Thone wins spelling bee C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S-H-I-P
Twenty-three of the best spellers in southwest Minnesota participated Saturday morning in the 2024 SW MN Spelling Bee hosted at the Luverne Middle School.
History Center to host April 18 celebration
The Rock County History Center’s construction project is complete, and staff and volunteers are hosting a celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
Palisade Lutheran Church celebrates 150 years of worship
Palisade Lutheran Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary Sunday, April 14, at the corner of Minnesota Highway 23 and 121st Street (County Road 5).
Students visit Child's Remembrance Garden
The Child’s Remembrance Garden in Luverne was established in 2022 to comfort families grieving the death of a child.
Historic Palace Theatre gets safer entry
Workers with G&D Viking Glass, Sioux Falls, showed up Tuesday morning at the historic Palace Theatre in Luverne to install a new street level entry.
FEMA starts updates on flood maps for Luverne, Rock County
City of Luverne and Rock County officials met March 27 with state and federal officials to restart the flood plain mapping process.
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- By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024Council members in the cities of Rock County will decide in the next 60 days if they will join in a countywide recreational marijuana ordinance or if they will develop ordinances of their own. Commissioners agreed to give the city councils of Beaver Creek, Hills, Steen, Magnolia, Luverne, Kenneth and Hardwick until mid-May to decide to opt in or opt out of a countywide limitation. “Because any…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024The 2024-25 school year at Luverne Public Schools will begin Tuesday, Sept. 3, and end 168 school days later on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Luverne School Board members spent March 12 in a workshop discussing the 2024-25 school year, weighing pros and cons of three suggested calendars. Each option started and ended the school year on the same dates with different suggested dates for holidays and…
- By Lori SorensonApril 03, 2024Luverne City Council members took action at their March 26 meeting to wrap up the Lopau Housing Addition project on the west edge of Luverne. The council approved the final payment of $89,517.54 to Henning Construction Inc. and signed the “Owner’s Acceptance of Contract Construction.” The project on north Walnut Avenue created a 24-lot residential development, including new streets, water,…
- April 03, 2024Sanford Luverne Medical Center has been designated a Level 4 Trauma Hospital by the Minnesota Department of Health. Employees voluntarily participated in the intense designation process to become part of Minnesota’s statewide trauma system. “When patients need trauma care, they need it quickly,” said Tammy Loosbrock, senior director for Sanford Health in Luverne. “Being located along…
- April 03, 2024More than 1.4 million Minnesota taxpayers have already filed their taxes, and over 97,000 refunds have already been sent out. With over a million taxpayers expected to file between now and the April 15 filing deadline, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has some tips to make it easier for those who still need to file. Ready to file: •E-file and choose direct deposit. Electronically filing…
By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024Last week’s Farm Week at the Library culminated Friday with Story Time with Bronwyn Wenzel and special animal guests. Library patrons met Franklin (a donkey), Darla (a lamb) and Opal and Olive (chickens) Friday morning after guest farmer reader Tom Sandager shared the book, “Right This Very Minute,” a table-to-farm story about food and farming. Thursday evening’s Story Time featured local…
By Lori SorensonMarch 27, 2024threw pies at high school students Friday morning in Beaver Creek after winning a “penny wars” fundraiser $459.68 to $314.47. The penny challenge followed H-BC High School’s suicide awareness campaign observing World Teen Mental Wellness Day on March 2. They sold T-shirts with the message, “The world is a better place with you in it,” and those proceeds, combined with penny wars competition,…
March 27, 2024Baking batches of cookies means a cookie exchange is imminent as sung by Luverne Elementary second-graders Friday afternoon in a production of “Cookies! The Musical!” in the performing arts center. Eighty students took to the stage under the direction of Beth Capistran and Morgan Van Holland. The sweet smell of cookies brought a group of puppies to the event, but they were easily distracted by…- By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024Years of persistence paid off for Rock County Rural Water (RCRW) when the local system’s project made the federal congressional directed spending list for Minnesota. RCRW will receive $1 million toward the construction of an 80-foot water tower to improve service to customers in western Rock County. Ryan Holtz, RCRW manager, told Rock County Commissioners at their March 19 meeting that he asked…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024New feedlot construction and expansions in Rock County slowed to just a handful per year over the past few years. However, county officials remain optimistic that growth will continue in the local livestock industry, given early 2024 activity. Doug Bos, assistant director of the county Land Management Office, presented the feedlot summary for 2023 to Rock County commissioners March 19. “This…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 27, 2024Rock County residents dodged a massive late-winter storm that dumped over a half foot of snow across central and eastern Minnesota. Hardwick and northern Rock County communities had roughly 1½ inches of snow as of Monday morning while Luverne and communities further south saw very little accumulation. Meanwhile, Edgerton and Pipestone only a few miles north saw blizzard conditions with colder…
- March 27, 2024Ahead of the planting season, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding farmers of proper storage guidelines for bulk fertilizer. Bulk liquid fertilizer can contaminate soil, surface water and groundwater if a storage tank or pipe leaks. Dry fertilizer can also leach into the environment if it is placed on the ground and mixes with snow and rain. To limit the risk of…
March 27, 2024Will Old MacDonald’s cow overcome her stage fright to finish the song? Luverne Elementary first-graders asked the question Friday afternoon during their performance of “E-I-E-I Oops!” Through the encouragement of fellow barnyard animals, Mrs. Cow’s confidence was boosted and suddenly “The Whole Barnyard was Singing,” as the 73 students performed (above), under the direction of Beth Capistran.- March 27, 2024The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin signing up for the general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) starting March 4 and running through March 29, 2024. This conservation opportunity gives producers tools to conserve wildlife habitat while achieving other conservation benefits, including sequestering carbon and improving…
By Mavis FodnessMarch 27, 2024The Luverne High School speech team ended the 2024 regular season with two strong performances. The team finished second at the Big South Conference Championships on March 21 and fourth at the Pipestone Area Speech Invitational March 23. Luverne competed in the small school division at both events. Two speakers took Big South Conference honors. Jessika Tunnissen placed first in informative…
By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystMarch 27, 2024Due to the high cost of investment in farm machinery, an ever-increasing number of farm operators are hiring other farm operators to provide some or all of their machinery resources for their farm operation. This is especially true with new and younger farm operators, as well as with children that decide to start farming with their parents. In addition, some land investors are choosing to…
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