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Rick Peterson
According to Weather Bug, the forecast for Saturday’s Luverne Leap is 27 degrees and sunny. Let’s hope so. The leapers will be taking the plunge into the icy water down at The Lake starting at 1 p.m. As of this writing, nearly 30 people, young and not so young, have signed up. This is the inaugural...
It was a full house Monday night at Big Top Tents and Events in Luverne when more than 450 people attended the Rock Nobles Cattlemen’s Association annual banquet. The speaker, Amanda Radke, a columnist and rancher from Mitchell, South Dakota, told the crowd how important it is for farmers to...
Twenty-Four Luverne High School students rode their snowmobiles to school on Friday, Feb. 3, as part of the school's annual Snow Week festivities, which were enhanced by record amounts of snowfall this winter. The special week included coronation of Snow Week king and queen Ross Bergman and Emma...
Six Luverne speech team students placed at the Worthington speech tournament Saturday including (from left) Hannah Kempema, Jessika Tunnissen, Nora Louwagie, Roselynn Hartshorn, Will Johnson and Zoey Berghorst.
Luverne speech team members opened the 2023 season Saturday in Worthington. The group didn’t place as a team. Luverne was among 16 teams at the annual meet where 156 students competed in 13 speech categories. “With several other activities taking place, we had a smaller group than usual,” said...
For the first time in 22 years, Luverne High School students performed in one act play section competition Saturday. LHS finished fifth out of the eight schools competing in Redwood Falls. “The students performed well — probably even better than we did the week before,” said director Joseph Stearns...
Braelinn Papik takes her turn jumping off the diving board under the watchful eye of instructor Blake Frahm.
Luverne Elementary School students resumed swimming lessons this winter as part of the school’s physical education classes. For two years, due to the coronavirus pandemic and remodeling project at Luverne Aquatics and Fitness, the second-grade swim lessons weren’t offered. This fall, in order to...
Seniors Emma Beyer and Ross Bergman received the queen and king crowns respectively Monday afternoon in the Luverne Middle-High School performing arts center as part of the school’s mid-winter week of activities. The 10 senior candidates were nominated by teachers based on their school and...
Janet Marshall holds a special two-cookie set she’s created for Valentine’s Day. Marshall began Yellow Rose Cookie Shoppe in September.
Janet Marshall’s new business, Yellow Rose Cookie Shoppe, combines the celebrations of life’s special moments along with some nostalgia. Marshall started the cottage food business in September 2022 after she began baking sugar cookies, first as a way to combat boredom and then as a business, after...
After 23 years of not placing second or better at sub-section one act play competition, Luverne High School broke through to section competition when they placed second at the Jan. 28 event in Luverne. Pictured on stage from left are master of ceremonies Ross Bergman, director Joseph Stearns, Alex Perkins, Parker Carbonneau, Brianna Kinsinger, Halle Pergrande, Abby Boltjes, Zander Carbonneau, Makayla Oechsle, Travis Schempp, one act sub-section organizer Amy Sahle and Rebecca Hoogland.
Luverne High School advanced to the one act play section competition Saturday, its first appearance in 23 years. Luverne competed at home Jan. 28 against five other schools, finishing second in the sub-section 3A competition. Murray County Central of Slayton was crowned champions. Both Luverne and...
Senior captains Parker Carbonneau (left) and Grace Ingebretsen will lead this year’s Luverne High School speech team, hoping to repeat as section 3A champions. The season begins Saturday for the Cardinals.
The Luverne High School speech team is coming off a very successful 2022 season. They earned their second consecutive Section 3A championship, and a record-setting seven individuals qualified for the state tournament. Team captains hope history repeats itself this year. Seniors Grace Ingebretsen...

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