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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- By Lori SorensonSeptember 26, 2016When a livestock carrier is involved in an accident, cattle and pigs are often among the victims — and they can also cause additional crashes if they wander from the scene. Emergency responders are trained to help humans at a crash scene, and there’s often confusion about how to handle the affected livestock. A Bovine Emergency Response Plan and Training in Luverne Wednesday, Oct. 5, will offer…
- September 26, 2016Dave Niessink and his crew remove shakes and faux brink at the Quality Printing building on West Main Street Thursday, Oct. 22. The work is part of Luverne's Historic Facade Improvement Program, which provides grants and loans to downtown businesses to improve their store fronts in a uniform fashion. Workers had to remove the old store front in order to wee which products to order.
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 26, 2016Nine Rock County 4-H’ers qualified for the Minnesota State 4-H Horse Show Sept. 16-19 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. They were among 725 4-H’ers at 82 county fairs to earn state trips to compete in performance and game riding classes along with the events of horse judging, speech, demonstration, hippology, speech, horseless horse and horse-related events. Seven of the local 4-H’…
- September 26, 2016Luverne High School Homecoming king and queen candidates for 2016 are (front, from left) Layne Curtis, Logan Stratton, Soloman Nielsen, Chris Jelken, Dylan Thorson, (back) Itzel Soto Guerrero, Ashton Krueger, Bergin Flom, Madison Crabtree and Mariah Aukes. Coronation activities are Tuesday night and the Cardinals will take on St. James for the Homecoming football game Friday night.
- September 26, 2016Adrian High School crowned its 2016 Homecoming king and queen during coronation ceremonies Monday night at Adrian High School. Pictured above are (front, from left) queen candidates Katie Reisdorfer and Brittney Loonan, pages Hayden Van Ede and Bryson Kunkel, queen candidates MiKayla Jeffers and Ashley Schnoor, (back) king candidates Alex Loosbrock and Dylan Gyberg, Homecoming king and queen…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 19, 2016An all-day deluge flooded basements and overfilled ponds and streams Thursday, Sept. 15, and Luverne appears to have borne the brunt of the slow-moving system. By midday, gauges in Luverne had measured more than 3 inches of water, and the rain kept coming — in heavy, pounding sheets throughout the afternoon. Storm sewers had trouble getting rid of water, and traffic on South Highway 75 sent…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 19, 2016Leading Saturday’s parade for the 66th annual Tri-State Band Festival will be a former Luverne couple who has been instrumental in keeping the local event going for more than five decades. Tom and Lola Haugen will preside over the bands from Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa descending on Luverne for the morning parade and afternoon field competitions. The honor is one of many that the Haugens…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 19, 2016Dave Halverson and his attorney, Nick Maxwell, asked Luverne City Council members at their Sept. 13 meeting to delay action on the condemned Sharkee’s property. The city is in the process of acquiring the lot on South Highway 75 through eminent domain, and Tuesday’s agenda included another step toward that end. Halverson wasn’t on the agenda, but the council granted his attorney five minutes to…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 19, 2016The 2016 Rock Area Kids Against Hunger Food Packing Event will be from 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, through 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in the Luverne High School gym. Students from four area school districts, community members, faith community members, leaders, businesses and others will pack food for the local food banks and for people around the world. “Our goal is to collect more than our $26,000…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 19, 2016For an hour on Monday moms of football players can learn about the gridiron game and put their fears to rest while their child safely plays the popular Friday night game. Luverne’s Mike Cox teaches “Football 101 for Moms” through Luverne Community Education from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday in the CE802 classroom. “Football looks like a mumble, jumble mess unless you know what you’re looking for,” he said…
- September 19, 2016Luverne’s Main Street comes to life Tuesday morning as the sun rises in the east to start another mild, late summer day that promised temperatures near 80 degrees. Fall officially begins Thursday, Sept. 22, and the forecast for those first autumn days calls for a marked change of climate to cooler and potentially wetter weather.
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 19, 2016According to the National Alliance for Mental Illness, one in five people experience some form of mental illness in a year. It may be depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress syndrome, substance abuse disorder or something more involved. And encountering someone in mental or emotional crisis is more likely than responding to someone having a heart attack. Since it requires a different first aid…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 19, 2016The tax levy in Luverne may increase by 5.13 percent, according to action at the Tuesday, Sept. 13, City Council meeting. As required by law, the city of Luverne set its proposed 2016 tax levy (payable in 2017) at the meeting; the levy can be lowered at a later date but not increased. The City Council reviewed the five-year capital improvement plan at the July 19 meeting and the proposed 2016…
- September 19, 2016The Luverne Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the winners of the August 2016 Prairie Photo Contest. “Country Sunrise,” by Caryn Harrington of Adrian, and “Touch the Sky Night Lights,” by Thomas Jungroth of Crystal, were named the August winners according to a judging panel comprised of board members on the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Winners earn $50 and their images are made into…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 19, 2016Seven years after submitting an application to renew its demolition landfill permit, Rock County is on the final steps of completing that process. On Sept. 7 the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency opened the comment period with a “Public Notice of Intent to Reissue” letter. Interested individuals can submit comments on the draft permit for Rock County until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6. The 17-page…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 19, 2016It’s healthy for children to be involved in activities, but not all families can afford them. That’s why the Luverne Child Guide Program is accepting donations for a scholarship program to help all young people have the same access to educational and developmental outcomes. “The program helps children get exposure above and beyond what a family can do financially,” said Child Guide Lisa Dinger.…
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