Members of the Hills-Beaver Creek Student Council hosted an elementary retreat on Thursday, May 7, to spread positivity with younger students. 

 The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 14, 1942. 

10 years ago (2016) 

•The short 145th Street in Vienna Township is a dead-end minimum maintenance gravel road. 

So when Terri Murphy noticed several cars with out-of-town license plates lined up near her acreage, she asked questions. 

Jackie and Alan Altman will celebrate their 45th anniversary on Saturday, May 23. 

Karla and Bob Osterday will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Friday, May 29. Greetings may be sent to PO Box 712, Luverne, MN 56156. 

Dozens of young bicyclists joined the Luverne Optimist Club for its annual Bike Rodeo Saturday morning at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne. 

Banck receives MRES scholarship 

Monday, May 25: Closed—Memorial Day. 

Tuesday, May 26: Diced turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, dinner roll, diced peach cup.

Wednesday, May 27: Meatloaf, baked potato, broccoli, wheat bread, applesauce cup.

Larry “Bones” Lynn Lupkes, age 69, of Rushmore, died Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. 

Visitation was from 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington; and also one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday.

Peggy Hewitt, age 72, of Luverne, Minn., passed away on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Sanford Hospice Foundation Cottage in Sioux Falls, S.D.