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 Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023The Rock County Ambulance recently received power-lift cots capable of carrying 700 pounds. The Stryker power load cots each cost $42,220, and there are three of them, one for each ambulance in the local fleet. One is paid for by Rock County (with Covid grant funds) and the other two were bought with grants from the Luverne Area Community Foundation for a total investment of $124,278. The…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Luverne High School will have the home stage advantage for Saturday’s sub-section one-act play competition. Six schools will compete in the LHS performing arts center with the top two finishers moving on to section competition Feb. 4, in Redwood Falls. Joining Luverne will be performers from Adrian, Edgerton, Murray County Central, Pipestone and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton. Competition begins at 10:30…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Students at Luverne High School will celebrate Snow Week next week, and 10 seniors are in line to be crowned king and queen at Monday’s coronation. Queen candidates include Josie Anderson, Christina Wagner, Emma Beyer, Tori Hemme and Lauren Hansen. King candidates are Brady Bork, Ross Bergman, Camden Janiszeski, Tyson Cowell and Parker Carbonneau. Unlike homecoming royalty, Snow Week candidates…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Residents in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District will go to the polls Tuesday, April 11, in action taken by the H-BC school board Monday night. Members voted 6-0 to move forward with the $29.975 million bond referendum to improve district facilities. (Board member Eric Uittenbogaard wasn’t present at Monday’s meeting.) Two questions will be asked on the April 11 special election ballot.…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 24, 2023The Get Hooked Fishing Derby at The Lake in Luverne has been canceled due to unsafe ice conditions, according to Luverne Area Chamber Director Jane Lanphere. “It’s with a heavy heart that the Get Hooked Committee made the difficult decision on Monday to cancel this year’s ice fishing derby,” she said Tuesday morning. “The committee has been working hard over the past six weeks to try to maintain…
- January 24, 2023The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting candlelight events across the state this winter, including one at Blue Mounds State Park on Saturday, Feb. 4. Drop by any time between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. for hiking as stars twinkle overhead and candles flicker in the snow. “Candlelight events are a wonderful way to experience state parks in winter,” said Ann Pierce, DNR Parks and Trails…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Sioux Valley Energy recently donated $10,000 to the city of Hills to add playground equipment for its proposed day care facility. “The city has been working diligently to try and find a solution to help with the day care provider shortage,” said Hills Mayor Keith Elbers. “It is a long process but, together with everyone’s help and generosity of partners like Sioux Valley Energy, we are going to…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 24, 2023Rock County Commissioners approved pay increases for elected employees at their last meeting of 2022 on Dec. 26. The increases took effect Jan. 1, except for the sergeants’ union still in negotiations. Sheriff Evan Verbrugge received a 6-percent pay increase for 2023, bringing his salary more in line with similar positions in the nine-county area. Verbrugge’s salary went from $105,375 to $111,698…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 24, 2023City of Luverne union employees are about to start a new three-year contract, which was approved at the Dec. 20 City Council meeting. The new three-year labor agreement calls for a 4.5 percent increase in 2023, a 3.5 percent increase in 2024 and a 3.5 percent increase in 2025. Council members acted on year-end finance resolutions that included other wage adjustments for 2023. The city’s non-union…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 24, 2023A good way to measure growth over time is to track the number of building permits issued for construction. Luverne building official Chad McClure compiled numbers for 2022 when he issued 160 permits valued at $29,450,362. Of those, four were for single-family home construction valued at $757,134 and comprised 2.6 percent of permit valuations last year. McClure points out that these valuations don…
- January 24, 2023Eugene Marshall of the Blue Mound Area Theatre Board (left) accepts a $500 check from Bill Stegemann of CenterPoint Energy recently at the Palace Theatre in Luverne. The gift was generated through CenterPoint Energy’s Give Grant program that allows current and retired employees to earn funds with their volunteer hours. (Submitted photo and information)
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023An international biogas company visited Rock County Tuesday and expressed interest in something local livestock producers have a lot of – manure. Nature Energy operates 13 biogas plants in Denmark and in three years plans to build 15 more in North America. Four Nature Energy representatives met with county commissioners Tuesday, explaining their business model and needs from a host community.…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023Anyone wanting to enjoy the use of a sled in Hills or Beaver Creek won’t have to look far, thanks to the eighth-graders at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School. Two Little Free Sled libraries are now available for use in each community. Similar to a Little Free Library, where books are available to borrow and placed back when read, the Little Free Sled Library allows anyone to borrow a sled, use…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2023Ten years ago Janine Papik and LaDonna Iveland noticed families were traveling to Sioux Falls for violin lessons. “We wondered if there would be a way for instructors to come to Luverne, rather than all these Luverne students traveling to other communities for lessons,” Papik said. That idea in October of 2012 led to Luverne Street Music, which today joins 11 instructors with more than 100…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2023Luverne native Monti Ossenfort is the new general manager of the Arizona Cardinals, according to the NFL team’s announcement earlier this week. “It was critically important for us to find the right person to lead us as general manager and there is no doubt in my mind that we have that in Monti Ossenfort,” Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement released Monday. “He possesses every…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 17, 2023Amanda Marie Locks is in trouble. “Goldie,” as she is known to her friends, is on trial for breaking and entering, and destruction of private property. Did she break into the Mr. F.D. Bare family home, consume porridge, break a chair and ruin a window screen in her haste to escape? Students in the Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School production of “Goldilocks on Trial” will answer those questions…
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