Guilty plea entered in vehicular homicide case
Twenty-three-year-old Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, entered a guilty plea Monday morning in Rock County District Court to the charge of criminal vehicular homicide.
Murder case proceedings on hold
Legal proceedings for Luverne murder suspect Melvin Frazier are suspended following a Rule 20 motion that was granted in Rock County District Court Monday.
Administrator announces retirement
After 33 years on the job, Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre officially submitted his notice of retirement during the Aug. 18 county board meeting.
Oldre’s final day of service will be Feb. 28, 2027.
Charter amendment measure advances
Luverne voters will be asked in the Nov. 3 general election if they support an amendment to change their city’s government charter.
Peterson wins election for county commissioner
Rick Peterson won the special election for Rock County’s District 3 and is set to join the county board of commissioners early next week.
PowerOn Midwest narrows routes
PowerOn Midwest has narrowed its preferred route for a proposed high-voltage transmission project, and one of its choices would cut through Rock County within one mile of the Blue Mounds State
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By Lori SorensonSeptember 01, 2023A $1 million six-unit hangar and taxilane construction project is included in next year’s airport capital improvement plan. Luverne City Council members approved the project and CIP at their Tuesday, Aug. 22, regular meeting. “This has been in the long-term plan for years, and this just follows the CIP,” said Mayor Pat Baustian. Council member Kevin Aaker serves on the airport board and said…
By Lori SorensonSeptember 01, 2023LHS sophomore Jaxon Lais returned home from football practice Wednesday morning to find smoke coming from his house on North Cedar Street in Luverne. He called 911 and then called his parents, Mark and Kari Lais. When firefighters arrived moments later, they noticed a thin curl of smoke coming from a small vent on the back side of the home. But when fire chief David Van Batavia entered the…- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 01, 2023Luverne School Board members adopted a new five-year agreement between the district and the Luverne Hockey Club to continue interscholastic ice hockey Under the new agreement approved Aug. 24, the district will allocate more financial support to the 25-year-old program for boys’ and girls’ teams at the middle and high school levels. “We took on a little more expense on the school side,” said…
September 01, 2023
By Lori SorensonSeptember 01, 2023The parking lot on the corner of Main and Estey streets will gain green space after a city project is complete along the Main Street sidewalk. City workers this week removed a 10-foot strip of asphalt and concrete along the north end of the lot to make space for soil that will be planted with grass, shrubs and trees. The city owns the property and will pay for the nearly $8,000 landscaping…
By Mavis FodnessSeptember 01, 2023Luverne Public Schools welcomes five new teachers to its staff Tuesday, Sept. 5, when the 2023-24 school year begins. Three of the five teachers return to the site of their elementary and secondary years. Amy (Helle) Lysne said she “graduated as a Cardinal in 2007” before attending Minnesota State University – Mankato, where she received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a…
By Mavis FodnessSeptember 01, 2023Hills-Beaver Creek School District will have four new teachers on staff when the 2023-24 school year opens Tuesday, Sept. 5. Three of the four teachers will be familiar to students and other staff members. April Prohl will teach special education at the secondary school. She currently lives in Beaver Creek with her spouse, Troy, and daughters, Sarah (an H-BC sophomore) and Grace (a fifth-…
September 01, 2023
By Jason BerghorstAugust 25, 2023City leaders got an inside look at the new Minnesota National Guard Luverne Readiness Center on Wednesday, Aug. 16, under construction in the industrial park near I-90 west of Papik Motors. The new center includes a large assembly hall, administrative offices, work bays, classrooms, kitchen, storage areas, fitness center and locker rooms. The assembly hall is designed for community use when…
By Jason BerghorstAugust 25, 2023The historic Palace Theatre in Luverne once had exterior doors to protect the decorative tile, ticket booth and lobby entrance from the elements. A project this fall will return exterior glass and doors and recreate a vestibule in order to keep snow, ice and cold out of the current entry way. “This is a project that has been needed for a long time,” Luverne Mayor Pat Baustian said at a recent…
By Jason BerghorstAugust 25, 2023Tiny houses at the Luverne Campground are popular lodging options for travelers and locals alike. Owners-operators Mike and Traci Davis built the nine houses on their property at the east end of The Lake in southwest Luverne. “We started building them in 2019 and are just about done with them now,” Traci said. “We designed and built them ourselves, did everything except the plumbing and…
By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2023Sunday marked National Lemonade Day and provided the Sterling family in Hills an opportunity to advocate for their daughters. Serena and Rayna Sterling were born with a rare neurological disorder known by its genetic code, SLC6A1. On Sunday, Brian and Amanda Sterling set up a lemonade stand in front of their café and grille on Main Street Luverne to bring awareness to and raise money for…- By Mavis FodnessAugust 22, 2023On Sept. 19 Rock County Commissioners will hear public comment on the proposed ordinance for Public Use of Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Products in Public Places. The hearing will be part of the commissioners’ regular Tuesday meeting that begins at 9 a.m. at the courthouse in Luverne. The four-page proposed use ordinance can be viewed on the county’s website, www.co.rock.mn.us County attorney…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 22, 2023Marriages in Rock County are increasingly being officiated by friends or relatives. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, the currently free ordination filing fee will be raised to $20. “We were the only region in the state that had no fee,” said land records director Rachel Jacobs. ‘Twenty dollars was the most used fee in the state.” All Minnesota counties can issue a “certificate of filing,” which allows…
By Lori SorensonAugust 22, 2023Wind technician Mitch Bjorklund has worked on turbines across the United States, from the Canadian border to south Texas and from New York to Wyoming, and nearly every state in between. He said something all those wind farms have in common is hazards for wind technicians. “Everyone who climbs wears a harness,” Bjorklund told a group gathered for the Rock County Farm Bureau annual meeting…
By Mavis FodnessAugust 15, 2023North Highway 75 from Luverne to the county line is scheduled for reconstruction in the summer of 2027. During the annual Minnesota Department of Transportation’s visit with the Rock County Board Aug. 8, local commissioners asked if the road will last another four years. The answer is maybe. MnDOT District 7 Engineer Greg Aus and planning director Sam Parker outlined the 10-year road and bridge…
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