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LIFT shares updates on child care center, 'Nutcracker Fest', river trail and more
By Lori Sorenson
March 26, 2025
Luverne Initiatives for Tomorrow hosted a community gala Friday night to share information about current local initiatives. Mayor Pat Baustian emceed the evening in Big Top Tents and Events, providing background on LIFT. “In 2010 roughly 180 people met to figure out what do we want to do to make Luverne better? Where are we going to go from here? How can we make Luverne a place that people want…
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By Jane Wildung-Lanphere, Luverne Area Chamber director
March 10, 2020
Luverne and Rock County are unlike 95 percent of the small towns in America. While tens of thousands of small communities see businesses closing and people moving away, we are at the brink of what can be the most exciting growth in decades. I remember in the early 1960s when Mid-Pack came to town. That plant was the “spark-plug” for community growth in both the residential and business sector.…

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