I just might be addicted to my pastime. Conservation of habitat and the wildlife that lives there consumes at least some part of every day. I cannot remember the last time I was able to completely unplug my thoughts from what might be the next and greatest potential habitat project.

Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary teacher Isabel Sylvanie spent three days last week getting students excited about art.

Sylvanie conducted “Summer Art Adventure,” her first class offering through the school’s community education program.

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 14, 1963.

Council votes to increase hospital rates

10 years ago (2015)

•Papik Motors, one of 15 Chevrolet dealers from the Sioux Falls area that partnered with local youth baseball leagues for the 2015 baseball season, has concluded a successful summer with Luverne Community Education.

Shirley Marcene Reisdorfer, of Magnolia, died Saturday, July 12, 2025, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born January 30, 1936, on a farm near George, Iowa, to Jerry and Martha (Runge) Harr. Her mother later married Ted Voss.