March 2025
- May 21, 2025St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
- April 09, 2025Dispatch report March 26 •Complainant requested an unlock. •Suspicious activity was reported on North Kniss Avenue. •Motorist on Interstate 90 eastbound between mile markers 10 and 11 reported debris. March 27 •Complainant on 40th Avenue reported suspicious activity. •Law enforcement responded to a civil issue. •A road and drive law issue was reported on the corner of 4th and Elizabeth…
April 02, 2025More than 300 people attended the 2025 Tack Swap and Vendor Fair Saturday at Rock Ranch near Hills. The four-hour event featured 27 vendors and three guest speakers sharing information about horse care and horseback riding. The event raised $2,400 for the Rock Ranch equine-assisted therapy program and is slated to take place again next year. Speakers included Jerry Jones from Garretson showing…
By Mavis FodnessMarch 26, 2025Demolition of the single-story addition to the former Hills High School is complete, and work on the main three-story brick building is underway in Hills. DRC Inc. of Litchfield began demolishing the north side addition on the 1921 brick structure on March 10. The north side work was complete last week, and a larger excavator was moved in to take down the main structure of the three-story…- March 26, 2025Meetings Suicide Loss Support Group will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, in the Rock County Library basement. Pleasant View Cemetery Association will meet for their annual meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 7, in the home of Allen and Sue Nuffer, rural Hills. Call 605-929-1593 with questions. Nutrition for Seniors April 3 Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors 60 and older,…
- March 26, 2025Remme: 'I love my hometown newspaper' Letter to the Editor: I love the hometown newspaper and what it brings to the community. However, I don't believe we can truly trust all journalism today. Many are paid outlets for one political party more than the other. Some are owned or operated by movie studios. I don't believe half of what I hear these days. Having said that, I think our biggest…
By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State PatrolMarch 26, 2025Question: Can you talk about railroad crossing safety and the laws that cover it? Answer: I have responded to and investigated a number of train/vehicle crashes in my career. A majority of them resulted in fatal or serious injuries to the vehicle occupants. In Minnesota, failure to yield the right of way, disregard of a traffic control device, improper turn, and inattention and impatience are…- March 26, 2025Dispatch report March 12 •Complainant south-bound on Highway 75, mile marker 21, near Hardwick, reported an accident with property damage. •Complainant on N. Kniss Avenue reported a tobacco law issue. •Complainant on 40th Avenue, Jasper, reported a fire. •Complainant on N. Freeman Avenue reported found property. •Complainant on S. Freeman Avenue reported theft from a motor vehicle. •…
- March 26, 2025St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 12, 2025A staff shortage will reduce the number of days available to schedule driving exams in Rock County from four down to one beginning Monday, March 31. The once-a-month option will be in effect through June 30. In Rock County, examiners will be available only on the second Wednesday of each month in April, May and June. The same once-a-month reduction is also effective in Pipestone, Murray and…
- March 12, 2025Meetings The Compassionate Friends Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Luverne Area Community Foundation, 102 E. Main Street, Luverne. Call Mary 507-290-1642 or Kristi 507-227-7821. SAIL classes continue in Beaver Creek SAIL classes will continue every Monday and Thursday morning from 9-10 a.m. until May 22 at First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek, 203 S. 3rd Street.…
By Lori SorensonMarch 12, 2025Generations hosted 16 teams Saturday for its popular Puzzle Tournament, with three different categories and team configurations and two rounds of competition. Participants could enter 300-piece two-person teams, 500-piece three-person teams or 300-piece adult and youth teams. Winners were determined by who completed puzzles in the shortest amount of time. Austin and April Spronk won in the two…- March 12, 2025U of MN Twin Cities announces dean’s list Morgan Ahrendt and Solveig Tofteland, Luverne, and Mallory Nelson, Magnolia, were named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2024 semester at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. To be eligible, students must earn a 3.66 or higher with a minimum of 12 graded credits.
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 12, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9. 1925. Shipping association ships 219 cars stock Luverne livestock shipping association handles record volume of shipments during 1924 Value of shipments aggregates $285,399.07 Annual meeting of association held Wednesday — all officers and directors are re-elected Two hundred nineteen carloads of livestock have been…- March 12, 202510 years ago (2015) •The Luverne Economic Development Authority took action Monday to approve a commercial demolition grant request from the Sterrett family. The LEDA agreed to give $5,000 toward the demolition of a house and outbuildings on the acreage just east of Luverne City Park along River Road. It once belonged to Rita Sterrett’s parents, Melvin and Annie Rees, and now the Sterrett…
- March 12, 2025St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
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