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It could hardly be called official business, but Gov. Mark Dayton had coffee with some of Luverne’s most in-the-know ladies during his March 30 visit to southwest Minnesota.
The Tuesday Morning Coffee Group met with the governor at the Blue Mound Ice Arena where he toured the facility at the...
For several months the new History Center downtown Luverne has been shrouded in plastic while work continues inside to convert the 100-year-old Herman Motor building into the Historical Society’s new home.
In the past week, the plastic came off and massive custom windowpanes were placed in the...
Sanford Luverne’s Hospice Cottage on North Oakley Street provides a homelike setting for terminally ill persons who need round-the-clock care.
Central to the care at the four-bedroom cottage are the hospice workers who involve the family members in patients’ care.
One hospice worker — Brigitte...
On Monday workers from River City Electric Inc. of Mankato began assembling the poles necessary for a rapid rectangular flashing beacon (RRFB) pedestrian crossing across the highway at the corner of Dodge Street and U.S. Highway 75. The workers also placed a RRFB crossing at the corner of Barck...
It was a deadly week on southwest Minnesota roadways with two fatal crashes involving Rock County residents.
Luverne’s Chad H. Carlson, 39, died in a motorcycle crash north of Luverne Sunday afternoon, April 3, and 34-year-old Aaron Conklin of Magnolia was killed in a Nobles County crash Thursday,...
Six years after graduating from Luverne High School, Caitlin Miller returned last week to inspire current middle and high school students.
Principal Ryan Johnson introduced Miller at the morning session with students in grades 6 through 8 and the afternoon session to ninth- through 12th-grade...
Seven people spearheaded the successful fundraising efforts to purchase the former Jasper High School, and last week they signed papers for their group called Reclaim Community to become a limited liability organization.
Elicia Kortus, Ryan Reker, Terry Skyberg, Jason Madtson, Randy Larson, Kristie...
As part of his Water Quality Forum in Edgerton March 30, Gov. Mark Dayton stopped in Luverne later that day to congratulate local officials on the Lewis Clark Regional Water System.
“I’m very, very proud of that,” said Dayton, who put $41 million state bonding support toward Lewis and Clark. “It’s...
Concerns over replacing teachers within Luverne Public School District were relieved when more than 25 applied for three open positions after only a few weeks of advertising.
Superintendent Craig Oftedahl updated School Board members on the positive responses at their rescheduled meeting Tuesday,...
A Luverne woman was arrested last week on felony charges after she was found in her neighbor’s house allegedly going through personal items.
According to the criminal complaint filed Friday in Rock County District Court, Robyn Denise Hemme, 53, faces first-degree burglary charges.
The complaint...