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By By Lori SorensonNovember 29, 2023Nearly 600 people visited Santa and Mrs. Claus at the train depot in Luverne Sunday, and roughly 300 cars drove through the lighted park following the 7 p.m. fireworks. The festivities were all part of the Luverne Area Chamber’s annual kick-off for the holiday season in the community. “I can’t say enough about what great partners in the community we have,” said Chamber Director Jane Lanphere…
By Mavis FodnessNovember 29, 2023Andrew Prekker said fate played a part in how his design remains in the running for the new Minnesota State Flag. Last week Prekker’s design was one of six chosen by the State Emblems Redesign Commission as finalists. One will become the new state flag. “To say I’m surprised is an understatement,” Prekker said. “I’m still pinching myself.” His flag design journey began a few months ago when…
By Lori SorensonNovember 29, 2023Workers broke ground Monday morning on the site of a future 73-foot-tall nutcracker that will be “the world’s tallest nutcracker” on South Highway 75 in Luverne. It will be funded by Just For Nuts Inc., a Luverne private nonprofit that has drawn more than $200,000 in local donations and $50,000 from the Blandin Foundation. Structurally, the 65-foot-tall nutcracker will stand on an 8-foot-tall…
By Mavis FodnessNovember 29, 2023Luverne 1986 graduate Dyan Ebert encouraged the 23 members of the 2023 National Honor Society Luverne Chapter to look beyond LHS and their immediate communities. “Think more broadly about your role in the world,” she encouraged. “It is crucially important that you embrace and build upon the foundation and values that you have been provided by this community.” Fifteen new members were inducted…
November 29, 2023Elmer Edwin Ehde was born on January 14, 1940, to Elmer and Goldie (Sanderson) Ehde in Luverne, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Elmer grew up in Steen, Minnesota, where he enjoyed riding his bike and go-cart and playing baseball with friends. In his youth he enjoyed everything a young boy would enjoy – he even put up a zipline between two trees, but his mom made…
November 29, 2023Doris Mae Fried was born November 30, 1931, to George and Alice (Voelz) Fried in Luverne, Minnesota. She grew up and attended school in Luverne until 1941. The family moved several times over the next few years to posts where her father was stationed with the U.S. Army during World War II. She attended school in Georgia and California and finally back to St. Paul, Minnesota. The family then…- By Pastor Manda Steensma, Rock River Community Church, LuverneNovember 29, 2023Once a year in Luverne we have the citywide cleanup or “junk days.” All the residents can go through their homes and almost anything they consider junk, broken, tarnished or simply unwanted gets thrown to the curb, literally. Right on schedule, city employees go around town with their trucks and trailers to haul it away. Then after a week or so, all that junk is cleaned up and gone. It’s a…
By Lori SorensonNovember 26, 2023First Presbyterian Church in Luverne on Saturday hosted a community retreat, “Declutter Christmas,” that involved a mix of story-telling, crafts, gifts, cookie decorating and other traditional holiday practices. “Our intention is to help folks with something that has become troublesome — how to celebrate Christmas happily again,” Pastor Steve Voris said. He said too often families cling to…
By Lori SorensonNovember 26, 2023A Luverne counselor is back on the mainland after spending two weeks in Hawaii helping traumatized victims of the Maui wildfires. Erica Hough, who started Luverne Counseling in 2015, is a certified brainspotting therapist and recently volunteered with the organization, Brainspotting Help. The group is assisting Maui residents in the wake of the August wildfires that killed more than 100 people…
By Lori SorensonNovember 26, 2023Concrete pouring is underway at Kwik Trip on South Highway 75 in Luverne after recent weeks of construction flurry. Company officials said Luverne’s Kwik Trip footprint will be 9,000 square feet located on 2.88 acres just south of the Econo Lodge Hotel near the intersection of Highway 75 and Gabrielson Road. The Luverne Kwik Trip will be open 24 hours per day, seven days a week, with 20 full-…
By Lori SorensonNovember 26, 2023The Luverne Economic Development Authority approved a residential demolition grant for a property near the elevator during its Nov. 13 meeting. CHS Inc. applied for the demolition grant program to take down a small house it owns at 406 S. Freeman Avenue, calling the structure “substandard, dilapidated, and beyond repair.” According to discussion at the Nov. 13 EDA meeting, CHS purchased the…
November 26, 2023Richard LeRoy (Roy) Waddington, 70, of Luverne passed away on Nov. 18, 2023. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Nancy, and his daughter, Sherri Waddington; his sisters and brothers, Rex (Kathy), Betty, Rickie, and Rodney (Addie); and grandchildren, Jasmine Langner, Christin Kessler, James, Kane, David and Mary Waddington. He was preceded in death by his parents, Violet (Herbert) Holmes…- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, LuverneNovember 26, 2023As you might imagine, a national day of Thanksgiving wasn’t part of Martin Luther’s life. Thanksgiving Day is an American phenomenon. Although Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November since the first presidential proclamation in 1863, it wasn’t “official” until congressional legislation in 1941 made Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. Martin Luther did…
By Lori SorensonNovember 15, 2023Marilyn Bloemendaal was honored Monday night as the Luverne Area Chamber Outstanding Member of the Year. The award, established in 2005, honors retired Chamber members “who have made significant contributions to the community in their personal life and professional career.” The honoree is chosen each year by the Chamber Board of Directors, and Chamber Board President Tony Schomacker introduced…
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023Arlene Betty Gerber, age 83, of Luverne, Minnesota, died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. Funeral service will be Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m., with visitation beginning at 1 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Luverne. A graveside committal service will be Monday, Nov. 13, at 1 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Sartell, Minnesota.…
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