Luverne’s downtown was hopping with families Saturday for the Chamber’s Easter Bunny activities with 13 participating businesses.

The Luverne chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America won several awards during the State Leadership conference held in Bloomington March 27-28. 

Twenty-five Luverne students attended the event where they accepted three awards for their chapter. 

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 9, 1942. 

Monday, April 13: Cheese omelet, turkey sausage, red diced potatoes, diced peach cup and blueberry muffin. 

Half-Priced Day sponsored by Grace Lutheran Church. 

10 years ago (2016) 

•The historic Carnegie Cultural Center was filled with resonating tones of mallets on metallic and wooden bars of new instruments that were delivered Wednesday, April 6. 

After practicing in parking lots and fields, the Hills-Beaver Creek track athletes will soon have dedicated place of their own. 

American political reenactor Joe Weigand will be in Rock County next week to portray President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt as part of the community’s America 250 celebration. 

Residents and staff at the Mary Jane Brown-Good Samaritan Center, Luverne, were treated to a visit by Haley Holland and live creatures with the Zoomobile of Sioux Falls. Some of the live creatures included a hedgehog and a snake, which they had the opportunity to see up close and touch. 

Absentee voting (or vote by mail) in Minnesota is built with multiple layers of security to protect voters and ensure every ballot is counted accurately. 

Here’s a quick look at the safeguards in place: