarah Kozak, Tenley Nelson, Ashlee Overvaag, Mallory Oye and Lucia Samper Eiroa. Area students named are…
  • January 11, 2022
    USD announces Fall 2021 dean’s list Several area students were named to the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, dean’s list at the end of the Fall 2021 semester. To be eligible, students must earn at least a 3.5 GPA on a scale of 4.0. Those named to the dean’s list are as follows: Luverne: Tyler deCesare, Autumn Nath, Sydney Biever, Hannah Jo Pap, Sadie Reisdorfer, McKenzie VanGrootheest,…
  • January 04, 2022
    FFA foundation awards jackets to six H-BC students   Six Hills-Beaver Creek High School FFA’ers recently earned scholarships for new blue FFA jackets. Emma Deelstra, Gracie Fagerness, Jamesyn Klosterbuer, Anthany Kobernick-Pasch, Michael Martinyuk and Jack Moser are the local chapter’s newest Blue Jacket Bright Future program recipients. “The program provides FFA jackets to Minnesota youth who…
  • January 04, 2022
    Staci Bogue-Buchholz joins Gevo Gevo, Inc., which operates the Agri-Energy LLC plant in Luverne, announced Dec. 22 that Staci-Bogue Buchholz joined Gevo as “site and process optimization leader” at the Luverne facility. In a recent press release, Dr. Paul Bloom, chief carbon officer and chief innovation officer, said Bogue-Buchholz brings more than 20 years of experience to the job. “Her…
  • December 21, 2021
    U of Sioux Falls releases dean’s list Several area students were named to the University of Sioux Falls dean’s list for the Fall 2021 semester. To be eligible, students must earn at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Honor students with home town and major area of study are as follows:  Angela Martinyuk, Beaver Creek, nursing; Cade Ver Steeg, Bemidji, business administration; Angela Boyenga,…
  • December 14, 2021
    MSU Mankato announces fall graduates Two local students graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato at the end of the Fall 2021 semester. Commencement ceremonies were Saturday, Dec. 11. Kaitlyn Roberts, Luverne, graduated magna cum laude with Bachelor of Science in Social Work degrees in alcohol and drug studies and in social work. Matthew Schmuck, Luverne, earned a Bachelor of Science…
  • October 26, 2021
    H-BC students selected for Augie Band Festival Four Hills-Beaver Creek High School students will participate in the 64th annual Augustana Band Fest Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12-13, at the Sioux Falls university. The students — Tara Paulsen, Tess VanMaanen, LeeAnna Gaugler and Lexi Drake — will rehearse with the Blue Band during the two-day festival and perform in the Friday, Nov. 13, Grand Finale…
  • By Greg Gropel
    October 19, 2021
    Former school principal Jim Harner celebrated his 50th year as a member of the Luverne Rotary club on Tuesday, Oct. 19. He joins two other 50-year members who have attained Rotary’s golden anniversary status: Walter Tofteland and George McDonald. Jim was proposed for membership by the late postmaster Arlo Bierkamp in 1971 and became a member of the club on Oct. 16, 1971. Jim hails from Kossuth…
  • October 19, 2021
    Christian Jepperson, a Brandon Valley High School senior, is among the 16,000 semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship program. He is now eligible for the finalist portion of the program, where 7,500 students will be selected as finalists next spring. The ranking is based on scores from the 2020 preliminary scholastic aptitude test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test…
  • October 12, 2021
    Henning honored as Sanford Employee of Year Eileen Henning of Adrian was recently honored as the 2021 Eide Bailly Business Employee of the Year for her work with Sanford Health. She’s worked for Sanford for 41 years and is currently a senior insurance representative at Sanford Luverne Medical Center. Henning is one of several individuals in the Sanford Health Network honored as an employee of the…
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