Sanford adds mental health staff
Sanford Luverne recently expanded behavioral health care services at the local clinic.
Field day to share latest in soil health
Area farmers will have an opportunity to learn the latest in soil health management at a July 17 field day near Jasper.
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- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016The Rock County Community Library will be closed for seven days as a planned remodeling project gets underway. From Tuesday, Jan. 19, through Wednesday, Jan. 27, the library will be closed to patrons. A planned closure was already set for Jan. 18 for Presidents Day. When the facility reopens Jan. 28, the library will be operating out of the basement until the project is complete. A limited number…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016The Rock County Land Management Office issued more than twice as many livestock feedlot permits in 2015 than it did the year before, according to LMO assistant director Doug Bos. In 2015 the LMO issued 24 feedlot permits, up from 11 issued in 2014. Bos, who also serves as the county’s feedlot officer, said all of the county’s 600 feedlots are permitted through the LMO office, with each site…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016When Jan Baustian is sworn into office tonight (Thursday) as Hardwick’s newest mayor, she will be stepping back into a position she first served in almost 30 years ago. This time, however, Baustian said her role would be one of nurturing instead of trailblazing. “The council, bless their hearts, are a bunch of young people that don’t have much (mayoral) experience,” Baustian, 72, said. Previous…
- January 11, 2016Q: How does the DNR decide whether to aerate a lake to prevent winter fish kill? A: The DNR does not aerate lakes, but we do issue permits to lake associations, counties and other local partners who wish to aerate shallow lakes that are prone to fish kills due to lack of dissolved oxygen in the winter. Public safety is the primary concern, so these permits require aerated parts of the lake to be…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Bill Ketterling of Ketterling Services announced this week that it will no longer pay for aluminum cans and aluminum scraps, effective immediately. Ketterling Services, the local solid waste and recycling operator, has for years offered 25 cents per pound of aluminum (which amounts to about 40 cans). But the announcement came this week as a result of the changes in the aluminum market, Ketterling…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016A Luverne teen faces felony charges for his alleged role in a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl. Micah Stensland-Bos, 18, appeared in Rock County District Court Monday on charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct filed last summer. According to court documents, an incident occurred on April 8 between Stensland-Bos and the 14-year-old girl during which the two had sexual intercourse.…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Rock County Community Library Director Serena Gutnik is reaching out to all local reading enthusiasts to sign up for the annual winter reading program, “Book Your Winter Getaway.” The more readers, the more books, the better, said Gutnik, who said the Rock County Community Library gets special recognition for various distinctions including the most new participants enrolled in the program and…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Workers at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills will receive pay raises, thanks to recent legislation that changes how nursing homes are funded. The Minnesota Legislature recently passed the Senior Care Reimbursement Reform Bill, which gives $138 million in additional funding to nursing homes. Tuff Administrator Laura Preheim said the funding is a welcome relief for the Hills facility. “The board and…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Have a gift of music that you'd like to share with the community? Local musicians are encouraged to attend a Jan. 20 organizational meeting for what could become a Luverne Area Music Ensemble. The group has a potential to form a community band or choir, small choruses or even pep band ensembles for local events and celebrations. “We have all this musical talent in Luverne,” said Janine Papik…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016As of Monday, Luverne High School graduate Caitlin Miller has rowed more than 1,100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Miller of Hardwick is competing in the “Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge,” a 90-day, 3,000-mile journey from the Island of LaGomera (one of Spain’s Canary Islands just off the coast of Africa) to English Harbor, Antiqua. She and her rowing partner, George Pagano of Media,…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016The Blue Mound Quilters are displaying two years of work this month at the Carnegie Cultural Center in Luverne. Included in the more than 75 quilts, table runners and wall hangings is one quilt that took its quilter more than a year to complete. With her Block of the Month membership, Mary Crawford constructed a Women of Courage quilt top from 12 individual patterns received monthly in the mail.…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016Luverne Elementary School’s physical education classes are a little more crowded the first Fridays of the month. That’s when parents and grandparents are invited to participate in the school’s walkathon either on the school track or, in the case of this past Friday, in the school gymnasium. Physical education teacher TJ Newgard borrowed the idea from his brother-in-law, who teaches in Slayton. “…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016At 19, Glenda McGaffee remembers not liking her new job at the Tuff Home in Hills. "I hated it," she said. "I hated all the old people." McGaffee said it didn't take long to like her job and love the people — her co-workers and the residents and their families. This week McGaffee will observe her 40th anniversary of working at the Tuff Home, and she said it's a good…
- January 11, 2016Jan. 18: FSA Office closed for Martin Luther King Day •Jan. 29: 2015 LIP sign-up deadline; CRP “Early Out” request deadline •Feb. 1: 2015 Wool Loan and LDP request deadline; 2014 and 2015 ARC-CO Payment recalculation request deadline; 2016 NAP Maple Sap sales deadline •Feb. 15: FSA Office closed for Presidents Day •Feb. 26: CRP General sign-up deadline •Ongoing: Continuous CRP sign-up Livestock…
- January 11, 2016Six television sets were given to the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne Jan. 6 by representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars District 3, which encompasses 18 VFW chapters in southwest Minnesota. Pictured from left are Terrie Gulden, VFW Post 2757, Luverne; Chuck Drown VFW Post 5334, Minneota; Ed Lozinski, District 3 commander; Duane Mabon, Minnesota Veterans Home activities director; Buck…
- January 11, 2016The Southwest Research & Outreach Center (SWROC) and University of Minnesota Extension will host Winter Crops and Soils Day Feb. 1-4 in Montevideo, Luverne, Lamberton and Fairmont, respectively. Winter Crops and Soils Day is a public event highlighting current University of Minnesota research that is specific to southwestern Minnesota. Leading experts from the university will present…
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