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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Eleven Rock County 4-H’ers in grades kindergarten through high school shared their communication talents Feb. 28 at the annual 4-H Communication Arts Contest in Luverne.
Members participated in photojournalism, creative writing, interpretive reading and photojournalism.
Contest goals included...
Good Samaritan Society Luverne was deficiency free in 2018, according to Providigm, a company that specializes in quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) in health care.
It recently recognized the Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne with its Embracing Quality Award, which is given to...