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Luverne's Esther Frakes captured this photograph from the backyard of the veterans home last week. She remarked, as many others have this spring, how green the grass is and how colorful and fragrant the flowers and tree blossoms are. According to Luverne Volunteer Weather Recorder Troy Thone, the...
An 80-year-old farmhouse burned to the ground in Beaver Creek Township Wednesday night as part of a joint training exercise among several local fire departments.
Burdette and Sharon Braun built a new house on their acreage last fall and offered the old one to firefighters for training.
“It went...
Luverne High School’s Class of 2016 spent Friday morning completing community service projects. Each of the 91 seniors chose to pull weeds, paint, move materials, wash windows or scrub fire trucks.
Senior Service Day replaces the traditional Senior Skip Day in Luverne. Once the seniors finished the...
The first week in May was National Teacher Appreciation Week, but for teachers in Luverne their work with the district’s 1,192 students has been appreciated all year long through the two simple words, “Be Great.”
Superintendent Craig Oftedahl started as head of the district in July and challenged...
A final touch in the library’s recent renovation project is a hand-painted mural designed and painted by Savage artist Greg Preslicka.
When completed, the south and west walls of the library’s main floor will have colorful prairie flowers and bison images reflecting Rock County’s natural habitat....
Luverne High School FFA students hosted a Farm Safety Day Camp Wednesday, May 4, in the north parking lot of the school campus.
There were a dozen different stations illustrating to fourth-grade students the operations and potential hazards of farm machinery and equipment.
FFA adviser Dennis Moritz...
A Luverne woman reported her car stolen at 8 a.m. Sunday, and by 10:30 a.m. it was located in Sioux City, Iowa.
According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, Mandy (Schneekloth) Koenig called the Sheriff’s Office to report that her black 2006 Chrysler Pacifica had been stolen.
She said it had been...
A teacher has filed a grievance against Luverne Public Schools over how earned graduate credits were applied to the district’s salary schedule.
According to Superintendent Craig Oftedahl, the grievance was filed in October and an arbitration hearing took place April 27.
As a result of the daylong...
Rock County’s Judicial Ditch No. 2 will be repaired and improved as the result of action taken May 3 by the Rock County Commissioners.
The $45,000 estimated repair cost will be assessed to property owners who have benefited from the drainage system since the early 1900s.
Judicial Ditch No. 2 is...
It’s a perfect example of why the city of Luverne invests resources in removing blighted structures and improving properties for future development.
That’s how Holly Sammons described the sale of a lot at 117 N. Kniss to a new computer sales and service business.
“This property was purchased a year...