December 2025
By Mavis FodnessDecember 17, 2025Students in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District had an e-learning day Monday and Tuesday due to a broken sprinkler at the newly opened elementary school in Beaver Creek. A building fire alarm paged the Beaver Creek Fire Department to the elementary school at 5:40 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, firefighters found hundreds of gallons of water pouring from a broken sprinkler head in the…- December 17, 2025Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre received the 2025 Joe Ries Excellence in County Management Award for “demonstrating exceptional contributions to county government administration.” The Minnesota Association of County Administrators (MACA) announced Oldre’s award on Dec. 8 at the Association of Minnesota Counties Annual Conference in Bloomington. "Kyle Oldre has shown extraordinary skill…
- By Rev. Steve Voris, LuverneDecember 17, 2025Children can be cruel to each other, and examples at the Wolf Middle School were not hard to find. Ralph was an easy target of bullying. Being raised by a single mom with two younger sisters, Ralph frequently went without to make sure his sisters were taken care of. That was especially apparent when it was time to buy school clothes. Ralph insisted his clothing was fine and the majority of…
- December 17, 2025Harnack pens poem, 'Overgrown Infants' Overgrown Infants We have overgrown infants in Washington D.C., and I have grave concerns what they’re doing to me. With your conceit, arrogance and need for power, this truly is not our finest hour. Your thirst for wealth and your life of greed, taking food from the mouths of those in need. You party on, like there’s nothing wrong. eating…
By Lori SorensonDecember 17, 2025Fire destroyed a shed and damaged a nearby garage Saturday night on a Luverne property south of I-90. The Luverne Fire Department was dispatched at 10:30 p.m. Saturday to 1102 U.S. Highway 75 in response to a 911 call reporting a garage/house fire. According to Luverne Fire Chief David Van Batavia, a storage shed on the property, owned by Hal and Lori Schmidt, burned to the ground. It was…- December 17, 2025Dispatch report Dec. 3 •Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker, reported an accident with personal injury. •Complainant on 71st Street reported an accident with property damage. •Equipment test/drill occurred. •Documentation was requested. •Complainant on N. Oakley Street reported a hit and run accident. •Complainant on N. Spring Street reported property damage. Dec. 4 •…
- December 17, 202510 years ago (2015) •Mrs. Louwagie’s second grade writers to Santa Dear Santa, I have been good this year by helping my mom clean the house. Please bring my mom a car because she needs one. Love, Madeline Thomas Dear Santa, I have been good this year by helping my mom cook. Please bring my mom a locket with my picture in it so she can remember me when I’m at school. Love, Scarlett Xion…
- December 17, 2025St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday daily mass: 5:15 p.m. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. Luverne Christian Reformed Church 605 N. Estey…
December 09, 2025Luverne Elementary students enjoyed a sit-down, family-style meal Friday for Respect Lunch, sponsored by Parents Partners in Education. PPIE volunteers decorated tables and set flatware for each of the three lunch periods attended by students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Attendees, including an adult volunteer at each table, were served mashed potatoes, corn, ham, bun, milk and a cookie.…- December 09, 2025Card Showers Gail and Anita Johnson will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Monday, Dec. 22. Greetings can be sent to 410 S. Fairview Dr., Luverne, MN 56156. Bob Reese will celebrate his 85th birthday Wednesday, Dec. 17. Greetings can be sent to 645 151st Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
- December 09, 2025Luverne utility worker earns POWER award Braydon Ripka, a lineman apprentice, is among eight employees recently recognized by Missouri River Energy Services (MRES). The individuals received Peer Ovation With Earned Recognition (POWER) awards during a board-employee luncheon Dec. 4 at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Sioux Falls. Given once a year, the POWER Award is the highest form of employee…
- December 09, 202510 years ago (2015) •Mrs. Bergan’s second grade writers to Santa Dear Santa, I have been good this year by feeding Harly and Laisy. Please bring my mom a necklace because I love her. Love, Zander Fountain Dear Santa, I have been good this year by feeding our guinea pig. Please bring Emery a play set because I think she will like it. Love, Jude Hoven Dear Santa, I have been good…
By Calla Jarvie, Rock County Library DirectorDecember 09, 2025Like it or not, the holidays are upon us. Are you a “Christmas tree-goes-up-on-Nov. 1” kind of person? Or are you a “Christmas-tree-goes-up-after-Thanksgiving” kind of person? I’m more of a “What Christmas tree?” kind of person, because I have cats. If you’re the first kind, you’re in luck, because we have all the Christmas books and movies out at the library. We have a very solid…- December 09, 2025Monday, Dec. 15: Beef bell pepper casserole, mixed vegetables, dinner roll, pumpkin bar. Tuesday, Dec. 16: Smothered chopped steak, baked potato, sliced carrots, wheat bread, applesauce cup. Wednesday, Dec. 17: Scalloped potatoes with ham, corn, tropical fruit cup, wheat bread, peanut butter cookie. Half-Priced Day sponsored by First Farmers and Merchants Bank. Thursday, Dec. 18: Country…
- December 09, 2025St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday daily mass: 5:15 p.m. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. Luverne Christian Reformed Church 605 N.…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 03, 2025This weekend is Luverne’s annual Winterfest Celebration, and the 2025 weekend will include new activities and events for residents, families and visitors to the community. “It will be a busy weekend,” said Luverne Chamber Director Kenzi Klein. “We are just hoping people come out again and enjoy everything that the Luverne community has to offer.” The weekend kicks off Friday at 10 a.m. with the…
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