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 FodnessDecember 13, 2022Three Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary students were recently honored by the Wilmont VFW and VFW Auxiliary as winners in the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. Joining the H-BC students in the contests were students from Adrian and Worthington Christian Schools. Patriot’s Pen are entries from students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. This year’s essay theme is “My Pledge to Our…
- December 13, 2022Hardwick Santa Day featured a variety of experiences Saturday afternoon at the local community center including ornament making, cookie frosting, pictures with Santa and a more unusual Christmas tradition of a visit from Zoo Man aka Brent Mielke. Mielke from Sleepy Eye returned to Santa Day, this time with a rescued snapping turtle named Emily, Baby the red-footed tortoise and Razor, a royal…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 05, 2022A Dec. 1 ribbon-cutting celebrated new office space for Cleveringa Construction on South Highway 75 in Luverne, but the company families are celebrating a great deal more than that as the year comes to a close. Merlin Cleveringa announced that he’s semi-retiring in January and his two longtime employees, Adam Uithoven and Derek Sandbulte, are buying the business. “I can’t say enough good about…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 05, 2022Luverne’s Winterfest celebration over the weekend featured all the classic holiday activities, plus several new ones. The Friday morning Puppet Show Story Hour at the Rock County Library started the weekend Friday morning. The Historic Hinkly House was open to the public Friday and Saturday (see page 5), and the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church featured more than 250 nativity sets in the…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 05, 2022New Vision Co-Op intends to build a warehouse next spring in another expansion plan at its Magnolia feed mill. Rock County commissioners agreed in a 4-1 vote to abate property taxes for new 62-by-352-foot warehouse during a Nov. 8 public hearing. No one from the public commented at the hearing or in writing. The amount of abated taxes over the 10-year period will total $83,841. Commissioner Stan…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 05, 2022Due to the poor treatment of her staff leading up to this year’s Nov. 8 general election, Rock County Auditor Ashley Kurtz is asking mail ballot precincts to return to in-person voting. For months, Kurtz’s office fielded anonymous calls, and on Friday, Dec. 2, she addressed township supervisors at their annual association meeting. “My staff was in tears about the way they were treated,” Kurtz…
- December 05, 2022WCCO reporters were in Luverne Tuesday afternoon to interview Betty Mann at the Rock County History Center. They were interested in the fact that there are more nutcrackers in Luverne than there are people. (Luverne’s latest census in 2020 fell just short of 5,000.) The filming crew focused on both the nutcracker collection — now at more than 5,000, and also the community’s unique draws. For…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 05, 2022Cleveringa Construction and Real Estate Retrievers celebrated the opening of the new office complex in the former Luverne Farm Store/True Value building on South Highway 75 in Luverne. Cleveringa Construction did the remodeling work when Real Estate Retrievers bought the property and decided to lease the extra office space that was for rent on the south side. “It’s been a good move, because the…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 05, 2022The city of Hills received a $120,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The money will further the city’s project to convert a former commercial building into a facility that houses three independent family child care businesses. Hills was one of 17 communities who split $2.5 million to increase the supply of quality child care providers to support…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 05, 2022Carolyn Diedrich of Luverne took top honors at the inaugural Flannel Fest chili cook-off Saturday at the Big Top Tents & Events. Diedrich bested six other competitors in the fundraiser for the Luverne Hockey Association. “The whole day was a great turnout,” said Amber Lais with the Luverne Area Chamber. “Some things weren’t well attended, but overall it was a good day.” The most attended…
- December 05, 2022Luverne Elementary School’s 506 kindergarten through fifth-grade students enjoyed their annual Respect Lunch Friday when kitchen staff prepared a sit-down meal of mashed potatoes, corn and ham, with sugar cookies decorated as Christmas trees for dessert. Students dressed up for the occasion and invited adult parents or guests to join them at the tables. They practiced passing the meal items to…
- December 05, 2022The Winterfest puppet show and the in-person visit by Santa Claus returned, after a two-year hiatus, to the Rock County Library Friday morning in the library basement. Children’s librarian Bronwyn Wenzel explained that the puppet show called “What?! Santa Retires?!” needed to be recorded “because the puppets went on vacation.”
- December 05, 2022With the arrival of winter come warnings to avoid using too much of a good thing to maintain snowy roadways, sidewalks and parking lots. Salt – often used to de-ice our paved surfaces – is commonly over-applied, sending too much chloride into our waterways and wreaking havoc for fish and other wildlife. Minnesotans can do their part this winter with a “less is better” strategy for salting…
- December 04, 2022The search for a missing person over the weekend ended sadly Monday when the Rock County Sheriff’s Office announced that the man had been found, but that he’d died near his pickup that was in the ditch near Hardwick. The search for 39-year-old Jason Remme, Luverne, began Saturday morning after his family reported to the Sheriff’s Office that he hadn’t been seen since Friday around 7 p.m. An “…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 29, 2022A plan to reprint his grandfather’s book of sermons turned into an 18-month project for Dan LaRock, who will introduce the book in Hills next week. “I believe my grandfather, as a Methodist minister, would have loved to see his words come forward to a new generation, and, Lord willing, to even more people than the original work was able to reach,” LaRock said. An open house book launch for “…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 29, 2022A holiday-decorated Ellis and Eastern train engine arrived at the Luverne depot at 4:30 p.m. Sunday with lighted Christmas trees and Santa and Mrs. Claus. Hundreds of children shared their Christmas wish lists with the jolly couple before exploring the train and enjoying hot cocoa and frosted cookies, courtesy of the Ellis and Eastern Company, which operates the short line railroad between…
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