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Before work begins on burying miles of fiber-optic cable, organizers want to know how many customers want the service in greater Rock County.
For several weeks Alliance Communications Cooperative has been marketing the Internet, cable TV and/or telephone service by advertising in newspapers, on...
Motorists on Highway 75 in Luverne are adjusting to three lanes instead of four since the new system was striped last week.
The new lanes, which are in effect for the full two-mile stretch through Luverne, accommodate one lane of traffic from each direction with a wide turn lane in the middle....
Luverne Middle School will join the First LEGO League in offering an additional after-school opportunity for students.
School board members approved the additional offering at their regular monthly meeting Sept. 24.
“We would like to get underway by Oct. 13 and meet once a week for practice,” said...
Installation of bulletproof glass at the county’s court administration office is the latest in several security upgrades to the Rock County Courthouse this year.
The updates stem from a grant received by the Minnesota Judicial Branch to conduct courthouse security training in various regions across...
After more than a decade of making the United States his primary residence, Luverne’s Miles Brown recently decided to make it his permanent choice by becoming a U.S. citizen.
Last week, surrounded by family members, Brown and 337 others took an oath of allegiance at naturalization ceremonies Monday...
Nationally known combat photographer Stacy Pearsall will be in Luverne Friday, Oct. 2, to share her story about what combat is like from behind the camera.
Pearsall has captured over 500,000 images across 41 different countries, and her work has appeared in Time, USA Today, CNN, BBC and the New...
According to Monday’s Minnesota Crop Progress and Condition, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Oct. 4, the most for this crop season. During that time, soybean harvest advanced from 35 percent complete to 69 percent in the state, 10 days ahead of last year and five...
Luverne City Council members have granted a franchise to cable TV company Clarity Telecom, LLC, which is doing business as Vast Broadband.
The council approved an ordinance at the Tuesday, Sept. 22, meeting that outlines the conditions of the franchise agreement.
The Cable TV Board has reviewed the...
For Rock County communities outside of Luverne, preliminary property tax levies ranged from zero to 10.1 percent.
On Sept. 30 cities, counties, townships, school districts and special taxing districts in Minnesota must submit preliminary 2016 tax levy amounts to county auditors.
Each entity will...