Luverne celebrates St. Patrick’s Day
Dozens of people joined Monday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Luverne on Main Street where crowds also wore green to enjoy the festive parade entries.
Church gets downtown storefront
The Blue Mounds Baptist Church will lease space in the former Dragonfly building on East Main Street starting April 1.
Hills man seeks local support for cannabis business
Hills cabinet shop owner Dennis Hartman and his son, Tim Hartman, want to operate a cannabis retail business in southwestern Rock County.
Wind tax revenue exceeds $1 million in Rock County for 2025
For the second year in a row, wind energy production taxes will exceed $1 million in Rock County.
The five wind production farms will pay $1.062 million in 2025, about a $1,000 less than last year.
Courthouse remodel continues
Remodeling at the Rock County Courthouse moved into new phases as work on previous floors has come to a standstill.
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By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025The last of three City of Hardwick-owned lots were sold Feb. 11 just as the city conducted a public hearing to change the lots’ zoning classification. Five people attended the hearing with no one commenting on the zoning classification change. Council members unanimously approved changing the rural service district classification to one residential parcel and two commercial parcels. Hardwick’s…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 19, 2025Hills City Council members discussed possible improvements to the Hills Rez Park during their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11. Council member Dusty Seachris shared information about a DNR grant that could support funding to dredge the rez and make improvements to the adjacent creek and catch pond that could improve water quality in the long term. “We just started coming up with things we…- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025Rock County will rejoin the Buffalo Ridge Drug and Violent Crime Task Force after pulling out of the organization more than a decade ago. Commissioners agreed Feb. 4 to rejoin with a 2025 payment of $43,668. Rock County joins member counties Pipestone, Murray and Lincoln and cities of Slayton and Fulda. The payment is based on Rock County’s population of 9,704. March 1 is the official start…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 19, 2025Beaver Creek City Council members heard from a medical marijuana dispensary owner during their meeting Wednesday night, Feb. 12. Ben Nesselhuf, North Sioux City, requested time on the council agenda to discuss a municipal-owned cannabis dispensary in Beaver Creek. He shared with council members a sample contract where the city would get a municipal license and contract with Nesselhuf to operate…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 19, 2025The city of Luverne no longer burns piles at the tree dump south of town. Instead, branches and other untreated wood waste are ground into wood chips that get sold for other uses. They’re used for animal bedding in area feedlots, turned into landscape mulch, and used as boiler fuel for wood-burning heat systems. Mueller Pallets, Tea, South Dakota, services community tree dumps in the tri-…- February 19, 2025The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs received a donation of $80,000 from the Department of Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Charles McLaughlin Post 906 in Hutchinson. This is the third year in a row that Post 906 provided a donation of this level to our eight state veterans homes located in Bemidji, Fergus Falls, Hastings, Luverne, Minneapolis, Montevideo, Preston and Silver Bay…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025The Hills and Luverne volunteer fire departments were recalled to a hog barn in Clinton Township Friday afternoon, Feb. 14. A caller to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office at 1:50 p.m. indicated a fire had reignited at a barn at 1153 41st Street northeast of Steen and that someone was unaccounted for and possibly still inside the barn. Fortunately everyone was out of the barn and accounted for…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025Three Luverne sixth-graders were honored by the Luverne Rotary Club for their essay entries in the organization’s Four-Way Test for inspiration. Clara Sandager, Logan Kempema and Hanna Hess earned the first- through third-place cash prizes respectively for their essays. Sandager, who won the top prize of $75, will represent Luverne in the upcoming District 5610 essay contest. All the students…- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025Luverne speech team members joined 18 high schools and 275 students at the Marshall Speech Spectacular Saturday at Marshall High School. The event offered both novice (ninth grade and younger or anyone new to speech) and varsity competition. Each category offered students who finished three rounds in seventh through 12th places a chance to compete in the “next in” round against one another for…
- February 19, 2025Rock County Pheasants Forever board members Darin Kindt and Matt Sorenson were recently honored at the state Pheasants Forever convention in Willmar. Kindt, Rock County Pheasants Forever chapter president, received the Longspur Society recognition, and Sorenson, Rock County Pheasants Forever longtime chapter treasurer, received the Dedication Award. The Longspur award is given to longtime…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted two conference games this past week, falling 75-62 to Jackson County Central Tuesday, Feb. 11, and beating Worthington 91-73 Thursday, Feb. 13. The Cardinals will host Minneota Thursday, Feb. 20, in their last regular-season game of the year. JCC 75, LHS 62 Luverne fell 75-62 to Jackson County Central at home Tuesday, Feb. 11. Trailing 36-24 at the…- February 19, 2025Though most hunting seasons are more than seven months away, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages anyone who plans to take a firearms safety class to sign up now. Firearms safety certification is required of anyone born after Dec. 31, 1979, to purchase a hunting license in Minnesota. It’s recommended for anyone who hunts, even if by law they don’t need to be certified. People…
- February 19, 2025Minnesota taxpayers could begin filing their state income tax returns Jan. 27, the same date the Internal Revenue Service began accepting federal income tax returns. Taxpayers have until Tuesday, April 15, to file individual income tax returns and pay their state and federal income taxes. The Minnesota Department of Revenue offers tips to income tax filers as they prepare to file their tax…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 12, 2025More than 600 heart-shaped cookies were baked, iced and packaged at B’s Bakehouse in Luverne over the past week in time to distribute Thursday for Friday’s Valentine’s Day holiday. The project was a fundraiser for the local non-profit Luv1LuvAll group, and it was organized through the Luverne Area Chamber. Community members were encouraged to order the large heart-shaped cookies for $5 apiece…- By Lori SorensonFebruary 12, 2025Organizers of the local Get Hooked Fishing Derby announced this week that plans are moving forward for the Feb. 22 event on The Lake in Luverne. A stretch of mild January weather and open water on The Lake prompted officials to put a hold on the 2025 tournament. However, colder temperatures in the last couple of weeks have frozen The Lake’s ice to nearly 10 inches thick. Weather permitting,…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 12, 2025Three lots for more twin homes will be developed in Luverne, thanks to a grant through the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership. According to discussion at Monday’s meeting of the Luverne Economic Development Authority, three twin homes (six units) will be constructed on three lots in the Reisch Addition. The addition is located near the newly developed Lopau Housing Addition near the Mary…
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