May 2025
By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Before the Kids Rock! Child Care Center opened its doors Monday, the facility located on Round Wind Road in Luverne hosted a public open house. The May 28 event featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the city of Luverne and Kids Rock! board of directors. Opening of the public -private venture was a long time in coming, according to Luverne Mayor Pat Baustian. “For over 10 years, elected leaders…- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Members of the Luverne FFA Chapter were honored at the 2025 awards banquet May 12 in the Luverne Middle-High School commons. At the evening event, members in grades 8 through 12 were celebrated for their growth, dedication, leadership and accomplishments during the year. “It’s a place where students learn by doing, where values are rooted in hard work and service, and where future leaders are…
May 28, 2025Annual Memorial Day services took place in Luverne, Hills, Hardwick and Beaver Creek Monday. In Luverne, members of the American Legion and VFW conducted the Memorial Day Service at Maplewood Cemetery. Guest speaker was Minnesota American Legion Second District Commander James Olson. Olson shared the loss of his fellow soldiers and their unselfish heroism that keeps American free.- May 28, 2025Meetings Suicide Loss Support Group will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 2, in the basement of the Rock County Library in Luverne. Events offered at Blue Mounds State Park April showers bring May flowers, maybe. Springtime blooms on the prairie are sometimes hard to find. Join the naturalist for May Bee Flowers from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, on a search for elusive spring…
By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2025Kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School participated in a special field trip on the last day of the 2024-25 school year Wednesday, May 21. The 155 students and staff members boarded buses for the short trip across town to the east edge of Beaver Creek where they toured the new elementary school and child care center currently under construction.…- May 28, 2025Dispatch report May 14 •Law enforcement responded to a transient eastbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 2. •A civil issue was reported on S. Broadway Street in Magnolia. •Report of road closure northbound on Highway 23, mile marker 4 near Beaver Creek. •A fire was reported on County Highway 4 near Beaver Creek. •A road and drive law issue was reported on Christensen Drive and Blue Mound…
- May 28, 202510 years ago (2015) •Local fans of the popular television series “House Hunters” will recognize the featured Realtor in a segment recently filmed in Sioux Falls. Ashley (Gacke) Bartholomaus is a realtor with the Tony Ratchford Group of Keller Williams Realty in Sioux Falls. She sent House Hunters producers an audition tape of herself describing her experience working with a young couple, Damon…
- May 28, 2025Henrichs earns master’s degree Cody Henrichs of Luverne graduated from Minnesota State University in Mankato May 9-10 with a Master of Business degree in business administration. Robinson graduates from Northwestern Area Luverne student Ainslie Robinson graduated magna cum laude on Saturday, May 10, from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. She earned her bachelor degree with a major…
- May 28, 2025St. 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. …
By Lori SorensonMay 21, 2025The Kids Rock! Child Care Center will host a ribbon-cutting and open house next week to celebrate the community’s solution to a decades-long child care shortage. “This new center represents more than just a building; it’s an investment in our future,” community leaders wrote in the celebration announcement. “By providing reliable and enriching care for our children, Kids Rock! will empower…- May 21, 2025Meetings Town & Country Garden Club will meet for a special outing on Tuesday evening, May 27, and will visit a garden in Kenneth. Topic will be attracting birds, bird feeders, and food. For more details, call 507-669-2905. For the June 24 meeting, please register/pay for the master gardener's annual garden tour by calling Community Education at 507-283-4724. American Legion and VFW…
- May 21, 2025Ginn: 'Take care of you neighbors, both in Luverne and all over the world' To the Editor: I was inspired by Thomas Getman’s mention of Palestine to finally write about this. I haven’t gone a day without thinking about Palestine since 2023. I am sixteen years old, and it is incredibly disappointing to watch those in power do nothing while I watch kids burned alive in tent fires. You might…
- May 21, 202510 years ago (2015) •Rock County Relay for Life’s “Kiss the Pig” fundraising effort is shaping up to be a battle of the Ryans at competing local banks. Ryan Wynia at First Farmers and Merchants Bank and Ryan DeBates at Exchange State Bank are accepting donations for the American Cancer Society for Rock County’s June 12 Relay for Life event. The Ryan who brings in the most money will have the…
- May 21, 2025LSS meals at Generations Monday, May 26: Closed for Memorial Day Holiday. Tuesday, May 27: Chicken broccoli rice casserole, sliced carrots, green peas, Red Delicious apple, wheat dinner roll. Wednesday, May 28: Salisbury steak with brown gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner roll, Mounds bar. Half-Priced Day sponsored by American Reformed Church. Thursday, May 29: Tater tot…
- May 21, 2025Open house An open house for Naomi (Tofteland) Wilson to celebrate her 90th birthday will be from noon until 2 p.m. Sunday, May 25, in the Grace Lutheran Church basement. Card shower Margaret Gonnerman will celebrate her 90th birthday on Thursday, May 22. Greetings may be sent to her at 1414 Evergreen Drive; Luverne, MN 56156.
- May 14, 2025Meetings Compassionate Friends Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 19, at Luverne Area Community Foundation, 102 E. Main Street. Jeff Hartquist of Hartquist Funeral Home will be the guest speaker. Call Mary 507-290-1642 or Kristi 507-227-7821. Town & Country Garden Club will meet for a special outing on Tuesday evening, May 27, and will visit a garden in Kenneth. Topic will be…
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