An isolated neighborhood near the Highway 75 construction work was without water for roughly five hours Wednesday afternoon, April 29. 

Affected customers were notified ahead of time and were also notified when water service was resumed. 

Expiration of redemption

notice for Rock County

NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF REDEMPTION

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COUNTY OF ROCK COUNTY AUDITOR-TREASURER

Luverne Elementary School’s second grade Bookin’ Buddies program observed its 25th anniversary last week with cookies and a year-end story time in the elementary library. 

The Luverne Municipal Airport is under new management, according to an agreement discussed at the April 28 City Council meeting. 

GeeUp LLC, Laura and Ryan Gee, along with their daughter, started May 1 as the new airport managers. 

Mother’s Day bouquets will get a special twist Saturday during the Luverne Area Chamber’s “Mother’s Day Flower Walk” in Luverne on May 9. 

Highway 75 through Luverne is closed. 

The highway, for those unfamiliar, is not just a road. It is — the — road. It’s the road that gets us to church, school, the Tasty Drive In, the world’s largest half-of-a-nutcracker and I-90. 

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, dedicated to raising awareness about the prevention, symptoms, and treatment of tick-borne illnesses as tick activity increases with warmer weather. 

After two weeks of regular season trap shooting competitions the Luverne team sits in second place in team competition with a score of 2,572.00.

I started my 40-year newspaper career in 1985 at the Worthington Daily Globe. It was called the Daily Globe back then because it was six days a week, so close enough. 

I have a handful of columns left to write before I punch out for the last time on my July 31 retirement date.