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By Lori SorensonJune 11, 2025The Blue Mound Tower apartment units will soon undergo a major rehabilitation, thanks to funding through Minnesota Housing. The $1 million project will address plumbing issues, elevator maintenance and other repairs for the 70-unit apartment building in Luverne. Funds were secured through the Publicly Owned Housing Program (POHP) a state-funded program that rehabilitates and preserves public…- June 11, 2025Quarter 4 H-BC A Honor Roll Seniors: Sawyer Bosch, Gracie Fagerness, Augustus Jacobson, Jack Moser, Harli Rozeboom, Ashton Taubert, Johnathan Tiesler, Amber Wiersema. Juniors: Mya Erickson, Abigayl Olson. Sophomores: Brynn Bakken, Katelyn Chesley, Edward Duncan, Makynzie Hellerud, Hailey Moser, Ava Rainford, Reagan Spath, Ava Steinhoff, Tryg Tollefson. Freshmen: Aspyn Bartels, Kersi Billet…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Interest rates to finance $11.475 million in facility improvements in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District were below pre-sale expectations at the Wednesday morning, May 28, bid opening. School board members received the sale results from the district’s financial adviser Matthew Hammer of Ehlers Inc. Wednesday night, May 28. He said all five bids received at the sale were below the presale 4.…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Three Luverne High School juniors have been selected for the upcoming Minnesota Boys State and Minnesota Girls State programs. Brooke Vis, Jessika Tunnissen and Zander Carbonneau are sponsored by the Arthur Moeller American Legion and Auxiliary Post 478 in Hardwick. Vis and Tunnissen will travel to Bethel University in Arden Hills to participate in the June 15-21 Minnesota Girls State program…
By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2025An unusual color was chosen by the Hills-Beaver Creek Class of 2025 at Friday night’s commencement. The lime green ribbons worn by the 28 graduating seniors were in memory of classmate Ethan Erickson. Erickson was a seventh-grader at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School when he lost his battle to cancer in 2019. In subsequent years, the students were active in demonstrating character traits…- May 28, 2025The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returns to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its third year Saturday, June 7, in Luverne City Park. Volunteers with the local non-profit Carson’s Cause have been registering runners for the 5K and one-mile races, and they’re expecting strong participation on race day. “People have been so supportive of our mission,” said Lori Sorenson, who co-founded Carson’s…
- May 28, 2025Luverne Area Community Foundation awards spring grants The Luverne Area Community Foundation is excited to announce its spring grant awards totaling $37,394, supporting projects and programs throughout Rock County. Community grant recipients - totaling $17,922: •Rock County Community Library – Bike Path Story Trail. •Game Plan 4 Hope – Improving accessibility and safety at Game Plan 4…
May 28, 2025Seniors in the Luverne High School Class of 2025 spent their last day at LHS with graduation ceremony practice and a Grad Walk Thursday morning, May 22, through the elementary and middle-high school. The 95 seniors were greeted with cheers, applause and shouts of congratulations as they walked past other students and school staff lining the hallways. The tradition of a Grad Walk began nine years…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025Luverne hosted the MSHSL Section 3A – South Sub-Section track and field meet Thursday, May 22, at Cardinal Field. Eight teams participated in both the boys’ and girls’ events. The Luverne girls’ team placed first with a team score of 221.83 points. Hills-Beaver Creek finished in second with 109.33 points. LHS also captured first in the boys’ team competition with 132 points. H-BC finished in…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Luverne girls’ softball team fell 10-9 to Redwood Valley in the first round of section play Thursday, May 22, on the road. LHS fell behind 9-6 at the end of the fifth inning but mounted a comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning scoring three runs to tie the game 9-9. In the top of the seventh inning, Redwood singled on a ground ball to put a runner on first base. They then advanced the…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The LHS boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Minnesota State High School League 3AA Section Tournament Thursday, May 22, at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake. Luverne qualified five individual golfers, three boys and two girls, to advance to Day 2 of the tournament Wednesday, May 28, at Oakdale Golf Club. Advancing are senior Levi Gonnerman, sophomore Will Bergman and freshman…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Luverne boys’ tennis team competed in the MSHSL Section 3A individual tournament Wednesday, May 21, at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls. The Cardinals dropped two singles and two doubles matches in the first round. In singles play senior Kaleb Hemme fell 7-5, 6-0 to his Redwood Valley opponent. Junior Caleb Kracht lost 6-2, 6-0 to his Yellow Medicine East opponent. In doubles…
May 21, 2025The Luverne Optimist Club sponsored its annual Bike Rodeo Saturday, May 17, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne. Young bicyclists traveled through an obstacle course, heard bike safety tips from deputies Troy Wenzel (above) and Austin Christensen and had their bicycles checked out by Second Mile Bikes of ATLAS ministries. They also received prizes from local merchants. Due to blustery…
May 21, 2025This week, May 18-24, is National Public Works Week, and the city of Luverne is honoring its crew of workers in the local Public Works Department. They include (front, from left) supervisor John Stoffel, Chris Nath, Derek Elbers, Matt McClure, Dave Van Batavia, Eric Lammert, Mike Cronin, (back) Mark Steensma, Troy Bosch, Tim Anderson, Robin Stratton, Fred Boll and Frank Mongold.
By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2025Two Hills-Beaver Creek High School seniors will be wearing red cords at Friday’s graduation ceremony in honor of their gift of blood. Sawyer Bosch and Blake Leenderts earned the red cords from the Community Blood Bank in Sioux Falls for their three blood donations over the past three years. The students were thanked in a note from the blood bank’s board of directors. The directors liken Bosch’…
May 21, 2025Seniors in the Hills-Beaver Creek Class of 2025 received some special congratulations Thursday morning, May 15, at the elementary school in Beaver Creek. The 28 seniors were invited to walk through the halls of their alma mater where the current preschool through fifth-grade students and staff lined the hallways in the graduates’ honor. Applause and high-fives greeted the seniors whose graduation…
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