Hills-Beaver Creek grad is guest Veterans Day speaker in Hills
Hills-Beaver Creek High School alumnus Wade Blomgren addressed students, staff and members of the public Monday morning as the keynote speaker for the annual H-BC Veterans Day Program.
'Little Shop of Horrors' takes Palace stage Nov. 14-16, 20-23
Green Earth Players (GEP) cast members admit their upcoming “Little Shop of Horrors” might be rated PG-13 compared with the family-friendly productions they typically
Energy companies host 'PowerOn Midwest' open house in Luverne Nov. 5
An open house Friday night at Generations in Luverne offered information for the community about a major transmission line planned in the region.
Blue Mounds to discontinue tipis as camping option due to cultural sensitivities
Tipis will no longer be a camping option at the Blue Mounds State Park after officials opted not to improve or replace the current ones that need maintenance.
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By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025A current Rock County Land Management Office (LMO) employee will become assistant director in September. Arlyn Gehrke, an engineering assistant, answered the internal posting for the position last week. Gehrke, whose worked for LMO for 27 years, was the only applicant. Current assistant director Doug Bos submitted his retirement in April, after 29 years with LMO. Bos’ last day is Sept. 2.…- By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025Luverne School Board members unanimously agreed June 17 to terminate the district’s transportation supervisor Brad Goembel. Seven items were listed on the resolution for Goembel’s termination. (Items in parentheses were costs associated with the items and were provided by the district office.) The seven issues included: •Five days between March 18 and May 7 in which Goembel left the workday…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025Rock County Historical Society (RCHS) volunteers created a little fun for participants to learn history Thursday morning during “Fossils and Furs” at the Plaza on Main in Luverne. Some tables featured various fossils which participants could handle, along with furs, hides and skulls from various animals located in the Midwest. The items, with the exception of the elk hide, were on loan from the…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025After a three-year hiatus, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office will again provide services to the city of Kenneth. The 18-month contract began June 1 and is effect through Dec. 31, 2026. Commissioners approved reinstating the contract June 17 after tabling action on the contract at their previous meeting. County Administrator Kyle Oldre said commissioners considered adding a penalty for dropping…- By Lori SorensonJune 25, 2025Construction will start this week on 4.2 miles of the Blue Mound Trail between Luverne and the Blue Mounds State Park. Rock County Highway Engineer Mark Sehr, who is overseeing the project, said trail reconstruction is set to begin Thursday, June 26, weather permitting. He said the project was prompted by surface cracking that has occurred through the years since the trail was first paved in…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025Seven members of the Hardwick American Legion Post will be honored as parade marshals Saturday during the Hardwick Jubilee Days. They are all Vietnam War veterans with ties to the Hardwick community. Honorees include Hardwick natives Dean Wenzel, Lon Remme, Keith Schmuck, Rodger Ossenfort and Don Bryan and Kenneth natives Del Nieuwboer and Dale Remme, and they will lead the annual parade down…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025A pig nursery owned by Ron and Lori Osenga of rural Jasper was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. No people or pigs were in the barn. The Jasper Fire Department received the call at 4:19 p.m. Friday to the Osenga acreage, five miles south of Jasper in Rose Dell Township, Rock County. Jasper fire chief Kip Johnson said the barn was fully engulfed when his crew arrived at the scene. Mutual aid…- June 25, 2025Sioux Valley Energy and its members are making an impact in Rock County. During the most recent quarterly meeting of the Sioux Valley Energy Customers’ Trust Board of Directors, $32,725 in grants were awarded by the Cooperative’s Operation Round Up® program. An additional $5,000 was reserved for scholarships. Rock County recipients included: •The Hills-Beaver Creek Community Education…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025The cast iron bell, that was displayed in front of the Luverne Middle-High School for 47 years returned this week to a place of more prominence. Workers with Oh’Landscapes of Mayer, Minnesota, brought the now refurbished and operational school bell back to Luverne Monday. The bell, complete with a tower, will be placed in the school’s alumni garden. Work is expected to be completed by week’s…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025Zander Carbonneau was selected at the 2025 Boys State event earlier this month in Collegeville to attend Boys Nation July 18-25 in Washington, D.C. Carbonneau is one of two Minnesota attendees out of the 173 who participated in the Minnesota Boys State event who will participate in the national event. Two students from each of the 49 Boys State events are invited to Boys Nation to learn the…
June 25, 2025Local churches across Rock County hosted Vacation Bible School over the past week, and organizers at St. John Lutheran Church shared images from their summer event that was themed “Wonder Junction.” They hosted 65 students for their annual Vacation Bible School program June 16-19. The "Wonder Junction" theme transported students “Out West” by train to learn about the life of Christ from baby, to…- By Jason BerghorstJune 25, 2025Members of the Luverne City Council approved four of five conditional use permit (CUPs) requests to operate cannabis retail establishments in Luverne at their June 17 meeting. The four approvals and one denial were each recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission following a June 9 public hearing. The Planning and Zoning Commission considered the same conditions for the cannabis…
June 25, 2025Isabella Nolz, 9, and her babysitter, Emma Beyer, both of Luverne, opened a lemonade stand outside the Nolz home on East Christensen Drive on Thursday, June 19. Nolz said they decided to open the stand to help people stay cool on the very hot day. Temperatures in Luverne surpassed 90 degrees Thursday through Sunday, reaching highs of 99 on both Friday and Saturday. Nolz said Beyer helped her…
By Mavis FodnessJune 18, 2025Various handwritten documents and a half dozen newspapers were among the items extracted from the 1921 Hills High School time capsule Saturday morning. H-BC School Board Chairman Arlyn Gehrke spent five minutes and used three different tin snips to open the 4-by-6-inch metal box. Hundreds of people gathered on Main Street Hills after Saturday’s Friendship Days parade. The Hills-Beaver Creek…
June 18, 2025The Hills Area Fire Department repeated as Water Wars champions Saturday afternoon, defeating five other volunteer firefighter teams for the title. Departments from Hills, Lismore, Hardwick and Beaver Creek competed in the double-elimination event. Hills and Lismore had two teams each. The championship bout came down to the Hills team of Logan Susie, Sawyer Bosch and Ty Bundesen against the…- By Lori SorensonJune 18, 2025The Luverne Area Chamber will host “Ride the Rock” Saturday, June 21, on a stretch of the Rock River starting several miles north of Luverne and ending at the city park. The inaugural event will introduce paddlers for the first time to the kayak and canoe landing north of Luverne that officially establishes the Rock River Trail. Registered paddlers will be transported from town to the landing…
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