Kahler Terrace coming back together
Workers from Kehm Contractors, masonry specialists from Omaha, Nebraska, began last week to piece together the Sioux Quartzite brick veneer on the Kahler Terrace a
Construction begins on child care center
The $7.2 million construction project is underway to renovate the former Total Card building into a community child care center in Luverne.
Jack's Basket reaches 10-year milestone
Ten years ago Kenneth native Carissa (Nieuwboer) Carroll started Jack’s Basket to make sure all babies born with Down syndrome are welcomed and celebrated.
Senior student council members serve breakfast as thank you to teachers
Seniors from the Luverne High School student council organized and prepared a hot breakfast for elementary and secondary teachers and support staff Tuesday morning.
Taubert debuts Sip of Joy CEO business
Prior to joining the Southwest MN Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program last fall, Joy Taubert quietly made British pastries and hosted tea parties for her family.
Much need moisture delays spring planting, clears local drought threat
Spring fieldwork took off in Rock County and across the region in mid-April, but conditions changed in late April and early May after more than 3½ inches of rain fell over a two-week period.
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- By Mavis FodnessJuly 27, 2015More than 40 years after it was placed in front of Luverne High School, the cast iron bell pedestal received a needed facelift last week. Since 1972 the pedestal has battled various weather elements while on display near the school’s flagpole. Time had worn away some of the mortar, and the wooden platform was rotting. Last week Luverne High School Class of 1985 graduate David Niessink worked at…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 20, 2015A recent city land acquisition will put Luverne’s new biking-hiking path in a good position for it’s southern loop around town. According to action at the July meeting in City Hall, City Council members approved the purchase of 6.59 acres from Julia and Burdell Kruse on the west edge of Luverne. The Kruses will keep nearly an acre of the original parcel’s 7.55 acres for their backyard, but the…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 20, 2015Teachers and students at Luverne Public Schools will have another tool available for learning when school resumes next month. The well-known search engine for the Internet, Google Inc., has developed user-friendly applications for use in education. After piloting the network this spring, local school leaders decided to make the applications available to all staff and students. “Luverne has been…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 20, 2015Ten years ago on July 29, 2005, Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital opened its doors for its first official day of business in its new location on the north edge of Luverne. “Not only is it a beautiful building, but it’s a neat thing that the community would put their trust in us to build it,” Jerry Carl was quoted as saying in a Star Herald interview prior to the opening. “I think they will be pleased…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 20, 2015Luverne High School graduate Kat Dahl is experiencing first-hand the benefits of family practice medicine in a small rural community. The first-year medical school student at the University of Minnesota Duluth is in her second week of a two-week internship with her mother, Dr. Diane Kennedy, Luverne. “It’s been great to be back in Luverne for this experience,” said Dahl, a 2010 Luverne High…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 20, 2015The 2015 Rock County Fair is set to begin next week with 4-H judging starting on Monday, July 27, and shows opening Wednesday, July 30. Events and activities are set to continue through Saturday night, and Fair Board Secretary Lee Sells said this year’s event is shaping up to be a crowd pleaser. For one thing, he said there’s an extra grandstand event, the Rock County Speedway Races, which will…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 20, 2015For many of the 179 4-H’ers expected to exhibit at next week’s Rock County Fair, the experience is something they look forward to each year. For some 4-H’ers like 9-year-old Lanae Elbers of Steen, this year’s annual event will be the first time she’s old enough to be an exhibitor, earning premium monies from the Rock County Ag Society. Besides bringing a sewn pair of shorts, a cheese cake and a…
- July 20, 2015Area youth learned a little more about living on a farm during Rock County 4-H’s “Ag is Everywhere” day camp conducted July 10 at the Rock County Fairgrounds in Luverne. With the help of seven youth ambassadors, 10 participants created corn sun catchers, played an ag jeopardy game and learned about animal care that included viewing various syringes and health care items. Activities included…
- By Mavis Fodness, reporterJuly 20, 2015Four Luverne High Schools students and their advisor traveled to Washington, D.C., July 6-9 to attend the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) national leadership conference. Students Zoe Brown, Jenna Schelhaas, Mira Uithoven and Katerina Siebert, along with advisor Amy Cook, were among more than 8,000 members who attended the event. While at the conference, the students…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 16, 2015Nearly 15,000 free hot dogs were consumed Thursday night as part of Luverne's 53rd Annual Hot Dog Night. The event included the annual wiener dog beauty contest and wiener dog races, as well as the annual Wienerman Triathlon and all the festive live music, Spotlight Dancers, demonstrations and other special attractions. WIENER DOG RACE 1st Place – Charlie Bob & Tammy Hassebroek, Rock…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 13, 2015Rock County Commissioners approved the expansion of a swine-finishing barn in Mound Township at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, June 16. Chad Hoff, Luverne, applied for a conditional use permit through the Rock County Land Management Office earlier this month. A public hearing was conducted Monday, June 15, by the county’s Planning and Zoning Commission, which recommended the permit’s…
- July 13, 2015McKenzie Van Grootheest (left) and Anna Boltjes, who broke her leg earlier in the day sliding into third base, create their own shade Saturday, July 11, at the Dutch Festival girls’ softball tournament in Edgerton, where temperatures reached in the 90s. “She wanted to cheer on the team,” said mom, Marti Boltjes, after taking Anna to the emergency room in Luverne and then back to Edgerton. “They (…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 13, 2015A Cloquet man was seriously injured Wednesday, July 8, in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 90 east of Luverne. The driver, Emil H. Juntunen, 50, of Cloquet, was eastbound in a 1996 GMC Jimmy when he lost control and went into the ditch. He overcorrected in the ditch, resulting in the vehicle rolling multiple times before coming to rest on the driver’s side. The accident occurred at…
- July 13, 2015Workers from Premier Systems Inc. of Sioux Falls work at shingling the roof of the 65,000-square-foot Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne last week. The project began June 29 and is expected to take about two weeks to complete, according to Veterans Home Administrator Luke Schryvers. Cost was contracted for just under $250,000 as part of the building’s general maintenance. Portions of the roof had…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 13, 2015The public is invited to join Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr on a 122-mile “prairie pedal” bicycle ride from Luverne to Marshall, July 29-31. The event is the first by the DNR commissioner for the area. Stops along the three-day ride will highlight some of the area’s outdoor recreational opportunities in southwest Minnesota. Total time to ride all three legs…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 13, 2015The Missoula Children’s Theatre, the nation’s largest touring children’s theater group, is in Luverne this week with its directors, set, lights, props and costumes. Nearly 60 young local actors and singers will take the stage this weekend to perform the musical, “Cinderella,” after rehearsing for only one week. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, and 10 a.m. Saturday, July 18, at the…
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