After a three-year hiatus, Discovery Time Preschool opened its doors to visitors Friday in a special Cookies & Cardinals event for both its morning and afternoon programs. Preschoolers invited parents and grandparents to see what they do on a daily basis that included reading, playing in the...
The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board signed a purchase agreement to buy almost 15 acres as the site for a new elementary school in Beaver Creek.
Board members met in special session late Friday afternoon.
The agreement with SpringBrooke LLC is for 14.45 acres located in the Spring Brook Addition....
More than 50 people attended a public hearing Monday night in Luverne City Hall where the Board of Appeals and Adjustments considered a variance request for a 73-foot-tall nutcracker on South Highway 75.
The meeting allowed for public comment, and several people spoke in favor of — and some in...
Another winter storm plagued the region last week, closing roads and prompting cancelation of classes, events and other activities.
This system dropped only 3 to 4 inches of snow Thursday, March 16, but strong winds on its heels promptly blew roads closed and caused dozens of accidents and stranded...
Beaver Creek City Council members reviewed information at their March 8 meeting that puts wheels in motion to repair the historic bridge on Spring Brook Road on the northeast edge of town.
The Rock County Highway Department is facilitating the effort, which started over five years ago with a grant...
The Reverend Doctor Terry Morse was honored with the title of Pastor Emeritus during the Sunday worship service at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne on March 12.
The title is given to a pastor who retires and the congregation is later moved “with affection and gratitude” to continue an...
Rock County Commissioners will host an informational meeting Monday night with city and township clerks to discuss the possibility of returning to in-person voting in precincts that have been using mail ballots.
The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 27, in the basement of the Rock County...
Rock County will collect nearly $1 million in wind energy production taxes in 2023.
The amount due is from the four wind farms currently operating in the county for taxes payable by April 1.
The total amount, $936,102, is the most production tax collected in the county and is an increase over last...
The Springwater Township Board annual meeting and election attracted 21 voters and several nonresidents Tuesday night, March 14.
That’s more than seven times the usual number at the annual meeting of an otherwise uneventful township in western Rock County.
At issue was snow removal — the difficulty...
Ten Luverne High School students participated in 10 events at the state Secondary Business Professionals of America convention March 9-11 in Minneapolis.
The top three individuals or teams in each event move on to compete at the national BPA convention April 26-30 in Anaheim, California.
No LHS...