Winterfest Celebration in Luverne set for this weekend, Dec. 5-7
This weekend is Luverne’s annual Winterfest Celebration, and the 2025 weekend will include new activities and events for residents, families and visitors to the community.
H-BC students, staff move into new school
Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary students and staff attended their first official day in the newly constructed school building in Beaver Creek Monday.
Sing-along fundraiser Dec. 14 at Generations
Luverne Street Music and Generations are joining forces to present a community event of classic sing-along Christmas music in Luverne next week.
LACF celebrates philanthropy
The Luverne Area Community Foundation hosted its sixth annual Friends of the Foundation Celebration of Philanthropy Monday night at Take 16 Brewing Company in Luverne.
Volunteers prepare Hinkly House for holidays
A crew of 16 women descended on the Hinkly House on a sunny November day with cleaning supplies in hand to prepare the Victorian home for Winterfest and other holiday occasions.
News
- By Glenda McGaffeeMay 19, 2015At their regular meeting Monday, May 11, the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board accepted the resignations of part-time custodian Gerald Hamann, effective Friday, May 15, and part-time custodian Alice Brandt, effective Friday, May 22. The board also approved hiring Sara Wells as kindergarten teacher and Haley Tollefson as half-time Title I Lead Teacher for the 2015-16 school year. In other business…
- By By Lori SorensonMay 18, 2015A candlelight vigil is planned in Luverne for Sunday, May 24, on the eve of Memorial Day. The ceremony will be at dusk, about 8:30 p.m., at the Rock County Veterans Memorial at the Rock County Courthouse Square in Luverne. The event will honor the service and sacrifice of Rock County service personnel. It will include the laying of the wreath, reading of the names of those killed in action and…
- By By Lori SorensonMay 18, 2015Rock County Relay for Life’s “Kiss the Pig” fundraising effort is shaping up to be a battle of the Ryans at competing local banks. Ryan Wynia at First Farmers and Merchants Bank and Ryan DeBates at Exchange State Bank are accepting donations for the American Cancer Society for Rock County’s June 12 Relay for Life event. The Ryan who brings in the most money will have the honor of watching his…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 18, 2015Friday’s announcement of no local bird exhibits in Minnesota for the rest of 2015 has left local county fair organizers and poultry project participants disappointed but understanding. Minnesota Board of Animal Health (BAH) joined decision-makers at the University of Minnesota Extension canceling all bird exhibitions at county fairs, the Minnesota State Fair, swap meets, exotic sales, petting…
- May 18, 2015Construction began May 11 on Highway 75 (Kniss Avenue) in Luverne and will continue through September, starting with a short in-town detour currently in place at Warren Street. The project consists of a variety of work, including resurfacing (mill and overlay) from I-90 to Main Street, seal coating from Main Street to north city limits, replacing a box culvert between Harrison Street and Edgehill…
- By Lori SorensonMay 18, 2015Felony charges were filed last week in connection with a crash last summer that took the life of a young woman. Mark Richard Zebe, 43, Adrian, was charged in Rock County District Court Friday with negligent fire. The charges stem from a waterway fire Zebe started south of Kenneth on Aug. 4, 2014. Court documents state that Zebe’s fire got out of control, causing the crash that killed 26-year-old…
- By Lori SorensonMay 18, 2015Geff Fitzer, who farms west of Luverne, has been strip-tilling his fields for 13 years with notable success. That can be no better proven than in the June 2014 and recent May 10 rain events, both of which gouged deep gullies through fields and washed fertile topsoil into ditches and downstream. “I have to admit, my fields came through in great shape,” he said about the storms. “I’ve had virtually…
- By Lori SorensonMay 18, 2015The rich black soil of southwestern Rock County is among the most fertile in the nation. That’s why it’s so disappointing to see the damage from last week’s storm that washed topsoil — along with recently planted seed — into ditches and nearby streams. “We have got to do something about this,” said Doug Bos of the Rock County Land Management Office. He shared photographs of deep washouts and…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 17, 2015Despite the interruption from a fire alarm, Sunday’s commencement exercises for Luverne’s Class of 2015 flowed smoothly and focused on the class motto, “We have come a long way, but not half as far as we will go.” Nine of the Class of 2015 high school graduates spoke to the crowd of fellow students, friends and family members seated in the Luverne Elementary School gymnasium. Spencer Schacht and…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2015Local fans of the popular television series “House Hunters,” will recognize the featured Realtor in a segment recently filmed in Sioux Falls. Ashley (Gacke) Bartholomaus is a realtor with the Tony Ratchford Group of Keller Williams Realty in Sioux Falls. She sent House Hunters producers an audition tape of herself describing her experience working with a young couple, Damon Thielen and Jessica…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 12, 2015Last week Minnesota farmers tied a 30-year record for the most soybean acres planted in a single week. That follows the pace set by corn planting the previous week when corn producers had the second-highest acres planted in 30 years, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. For Kenneth farmer Danny Roskamp (picture above) last week meant a personal milestone in the 21…
- By Lori SorensonMay 11, 2015The May display at the Carnegie Cultural Center rivals that of professional art exhibits, yet many of the artists don’t yet know how to tie their own shoes. The Day Care Art Show, featuring the work of Rock County’s youngest artists, is on display through the month of May at the Carnegie at 205 North Freeman Avenue in Luverne. Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere said many local day care…
- By Lori SorensonMay 11, 2015Betty Mann turned 85 on May 1, and she said birthday cards are still trickling in. “I just got three more today,” she said Monday. Mann, president of the Rock County Historical Society, is among a group of volunteers raising money for a new History Center to start construction this summer in downtown Luverne. It will occupy the Herman Motors building once that business relocates to its new…
- By Lori SorensonMay 11, 2015Luverne Middle School and High School choir students performed their spring pops concert Friday night, May 8, in the Cardinal Gym. Under the direction of Seana Graber, the groups sang and danced to familiar tunes that have become popular as Disney theme songs. Each of the groups performed their own numbers, and the evening wrapped up with a combined choral performance of “Seize the Day,” which…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 11, 2015More panic buttons will be installed in the Rock County Courthouse due to action taken by the Rock County Commissioners at their May 5 meeting. An additional 22 of the small devices will be installed under desks and service counters, all within easy reach by county employees if emergency assistance is needed. Commissioners approved $4,616.10 for the equipment and installation. Sheriff Evan…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 11, 2015Last week Minnesota farmers tied a 30-year record for the most soybean acres planted in a single week. That follows the pace set by corn planting the previous week when corn producers had the second-highest acres planted in 30 years, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. For Kenneth farmer Danny Roskamp (picture above) last week meant a personal milestone in the 21…
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