Locals travel to path of totality to view 2024 eclipse
The highly anticipated 2024 total eclipse of the sun occurred Monday, April 8, across North America, and several groups of Rock County residents traveled to experience the once-in-a-lifetime ev
Student perform 'Legally Blonde The Musical'
When the LHS production of “Legally Blonde, the Musical” opens next week for six evening performances, audiences will be surprised at what they see.
Roeman retires from 38-plus years with county FSA
Stacey Roemen celebrated her retirement from 38 years with the Rock County Farm Service Agency Saturday night at Take 16, which was crowded with family, friends and well-wishers.
Thone wins spelling bee C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S-H-I-P
Twenty-three of the best spellers in southwest Minnesota participated Saturday morning in the 2024 SW MN Spelling Bee hosted at the Luverne Middle School.
History Center to host April 18 celebration
The Rock County History Center’s construction project is complete, and staff and volunteers are hosting a celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
Palisade Lutheran Church celebrates 150 years of worship
Palisade Lutheran Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary Sunday, April 14, at the corner of Minnesota Highway 23 and 121st Street (County Road 5).
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- By Lori SorensonNovember 16, 2015The last section of 24-inch pipe was laid Wednesday, Nov. 4, for the long-awaited Lewis and Clark Regional Water System connection to Luverne. Carstensen Contracting out of Pipestone is the contractor for this portion of the project, which includes 18 miles of 24-inch pipe from the Minnesota-Iowa border. The substantial completion deadline in early December. Luverne will start taking Lewis and…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 16, 2015Four months after contract talks between representatives of the Luverne School District and the Luverne Education Association stalled, a two-year agreement was reached earlier this month. School board members unanimously approved the 2015-16 and 2016-17 contract at a Nov. 9 special meeting. The total package over the two years equates to $595,638. “Negotiations went well,” reported board member…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 16, 2015Luverne City Council members approved a payment of $443,018.94 to Duininck, Inc. for the latest round of improvements on South Highway 75. Work done this payment period includes: •removing old paint markings and applying new paint for the three-lane markings, •sodding, •mobilization, •removing old pavement and curbs and installing new curbs and driveways, •installing bridge railings, and •…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 16, 2015Ron McClure will be remembered in Rock County for his kind demeanor and compassion for humanity, especially during his years wearing a badge. McClure worked 33 years in law enforcement, 25 years in Rock County and 12 of those as sheriff in the county he grew up in. “I loved my job. I loved helping people,” McClure told the Star Herald in a Jan. 20, 2003, story about his retirement. In all those…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 16, 2015The former Family Dollar Store just off Main Street in downtown Luverne will soon be known as a special events place. Mike and Wanda Jarchow of Luverne recently purchased the 11,500-square-foot former retail and grocery store. The couple plans to remodel the building into a community events center. “We want it to be a space where the customer walks in and says, ‘This is what we want,’” Mike…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 16, 2015For more than three decades, Luverne’s high school students have boarded school buses and made the short field trip to the Maplewood Cemetery just west of town. The field trip on Monday, Nov. 2, by the ninth-grade class continues an activity begun by retired instructor Katie Hemme. “I thought, based on my own experience, that kids should be exposed to a funeral,” said Hemme, who saw lesson…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 16, 2015Amidst tears and laughter, Theresa Graff accepted the Luverne Education Association 2016 Teacher of the Year award. LEA annually honors one of its own at a celebration on the Monday of American Education Week. The local honoree will be submitted to the state for their Teacher of the Year program. Becky Rahm, the 2015 LEA Teacher of the Year, made the announcement using comments from the…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 09, 2015The Minnesota State Patrol this week unveiled its new fleet of unmarked squad cars that will assist in targeting distracted driving. In a media event in Golden Valley Monday, Col. Matt Langer of the Minnesota State Patrol shared information about the squads and their mission. He said in 2014, driver inattention contributed to 61 deaths and more than 7,000 injuries on Minnesota roads. In the last…
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- November 09, 2015Luverne Elementary School second- and third-graders presented their fall musical program, “Pirates,” Friday afternoon in the Cardinal Gym. The program, written by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson, was directed by Beth Capistran and Shirlee Gilmore. The songs included “Pirates All Are We,” “Stowaway!” “King of the High Cs” and more.
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 09, 2015Hundreds of area high school students gathered in Luverne Monday to learn more about and share their love of choral music. This is the second year for the Big South Conference Choral Festival where six of the 13 schools spent the day at Luverne High School in rehearsals with two visiting clinicians. By late afternoon, all six high school choirs (491 students) came together for the mass choir…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 09, 2015Two Rock County motorists were involved in a crash Tuesday night on County Road 4 east of Luverne. According to information from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, the crash was reported at 6:10 p.m. near the intersection of County Road 9, the landfill road. Kaemphet Xaphakdy, 52, of Magnolia was traveling west in a 2003 Mitsubishi on County Road 4 behind Doug Dooyema, 57, of Luverne, who was…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 09, 2015Gary Papik has been named this year’s Outstanding Chamber Member. He was honored at a reception Tuesday night in Sterling’s Café and Grille, downtown Luverne. “I was very surprised and it is really an honor,” Papik said about the Luverne Chamber award. “With all the great people that have been awarded this honor before me, it’s great to be mentioned along with them.” The Outstanding Chamber…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 09, 2015For the second time this year, a local business has missed a tax payment resulting in a penalty involving thousands of dollars. Gevo Inc. of Luverne submitted its second half property tax payment to the Rock County Auditor-Treasurer’s Office a day after the Oct. 15 deadline. The $209,740 payment was made on Oct. 16 and was assessed an $8,362.24 late penalty. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, a Gevo…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 09, 2015Beginning Nov. 5, court users will have the ability to electronically file and serve documents through an online portal. The move to electronic filing and service of case documents — known as eFiling and eService — is part of the Minnesota Judicial Branch’s eCourtMN initiative to replace paper-based court files. According to Court Administrator Denise Brandel, Luverne, it’s all about improving…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 09, 2015There’s a child care shortage in Luverne and Rock County, and the market is about to get tighter with pending retirements in the home day care market. That’s the message working parents and child care providers are sending to city leaders who on Monday authorized a formal study to measure the local supply and demand. “I’m told it’s been discussed off and on for years, and now it’s on again,” said…
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