Luverne celebrates Buffalo Days weekend
Luverne’s legendary Buffalo Days weekend unfolded June 4-7, ushering in the official start of summer. Lori Sorenson photos.
Filing period closes for city, county elections
Now that the filing period for county and large city elections has closed as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, local races have started to take shape.
Luverne group petitions to put charter amendment on ballot
A group of Luverne residents is petitioning for a city charter amendment to form a “municipal services commission” that would operate the city’s public utilities.
Al Hartz retires from Rock County Highway Department after 43-year career
When Al Hartz first applied for a job with the Rock County Highway Department in 1983, he could have hardly imagined it would be his career for more than 40 years.
Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper closes
It’s difficult to name the value of a church. Is it the number of baptisms, marriages and funerals it holds?
Cowbells opens at Highway 75 and Main
Cowbells Quality Meats & Treats opened in Luverne this week at the corner of Main Street and Highway 75 in the building formerly occupied by Fareway Meat Market.
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- By Lori SorensonOctober 03, 2017Dozens of children and families hunted for pumpkins and gourds near Luverne City Park Saturday for a Pumpkin Patch event hosted by Jennica Arp’s family. As an infant Jennica was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, and her parents, Jill and Jerad Arp, have organized annual community events under the name Jennica’s Journey to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Jennica is now 7 and this…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 03, 2017Blue Mounds State Park employees spent Thursday, Sept. 28, eliminating woody growth and dead vegetation with a prescribed burn. According to assistant park manager Tom Sawtelle, burns take place each year when weather conditions permit and when personnel are available. He said the park is behind on its normal burn schedule. “Ideally we like to burn the 500-acre bison range every year,” he said.…
- October 03, 2017Luverne Community Education and the Rock County Community Library partnered to organize the Story Walk Thursday night, Sept. 28, outside at the Luverne Community Education Building. Fifteen families with children up to 5 years old strolled along the lawn reading the 25 placards featuring pages from the story “Quick as a Cricket,” by Audrey Wood. Taking the self-directed parent-child stroll…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 03, 2017An extra $15,000 is available for community enhancement in Luverne, thanks to an online voting effort in the community. Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines) gave Luverne its Strong Communities Award in the rural category of a recent contest that drew 12,000 votes among four qualifying communities. FHLB member Exchange State Bank partnered with Luverne Initiatives for Tomorrow (…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 03, 2017A small group of South Donaldson Street residents attended a Sept. 28 public hearing about a request to rezone a piece of land in their southwest Luverne neighborhood. Mike and Traci Davis have requested their property on the northeast corner of The Lake be changed from R-1 Single Family Residential to I-1 Limited Industrial. To address their request, the Luverne Planning and Zoning Commission…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 03, 2017The planned $8 million in health and safety improvements at Luverne Public Schools means the levy may increase by 5.92 percent for next year. Earlier this year, school board members used their levy authority to pay for necessary upgrades and improvements to the middle/high school facility, which was built in 1956. Property tax amounts are expected to stay at or lower than the current level due to…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 03, 2017Tourism expert Roger Brooks was “blown away” by Betty Mann’s 2,800-piece nutcracker collection at The History Center. “This is flat out amazing,” he said during his June 9 assessment of Luverne. “This is worth getting off the interstate for.” He showed an artist’s rendering of a possible billboard on I-90, “Luverne: Home of the largest nutcracker collection in the Midwest.” Despite all of Luverne…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 03, 2017Through persistent work by county officials and a hired hydrogeologist, Rock County received its renewed landfill permit after almost nine years of waiting. However, days after receiving notice of the permit approval earlier this month, the permit’s new testing perimeters placed the demolition landfill out of compliance with state standards. Rock County Land Management Director Eric Hartman…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 03, 2017Income for Rock County Opportunities Inc. community-based services has declined more than $60,000 in the year after the state implemented a $20 million reduction in funding. RCO Executive Director Elizabeth Schear reported the loss to county commissioners at their Sept. 5 meeting. The reduced disability waiver rate system meant the local program lost $66,000 or 13.8 percent of its normal…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 02, 2017Rock County’s lone entrant in the Minnesota 4-H State Dog Show took the champion agility ribbon at the Sept. 23-24 event. Rebecca Austin of Luverne and her dog, Tessa, competed in the Grades 3-8 Jumpers 1 Agility event, coming away with top honors. Austin received blue ribbons in three other events – beginner agility, beginner obedience and pre-novice rally, where she also received an award of…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 26, 2017A scant $49 put a student-led fundraiser over the goal and placed three Luverne school administrators in the spotlight Friday afternoon. Luverne High School students Jadyn Anderson and Anika Gust challenged middle and high school students to raise $4,000 for americares.org, a non-profit disaster relief organization, to bring aid to hurricane victims in the South. The final total was $4,049. “I…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 26, 2017What started as a fundraiser for music students now promises to be a high-energy performance by a group that sounds remarkably like the Steve Miller Band. The Locals, as they call themselves, are comprised entirely of Rock County musicians who will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in the historic Palace Theatre. Kenny Rolling is lead singer and lead guitarist, Susan Skattum plays keyboard. On…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 26, 2017Felicia Hanson has been working in recent months to improve her salon building on Main Street, and the Luverne Economic Development Authority on Monday approved funding to help the project along. The EDA approved Hanson’s application for the city’s Façade Improvement Program at 123 E. Main Street. The project will include tuck pointing and caulking stone joints, electrical work for window lights…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 26, 2017Jason and Annalisa Cunningham, Luverne, are praying for a good night’s sleep. Since their identical twins, Sawyer and Knox, were born a year ago, they haven’t slept more than 1 1/2 hours at a time. But a year ago at this time, they were praying for their babies to live, so sleep is easy for them to sacrifice. During pregnancy the babies developed twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a…
- September 26, 2017Dan Hamann (left), Gene McClain and Bruce Predmore assemble the new playground equipment at St. John Lutheran Church on North Cedar Street Friday. The playground for the church’s Little Lambs Preschool is being assembled on ground north of the church, and the current preschool playground space will be utilized for something else. The new playground was purchased with gifts and endowment funds.
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 26, 2017Luverne’s middle and high school students assembled in the gymnasium Friday afternoon for a message of perseverance by a South Dakota family whose champion attitude took them to Madison Square Garden and around the world. Bruce and Diane Crevier currently live near Elkton, South Dakota, and operate Champions Forever Ministries. The couple and their 12 children perform basketball tricks and ride…
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