U.S. senators celebrate Luverne child care center
U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith stopped in Luverne Wednesday, April 16, to celebrate the completion for the Kids Rock!
Conditions 'ideal' for spring planting
Area corn and soybean growers started planting in earnest over the previous week as soil temperatures and planting conditions improved markedly after mid-April.
Century-old time capsule found in Hills demolition
A time capsule was discovered April 15 during the last stages of the former Hills High School demolition.
Variance granted for Highway 75 property
The Luverne Board of Appeals and Adjustments granted a variance request for the former Vinnie’s property on South Highway 75.
Work continues on armory building
Inmates with Rock Nobles Community Corrections have been working on the former Luverne Armory to get interior rooms ready for county office space later this year.
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- By Mavis FodnessApril 25, 2016Recent property sales in Beaver Creek prompted local assessors to increase market values. However, the increase wasn’t as much as necessary to meet state requirements. Tom Houselog, Rock County Land Records director, explained the increase in market values to Beaver Creek City Council members at their annual board of appeals and equalization meeting Wednesday evening, April 20. Beaver Creek had…
- By Lori SorensonApril 25, 2016Saving a life could be as simple as a text message. A team of local professionals is working to get the message out about TXT4Life, a suicide prevention resource that uses texting as a way for those in crisis to seek help anonymously. Because youth are most at risk for suicide (the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds), it’s designed to respond to their most-used method of…
- April 25, 2016The first bison calf has been born at Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne in southwestern Minnesota, and up to 25 more are expected, according to Park Manager Chris Ingebretsen. “This is an exciting time to visit the park,” Ingebretsen said. “New calves will continue to be born into early June, when our herd size will reach about 100 animals.” Each newborn calf weighs 40 to 50 pounds and is able…
- April 25, 2016The artwork of 17-year-old Brandon Sprock, son of Luverne High School graduate Sara (Schomacker) Sprock, is on display at the Museum of Visual Materials, Sioux Falls, through April 30. In December the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota put out a call for art to be created by students across the state of South Dakota. Sprock, a student at LifeScape Specialty School in Sioux Falls and…
- By Lori SorensonApril 19, 2016Glen Gust’s grocery career began when he was a child. “I started delivering bread with the bread man when I was 7, and I delivered milk with the milk man when I was 12,” Gust recalled. “I made $4 a week — $1 per day — in the summers.” As a high school student in Canby he worked for the local grocery store, and after he graduated in 1966, he worked at Sullivan’s SuperValu in St. Cloud where he…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016A Luverne High School junior has become the 12th student in school history to claim a state speech title. Knute Oldre, son of Kyle and Sara Oldre, Luverne, placed first in Discussion at Friday’s State Speech Tournament in Lakeville. Discussion is the category in which Luverne students have won nine out of the school’s 12 state individual titles. Four other Luverne students competed with Oldre at…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016A unique four-person theatrical performance last week in St. Catherine Church illustrated the topic of forced labor and commercial sex in Minnesota. A panel discussion afterward offered ways community residents could end the modern-day slavery. More than 50 people attended the public performance of “Bottom,” by Twin Cities’ Blank Slate Theatre on Thursday, April 14, in Luverne. Director Adam…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016Luverne Middle School students have spent the school year being challenged by their peers to make a difference. The effort stems from the student council’s attendance at the WE Day Minnesota conference in early November. Becky Rahm, the middle school student council adviser, said the daylong event encouraged and empowered students to return to their communities and lead events that could make a…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 19, 2016A handful of local war veterans boarded a bus recently and received an up-close look at World War II memorabilia, courtesy of a road trip organized by three Luverne siblings. Jeff, Brad and Troy Ahrendt fulfilled a wish of their father’s to tour the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite Falls. But instead of touring the museum with only family members, the brothers invited other local…
- April 19, 2016Shopko Foundation’s Community Charitable Giving Grant Program recently donated $500 to the Luverne Music Boosters in support of the Winter Carnival. Pictured are (from left) Ryleigh Beers, Paula Jelken, Music Boosters President Jim Jelken, Shopko Manager Linda Lynch, Freddi Stroeh and Kat Siebert. The Shopko grant program supports charitable non-profit organizations through limited funding of…
- April 19, 2016Members of the Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter traveled to South Dakota State University in Brookings to participate in the Region 6 FFA Contests April 8. The General Livestock team was the only team to place high enough to participate in the upcoming State FFA Convention contests. The team placed third out of 18 teams. Individually Tommy Norman placed fourth, Tanner Baustian placed seventh and Payton…
- April 11, 2016
- By Mavis FodnessApril 11, 2016Future land use permits in Rock County may include agreements to repair township roads, according to recent discussions by county commissioners. Six conditional use permits were on the agenda at their April 5 meeting. All six had been recommended for approval by the county’s planning and zoning commission. County commissioners give final approval on all conditional use permits coming through the…
- By Lori SorensonApril 11, 2016Spring Loaded, Luverne's home, health and living show, is set for this weekend, and Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere said the lineup of attractions this year is fresh and creative. Among the seminars Saturday at the Palace Theatre will be Nate Golla of the Luverne Farm Store with his presentation, "Learn to Reseed Problem Areas in Your Yard." Lanphere said her husband, Larry…
- By Lori SorensonApril 11, 2016Heavy dirt-moving equipment moved in next to Luverne Elementary School to begin Phase 1 of the Luverne Loop hiking and biking trail. The Loop, estimated to cost $2 million once complete, will be developed in four phases over a five-year time period. Phase 1 is 1.5 miles from the Blue Mound Trail on the north edge of town to the Veterans Memorial Pond west across Highway 75 through Tonto Park to…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 11, 2016Rock County’s portion of the $14 million broadband Internet service project was paid in full Wednesday, April 6, at the start of a pre-construction meeting. Rock County Board Chairman Jody Reisch presented Alliance Communications General Manager Ross Petrick the check for $1 million, as the formal agreement was signed. Alliance Communications, based out of Garretson, South Dakota, is providing…
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