December 2024
- December 18, 2024Next week will mark the 63rd Christmas Eve with Lorraine Olson leading the Grace Lutheran Church congregation in singing favorite carols. It will also be her last Christmas Eve on the organ bench. Earlier this year Olson announced her retirement effective at the end of this month. “It’s been an absolute joy to lead our wonderful congregation in worship and praise each Sunday,” Olson said “It’s…
- December 18, 2024St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
December 11, 2024Seventeen children from the Luverne Spotlight Dancers joined the 35-member Youth Dance Ensemble, based in the Twin Cities, for two performances of the “Nutcracker Story” Friday and Saturday in the performing arts center in Luverne. The story is about a girl named Clara who receives a nutcracker as a Christmas gift and dreams it comes to life and battles a Mouse King, who eventually takes her on a…
By Lori SorensonDecember 11, 2024A new child care director started Nov. 25 at Luverne’s Kids Rock! Child Care Center that will open next spring. Sara Robinson comes to Luverne from Tea, South Dakota, where she was directing a child care center she opened several years ago. “I am so very excited to be a part of opening and running a phenomenal family-oriented learning environment/home away from home for the children and staff…- December 11, 2024Meetings Luv1LuvAll Board will meet from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at First Presbyterian Church, 302 Central Lane in Luverne – note location change. Luv1LuvAll is a Rock County non-profit with initiatives which include mental health awareness, a substance free coalition, and children’s dental clinics. All are welcome to attend! Battle Plain Township Board will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.…
- December 11, 2024On the record Nov. 30 •Complainant at 24-hour parking lot reported disturbing the peace. •Complainant requested roadside assistance westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 12. •Assistance from another department was provided on a westbound entrance ramp on Interstate 90. Dec. 1 •Complainant on Park Avenue, Kenneth, reported burning/smoke. •Complainant on Elm Street reported threats. •…
By Mavis FodnessDecember 11, 2024Nine years after it was purchased at a local car auction, the former Hardwick American Legion Post 478 limousine has found another home. Since its sale in June 2015, the 1938 Buick has been stored at the Okoboji Classic Cars warehouse in Iowa. Business owner Toby Shine purchased the converted former hearse for $4,000. At that time Shine intended to restore the car, but he never got around to…- December 11, 202410 years ago (2014) •Sanford Luverne Medical Center recently purchased an MP5 monitor for its emergency department. The purchase of this MP5 monitor was made possible by a grant from the Luverne Area Community Foundation. The MP5 patient monitor is used when caring for the most critical patients in the emergency room. It offers innovative features to assist medical staff with advanced…
- December 11, 2024LSS meals at Generations Monday, Dec. 16: Beef stew, peas, apple crisp, garlic cheese biscuit. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Grace Lutheran Church. Tuesday, Dec. 17: Herb baked chicken, mashed butternut squash, broccoli florets, dinner roll, chocolate chip cookie. Wednesday, Dec. 18: Country pork tips with gravy, parslied noodles, capri vegetable blend, caramelized pears, herb butter roll…
- December 11, 2024St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
- December 04, 2024Meetings The annual meeting of the Rock County Association of Townships will meet at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in the downstairs meeting room at the Rock County Library in Luverne. Representation from each township is requested. The Compassionate Friends Group will meet Sunday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. for the worldwide candle lighting event at the Luverne Area Community Area Foundation Bldg., Main…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 04, 2024Luverne City Council members approved a $1 million payment to Knutson Construction for work on the Kids Rock! Child Care Center in Luverne. It was the seventh payment toward the $7.2 million contract with Knutson for construction on the facility that is roughly 85 percent complete. During their Tuesday, Nov. 26, meeting, council members approved the $1 million payment which covers construction…
By Mavis FodnessDecember 04, 2024Phase 2 of the Rock County Courthouse remodel is underway, and demolition of the Land Records office is now complete. Workers with Empire Building Construction of Sioux Falls are upgrading the electrical and network infrastructure in the three rooms that make up the Land Records office — staff office, vault room and director’s office. “There will be a new wall added to the vault room to create…- December 04, 202410 years ago (2014) •Betty Mann pinches herself every so often to remind herself it’s real — that the new History Center will open next year on Main Street. “I just hope I live long enough to see it happen,” she said. The 84-year-old president of the Rock County Historical Society has been searching for decades to find a better location for the museum — one that’s handicap-accessible with…
- December 04, 2024LSS meals at Generations Monday, Dec. 9: Chicken-fried steak with cream gravy, mashed potatoes, parslied carrots, dinner roll, sugar cookie. Tuesday, Dec. 10: Beef stroganoff, parslied noodles, chateau vegetable blend, hot spiced apples, dinner roll. Wednesday, Dec. 11: Pork roast with pork gravy, candied yams, green beans, dinner roll, snickerdoodle cookie. Half-Priced Day sponsored by…
- December 04, 2024St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
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