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  • By Lori Sorenson
    March 26, 2019
    A small group of girls made a large delivery to the Luverne Fire Department Monday night at the fire hall. As part of their “Donation of Caring” project this year, the Girl Scouts in kindergarten through first grade accepted cookie donations — 37 boxes in all — from their customers for “local heroes.” They delivered Girl Scout cookies in all eight flavors to the Luverne Fire Department and also…
  • March 26, 2019
    Luverne Community Education annual summer recreation fundraiser recently received a $250 check from the Shopko Hometown Foundation. Luverne Shopko Hometown store manager Teresa Kinsinger (front, left) presented community education director Karen Willers with the check. Also pictured are employees (back) Jen Mulder, Noah Meyer, Bev Hoogland, DJ Luethje and LaNore Severtson. Shopko also presented $…
  • March 26, 2019
    At this time of year livestock producers may be looking at full manure storage and want to get an early jump on application for the coming growing season. Patience can pay off in the form of manure nutrient conservation. After all, the goal of manure application is to place valuable nutrients on the soil where they are needed and to keep them there. A large part of this equation is timing. The…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    March 19, 2019
    Raging floodwaters that closed roads and damaged property last week quieted down over the weekend, and several dry days and freezing overnights have slowed the spring thaw. But area residents and emergency officials are bracing for the next round with a warmer forecast and hydrology warnings for the Rock River and Split Rock Creek in Rock County. As of Tuesday morning, the National Weather…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    March 19, 2019
    Business partners and friends Vicki Altena and Manda Steensma have poured their hearts into WildFlowers Coffee Boutique in downtown Luverne. “Between remodeling the building, working as baristas and managing part-time employees, it has been a joyful adventure,” Altena said. They announced last week that they’re selling the business, but will remain open as usual until the right buyer is found.…
  • March 19, 2019
  • By Mavis Fodness
    March 19, 2019
    Rock County residents need to wait an extra month for their annual property evaluation and classification notices to arrive in the mail. “It’s a combination of a perfect storm,” said Land Records Director Tom Houselog. A March 6 letter to township and city officials explained the reasons for the delay and to reschedule the individual Board of Appeal and Equalization meetings. Instead of April,…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    March 19, 2019
    For Luverne High School spring play director Shawn Kinsinger, the choice for this year’s production is a compromise between students. “Last fall I asked the kids what they wanted to do; half the kids wanted to do a musical and half wanted to do something different, but well-known,” he said. “Larceny and Old Lace,” by Van Vandagriff is a spoof of the well-known theater production, “Arsenic and Old…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    March 19, 2019
    Three Luverne High School seniors continue to shine the spotlight on local poverty issues. Mikayla Wiederhoeft, Courtney Wendland and Adriana Gonzalez are collecting good clean socks for distribution locally. “Socks for Souls” aims to collect 100 pairs. “We found out that socks are the most demanded thing for the homeless,” Gonzalez said. “Even if the people who need socks aren’t homeless, we are…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    March 19, 2019
    Shopko Hometown in Luverne will close its doors by June. Local store employees were informed Monday of the closure affecting all Shopko stores nationwide. “This is not the outcome we had hoped for when we started our restructuring efforts,” said CEO Russ Steinhorst, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Hometown Shopko retail stores were owned by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. Financial struggles prompted…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    March 19, 2019
    Weather in 2018 adversely affected productivity from Rock County’s four wind farms. Based on production tax numbers released in late February, Rock County will collect $754,440 in production tax revenue, the lowest amount collected since 2012. Last year, the county received $825,431 from 2017 production numbers. The highest amount collected, $896,429, came from 2014 production. Wind farms in Rock…
  • March 19, 2019
    Volunteer-led Friends of Blue Mounds State Park will implement a habitat restoration project at Blue Mounds State Park with support from the Minnesota DNR and funds issued by Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota. The project will include volunteer opportunities for community members at events throughout the fall months. Friends of Blue Mounds State Park is one of seven groups selected to…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    March 19, 2019
    Luverne City Council members approved a resolution at their March 12 meeting to support local efforts toward a complete count in the 2020 census. The city of Luverne established a Complete Count Committee (CCC) earlier this year to support the 2020 U.S. Census efforts. The committee’s goals are to: •increase response rates in the city of Luverne. •promote and educate community members of the…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    March 19, 2019
    Community members are encouraged to attend next week’s planning meeting for a plaza in downtown Luverne. It’s at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, in Grand Prairie Events where refreshments will be served. Luverne Initiatives for Tomorrow (L.I.F.T.), Luverne Area Chamber, along with other community organizations and businesses are partnering to gather citizen feedback and ideas. They’re working with…
  • March 19, 2019
    As disability service providers in Minnesota continue to address significant challenges in staff recruitment and retention, they joined with individuals they support for a rally at the Capitol Rotunda in St. Paul March 12. Their top concern is the push for a “competitive workforce factor” to address the shortage of direct support professionals (DSPs) serving people with disabilities.  This adds a…
  • March 19, 2019
    Three Rock County 4-H’ers were among 52 youth across the region who attended the daylong Southwest BLU leadership retreat March 2 at Southwest State University in Marshall. Janica Oechsle and Emma Deutsch attended as participants while Josie Scholten, a Minnesota State 4-H Ambassador, assisted with leading the retreat. BLU — Building Leadership and Understanding — encouraged youth to make and…
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