November 2019
Open houses
A come-and-go baby shower for Brody and Isabelle Vander Steen will be from 2-4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, at the Vander Vliet Shop, 1339 134th St. (Blue Mound Avenue), Luverne.
10 years ago (2009)
•Starting Dec. 1, Luverne residents can bring their old light bulbs to Luverne City Hall and exchange them for new battery-efficient bulbs.
The light bulb exchange is part of the city’s goal to reduce residential energy consumption through the state’s Conservation Incentive...
Three representatives from Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School traveled to National Harbor, Maryland, last week for the 2019 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition ceremony.
H-BC Elementary was honored as an “exemplary high performing” school, based on the third- through fifth-grade students’ Minnesota...
10 years ago (2009)
•The man found guilty last summer of murdering Luverne’s Carrie Nelson is appealing his conviction.
Randy Swaney, now 38, is serving a life sentence in prison for the May 20, 2001, murder of 20-year-old Nelson in the Blue Mounds State Park.
In August last year, a jury found...
The following appeared in The Rock County Star on October 30, 1931.
Bankers of Rock County Organize
Organization of a Rock County Bankers’ Association was perfected at a meeting and banquet held at the Manitou hotel in Luverne Friday night. Until this organization was perfected, Rock...
Open houses
Lena Marbus will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. Greetings may be sent to Tuff Memorial Home, Room 16; 505 E. 4th Street; Hills, MN 56138.
Steve and Sandy Bennett will celebrate their 50th wedding...
St. Catherine Catholic Church
203 E. Brown St., Luverne
St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org
Friday, Nov. 15: 9:45 a.m. Parkview Manor Rosary. 10 a.m. Tuff Home mass. Saturday, Nov. 16: 2:15 p.m. Veterans Home Bingo. 5 p.m. Mass at St. Catherine. Sunday, Nov. 17: 8:30 a.m. Mass and Children’s...
Meetings
Matthew 6 Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, at the Luverne Pizza Ranch.
Vienna Township Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the Kenneth Community Center.
American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the post home. Call Dianna...
Fourteen area band students will perform Saturday in Sioux Falls as part of the Augustana University Band Festival.
Now in its 62nd year, the band festival brings in high school students from a five-state area to participate in two full days of ensemble and clinic work before the Saturday night...
Second-year play director Shawn Kinsinger noticed something special about students at Luverne High School and for the future of performing arts in Luverne.
“I knew they were capable of handling a larger production,” he said. “This, along with the generosity of voters in approving a new performing...