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Brad Goembel is no stranger to city and rural residents in the Luverne School District.
For 20 years Goembel was a driver at Ketterling Services Inc., Luverne, and through the years he grew familiar with local streets and addresses.
On May 1 he put this route experience to use in his new position...
One of Luverne Public School’s two operating referendums will come to voters for renewal this fall.
At their Thursday, Aug. 13, meeting, School Board members unanimously approved putting the ballot question to voters on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Voters will be asked to reapprove the $763.34 per pupil...
A small group of interested fishermen gathered around the Creamery Pond in Luverne Monday afternoon, Aug. 10, while two Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) officials crisscrossed the former gravel pit looking for fish.
“A lot of nice shiners,” shouted Ryan Doorenbos from the boat....
It has been five years since area crops have looked this good in mid-August.
That was the finding of the Aug. 9 Minnesota Crop Progress & Condition report, which rated both corn and soybeans at the highest condition since 2010.
Locally, crop conditions mirror the state’s findings.
“They look...
The Garden of Hope near Beaver Creek is supplying fresh vegetables for local restaurants and families, but there’s a broader purpose for the produce.
Garden owners Greg and Tammy Lingen are giving the proceeds to a young family involved in a fatal accident by Flandreau.
The July 13 crash killed 38-...
Little Lambs Preschool at St. John Lutheran Church, Luverne, will start the new school year next week with a new class of lambs and two new shepherds.
Rebecca DeBoer is on staff as the new Little Lambs teacher, and Christine Thorson was hired as her assistant.
Both women bring an arsenal of...
Women of Rock County Fine Arts are showing their newest artwork during the month of August at the Carnegie Cultural Center. The show includes work by Naidine Aanenson, Cindy Reverts, Kristen Peterson, Carol Ceynowa, Lois Young, Kathy Deuschle, Nan Kaufenberg, Judy Edenstrom, Mary Petersen, Lori...
A Luverne woman and her family are sporting new tattoos to raise awareness of a rare liver disease.
Colette Worshek learned in January that she has autoimmune hepatitis, and she discovered there are few resources and only sparse information about the disease.
“It’s crazy how many women could be...
With underground work completed in July, progress on Highway 75 in Luverne is visable above ground with new curb and gutter from Main Street south to Interstate 90 and new sidewalks on both sides of the roadway. The mill-and-overlay work on the surface began this week, and the roadway will be...