September

Dispatch report   Sept. 30 •Complainant on Highway 75, Hardwick, reported a driving complaint. •Extra patrol was requested at the location at 161st Street, Luverne. •A fire was reported on 486th and 237th, Flandreau, South Dakota. •Complainant on E. Main Street reported property found. •Complainant...
A tractor and disc equipment till up black dirt in the Tim Fick field south of Luverne Monday in an effort to contain a fire started in a combine. The Luverne Fire Department and farm workers were helped by winds that pushed the flames in the direction of the field that had already been harvested.
Dry harvest conditions in local fields have promted several fire calls in the past week for combines and equipment on fire and subsequent wildfires in fields. In the photo at right, Luverne firefighters extinguish a smoking combine belonging to Mike Bos Thursday, Sept. 29, at 939 100th Ave. west of...
Luverne senior Emma Beyer sets the ball for her Cardinal teammates Thursday night, Sept. 29, in a home contest against St. James Area. The Cardinals swept St. James 3-0.
The Luverne volleyball team went 2-1 in the past week, sweeping St. James in three and taking Edgerton-Adrian-Ellsworth 4-1 after losing a Sept. 28 match 3-0 to Worthington. The Cardinals improved their record to 12 wins and 6 losses on the season and will take on Jackson County Central Thursday...
Dispatch report   Sept. 9 •An outage was reported. •Complainant on E. Warren Street reported a vulnerable adult. •Assistance from another department was received on W. Main Street, Hardwick. Sept. 10 •Complainant on 115th Street, Luverne, reported a medical issue. •Complainant on N. Blue Mound...
Luverne artist Janine Brands was the first to complete her sculpture, a bison-themed nutcracker, last summer.
A large-scale fine art project three years in the making will be dedicated Sunday in Luverne. Three 8-foot-tall hand-painted nutcrackers stand at attention at downtown Main Street intersections — one at Estey Street, one on Blue Mound Avenue and a third in front of the History Center. The “...
Dispatch report   Aug. 26 •Complainant reported a civil issue. •Extra patrol was requested at location on S. Kniss Avenue. •Complainant on E. Warren Street reported harassing communication. •Complainant reported a public assist. •Complainant reported camera not working. •Complainant on N. Kniss...
Owen Janiszeski (front) and Ryan Fick finished in fourth and 11th at the meet.
The Luverne Cardinals Cross Country teams raced against teams in their section for the first time Friday, Sept. 2, and brought home a mountain of medals from the Mountain Lake meet. “The conditions were a bit warm at times, but they did a nice job of working through it and striving to improve,” LHS...
LSS meals at Generations   Monday, Aug. 29: Cubed turkey and gravy over mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, dinner roll with margarine, warm fruit crisp. Tuesday, Aug. 30: Tater tot casserole, green beans, warm peaches, dinner roll, dessert. Half-Price Day sponsored by Christian Reformed Church....
Christina Wagner delivers a hit during the Tuesday, Sept. 28, home match against Worthington. The Cardinals won the game 3-2 in five hard-fought sets.
The Luverne volleyball team took on Worthington at home Tuesday, Sept. 28, with a boisterous crowd of fans, young and old, from both sides of the net. The energy seemed to magnify with each game of the five-game battle, with Luverne emerging as the victor at 3-2. Luverne dominated Game 1 of the...
10 years ago (2011) •Judge Timothy Connell wears a black robe over a white collar, but he said ruling from the bench is rarely as simple as black and white. “It’s not a one-size-fits-all sort of thing that comes with experience.” After 35 years of practicing law, Connell has acquired a voice of...

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