Guilty plea entered in vehicular homicide case
Twenty-three-year-old Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, entered a guilty plea Monday morning in Rock County District Court to the charge of criminal vehicular homicide.
Murder case proceedings on hold
Legal proceedings for Luverne murder suspect Melvin Frazier are suspended following a Rule 20 motion that was granted in Rock County District Court Monday.
Administrator announces retirement
After 33 years on the job, Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre officially submitted his notice of retirement during the Aug. 18 county board meeting.
Oldre’s final day of service will be Feb. 28, 2027.
Charter amendment measure advances
Luverne voters will be asked in the Nov. 3 general election if they support an amendment to change their city’s government charter.
Peterson wins election for county commissioner
Rick Peterson won the special election for Rock County’s District 3 and is set to join the county board of commissioners early next week.
PowerOn Midwest narrows routes
PowerOn Midwest has narrowed its preferred route for a proposed high-voltage transmission project, and one of its choices would cut through Rock County within one mile of the Blue Mounds State
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- May 28, 2019After proudly caring for more than 841 Minnesota veterans and their families since opening in 1994, the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne is recognizing its 25th anniversary with a community celebration on Friday, June 7. The public is invited as current and former staff, volunteers, resident veterans, families and friends of the Veterans Home gather to reflect on a quarter century of caring for…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019The 35th Annual Buffalo Days celebration is set for this weekend in Luverne where a full slate of events and activities are set to unfold Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2. “It’s a good start to the summer,” said Luverne Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere. In addition to the Friday night Cruise-In, Saturday parade and Arts in the Park and Sunday Tales from the Graves, the weekend is…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2019The Luverne Economic Development Authority signed a development agreement Monday with Four Way Properties on two lots in the city’s industrial park. The lots are adjacent to Patrick Swyter’s existing property where he operates Four Way Insulation at 903 S. Walnut Ave. According to the agreement, Swyter is paying $25,000 total for the combined lots, which are fully developed with water and sewer…
- By Glenda McGaffeeMay 28, 2019On Friday, May 24, the 54th Hills-Beaver Creek High School commencement ceremonies were conducted for 20 graduates. The graduation student address was given by valedictorian Josie Scholten and Bailey Swan. Garrett Raymon was salutatorian. Class colors were white and royal blue; the flower was a red rose; and the class motto was, “We will be heard, we will be seen, we are the class of twenty-…
- May 28, 2019Forty-seven students received their Adrian High School diplomas Friday night, May 24, in the high school gymnasium.
- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystMay 28, 2019Farm operators in many portions of the Midwest, including parts of southern Minnesota, northern Iowa, and eastern South Dakota will likely not be able to plant a portion of their 2019 corn and soybeans crops by the crop insurance “final planting dates” for their area. Those farmers have been evaluating their crop insurance coverage for prevented planting payments, as compared to the yield and…
- May 21, 2019In the April 30 poverty simulation at Grand Prairie Events, Luverne High School student Alyssa Nattress was assigned the role of a 9-year-old whose mother was in prison and her father wasn’t in the picture. She and her 7-year-old brother lived with their disabled grandpa and their grandma who worked full time and couldn’t tend to them much because of her work hours. Nattress described the…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019As each Memorial Day and Veterans Day approaches, local sandblaster Vance Walgrave is busy etching names onto pavers for veteran memorials throughout southwest Minnesota. In Luverne, however, the pavers are engraved on-site at the Rock County Veterans Memorial. Walgrave, owner of Those Blasted Things, brought his equipment to the courthouse grounds Thursday, May 16, to etch a paver that joins…
- By Lori SorensonMay 21, 2019There’s still no location or funding for a downtown plaza, but a final concept drawing was presented Monday night to about 50 people at Grand Prairie Events. Plaza Committee Chairman Dave Haugom called the meeting a “big reveal” of work done to this point. “This plan takes all the ideas from our previous meetings and it’s all rolled out tonight,” he said. “The three main concepts that we had…
- By Lori SorensonMay 21, 2019Sanford Luverne’s new ambulance garage is ready for use, and a Saturday morning open house gave community members a glimpse inside their local emergency services. One of the first people there was Luverne’s Gene Cragoe, who last week observed what he calls the fifth anniversary of his second birthday. “Five years ago I almost died, and these guys brought me back,” he said. Cragoe suffered a…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019Fifteen high school students displayed the results of a new yearlong program intended to prepare enterprising young people for careers in the business community. Southwest Minnesota Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities began in the fall of 2018 as a cooperative vocational education option for up to 22 students in Luverne, Ellsworth, Edgerton, Adrian, Hills-Beaver Creek and Pipestone school…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019After months of rain, snow and gray skies, the Luverne Area Chamber organized a “Bike, Walk, Ride” event for Thursday, May 16, on The Loop bike trail with a fundraiser pork loin sandwich meal at The Lake. The event was deemed a success when rain showers stayed away. According to chamber director Jane Lanphere, local businesses and organizations teamed up to host the fun event and fundraiser for…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019Luverne High School band instructor Richard Owen gave his jazz band students a little extra lesson May 15. Three days before the district closed for the summer, Owen and his students set up a launch pad on the west side of the school campus. About a dozen rockets of varying sizes were constructed by the students or assembled from kits and were ready for their maiden flights. For several weeks the…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019In the coming weeks city and township officials will decide whether or not to join the newly formed Rock County Economic Development Authority. A 14-member committee of county commissioners studied the pros and cons of forming a countywide EDA for two months before recommending the new board. Robin Weis with the Southwest Regional Development Commission outlined the committee’s findings at the…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019Luverne Public Schools wrapped up the 2018-19 school year Friday, and by Monday teachers, paraprofessionals and custodial staff had removed classroom items from the middle-high school’s west wing, choir and band rooms. The district received permission from the state to begin classes before Labor Day last year and extend the school day an extra 30 minutes for an early dismissal this spring.…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2019Emergency repairs will be made to the bridge along County Road 1 in southeast Rock County. Ice flow this spring damaged the bridge’s wood pilings, allowing a three-inch sag to develop on the bridge deck. Repairs are estimated at $52,500. Since state officials deemed the repairs as an emergency, the county is able to tap into the Federal Highway Emergency Fund to pay for the completed work.…
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