Luverne celebrates St. Patrick’s Day
Dozens of people joined Monday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Luverne on Main Street where crowds also wore green to enjoy the festive parade entries.
Church gets downtown storefront
The Blue Mounds Baptist Church will lease space in the former Dragonfly building on East Main Street starting April 1.
Hills man seeks local support for cannabis business
Hills cabinet shop owner Dennis Hartman and his son, Tim Hartman, want to operate a cannabis retail business in southwestern Rock County.
Wind tax revenue exceeds $1 million in Rock County for 2025
For the second year in a row, wind energy production taxes will exceed $1 million in Rock County.
The five wind production farms will pay $1.062 million in 2025, about a $1,000 less than last year.
Courthouse remodel continues
Remodeling at the Rock County Courthouse moved into new phases as work on previous floors has come to a standstill.
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November 06, 2024Luverne area businesses and organizations hosted the community’s annual Trunk ’N Treat in the elementary school bus lot Thursday afternoon to celebrate Halloween. The event featured dozens of creatively decorated trunks and roughly 2,500 costumed trick-or-treaters. This is the 12th annual Trunk ’N Treat in Luverne and the third year it’s been at the school after nine years on Main Street.- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystNovember 06, 2024Arriving at equitable land rental rates is always an ongoing challenge for farm operators and landlords alike, which will likely be an even bigger challenge for the 2025 growing season. Many times land rental rates for a coming crop year are based on the profitability in crop production in the previous year or two. In some cases this can present profitability challenges for farm operators, if…
By Mavis FodnessNovember 06, 2024Rock County 4-H conducted the 2024 awards and recognition night Saturday, Nov. 2, at Grand Events in Luverne. The evening’s theme was “4-H: Something to Crow About” and was attended by 125 members, leaders, parents and program sponsors. Federation officers installed for 2024-25 Local Extension educator Fraya Webster installed the newly elected Federation officers. The 2024-25 officers are…
November 06, 2024The Livewires 4-H Club is a 2024 Fair Project Club winner, a contest sponsored by Bomgaars. The contest was open to all 180 Bomgaars locations including Luverne. According to club adviser Jamie Tiesler, each member submitted a fair photo and nominated their club. Winners received $1,000. The Livewires are one of 12 4-H clubs to receive a cash prize. “We are excited to use this money for our club…- November 06, 2024ock Ranch in Hills, Minnesota, is receiving $5,000 in funding for the construction of a horse shelter through Sioux Valley Energy's Operation Round Up® program. The award comes as Sioux Valley Energy and its members celebrate October as National Cooperative Month by making an impact in their local communities. During the most recent quarterly meeting of the Sioux Valley Energy Customers'…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 30, 2024Two years ago at this time, election workers in the Rock County Courthouse were being harassed about ballot processes and accused of compromised election integrity. “It was bad,” said Ashley Kurtz about the last election cycle. “Our workers were frequently in tears.” Kurtz has been Rock County’s Auditor-Treasurer for 13 years and this will be her ninth time heading up a local general election…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 30, 2024The 2024 general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5, and voters who haven’t already cast ballots early will head to the polls to make election choices. Luverne voters will decide contests for mayor and two council seats. Isaac DeBoer is challenging incumbent mayor Pat Baustian. Incumbent Dan Nath and Josh Gangestad will be on the ballot for North Ward City Council. And Lori Hallstrom and Marlin Kracht…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 30, 2024Minnesota has ranked No. 1 for general election voter turnout across the country since 2008 according to the Minnesota Secretary of State. In the 2020 presidential election, Minnesota’s average voter turnout was 81.56 percent, compared to the country’s average of 76.8 percent. Among Minnesota counties, Rock County voters often lead the way with over 93 percent voter turnout in 2020, 2016 and…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024Two Hills organizations worked together to provide Halloween activities Sunday afternoon for residents and children. Bethlehem Lutheran Church’s board of education organized its first Trunk or Treat along North Main Street featuring 19 separate treat stops along each side of the street. Each stop was decorated and manned by local individuals, organizations and/or businesses of Hills. Maleeka…- By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek School District had a more favorable bid opening for the second construction phase. Bids were received at or below estimates to remodel the Hugo Goehle gymnasium in Hills and were accepted Monday night by the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board. The total was $2.8 million and included accepting three alternate bids. Accepted bids also included $448,000 to demolish the three-…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024At their meeting Monday night, Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members committed $100,000 toward a $500,000 project to build running lanes at the secondary school. Potential donors to the project indicated they would not move forward with fundraising efforts without financial support from the district. The district’s building and grounds committee and personnel committee recommended…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024As part of its “Love the Business Coffee,” Luverne Area Chamber members visited the Rock River Apothecary located just off East Main Street in Luverne. Owner Jennifer Wipf is a licensed hemp-derived products retailer with 25 percent of her business focused on helping people sleep or manage their pain through hemp-derived products. She opened Rock River Apothecary in March 2023. “I don’t do any…
October 30, 2024Members and parent volunteers with the Luverne Girl Scouts volunteered with ATLAS of Rock County on Oct. 24 helping to set up for the annual One Warm Coat distribution last weekend. Pictured are (front, from left) Iris Yonzon, Kali Bolan, Payton Jackson, (back) Amanda Bernard, Avery Aning-Staeffler, Rayna Johnson, Aria Bernard, Rose Gainey, Addison Hastings and Everly Goodwater. The project…
By Lori SorensonOctober 30, 2024Nine local young people participated in the third annual Pheasants Forever Youth Hunt Saturday. More than 20 adult volunteers led the young hunters in harvesting pheasants on land in three different parts of Rock County. They hunted on Oldre land near Kenneth, on Williamson land south of Jasper and on Lowe ground northwest of Beaver Creek. At the end of the day, more than 16 pheasants were…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School student council visited Patriots elementary school students Friday afternoon for the annual Fall Festival at the elementary school in Beaver Creek. Nineteen secondary students helped at the various booths and stations set up in the elementary gym for the kindergarten through fifth-grade students to complete. Elementary teacher Shelly Fischer said the…
By Lori SorensonOctober 23, 2024City government has been supporting a community pool in Luverne for more than 100 years, according to research shared at the Oct. 15 Luverne City Council meeting. During a presentation of the pool and fitness center’s recent financial audit, City Administrator Jill Wolf shared that the city has been investing in swimming recreation since 1922. In June of 1922, the Luverne Fire Department used…
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