Tuff Home residents experience 'A Night on Mount Olympus'
The day after Hills-Beaver Creek High School hosted a junior-senior prom for students, residents from Tuff Memorial Home donned dresses and suits Saturday afternoon for their first
State offers info on 2026 Hwy 75 work
Minnesota Department of Transportation personnel were in Luverne Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the 2026 Highway 75 construction project.
'Marlene and Darlene without George'
“Marlene and Darlene” will return to the stage next week for another comedy performance to raise money for Generations.
Emerald ash borer officially reported in Rock County
Infestations of the destructive emerald ash borer have been spreading across Minnesota over the past 15 years, and on Monday the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first sighting
LHS competes in world robotics
The Luverne High School robotics team earned a Judges Choice Award at last week’s FIRST Robotic Competition World.
Sled hockey comes to Blue Mound Ice Arena
The Siouxland Sled Hockey Association brought on-ice practice to the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne for the first time April 7 in honor of their newest member.
News
- By Lori SorensonAugust 02, 2022
- August 02, 2022Six Rock County 4-H’ers attend camp Six Rock County 4-H’ers participated in “Minnesota Adventure,” a three-day camp at Lake Shetek north of Slayton. Campers included Colton Buchholz, Caylix Buchholz and Joshua Luitjens. Camp counselors included Mazzi Moore, Andrea Luitjens and Zach Uhl. More than 150 campers across southwest Minnesota spent three days and two nights in June at the camp led by 20…
- August 02, 2022Luverne Mayor Pat Baustian was honored with the President’s Award from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) on July 28 during the Coalition’s three-day summer conference in Red Wing. The award marks the culmination of Baustian’s tenure as president of the CGMC. During his year-long term as president, Baustian led events such as the CGMC’s “Lobby Day” at the State Capitol and served as…
- August 02, 2022Luverne City Administrator John Call received the Bob Filson Award for Distinguished Rural Leadership on July 28 at the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities’ three-day summer conference in Red Wing. The award is given upon retirement to CGMC city staff members who have been actively engaged in rural policy matters throughout their careers and made significant contributions to the CGMC. The award…
- August 02, 2022New class ideas or requests for specific Luverne Community Education classes can be directed to Lisa Nath at li.nath@isd2184.net or 507- 283-4724. Instructors with details for classes they’d like to teach or updates for classes they’re teaching should e-mail Dana Hoogedoorn, da.hoogendoorn@isd2184.net. Current and previous Community Ed brochures are on the school website www.isd2184.net. The new…
- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystAugust 02, 2022In the national news we continue to hear about the drought and extreme heat in the southern plains and western states, while the focus has been excess rain and flooding in places like Kentucky and the St. Louis area. Even in the Upper Midwest there is a wide range of soil moisture and crop conditions across the region, with some areas getting very dry and approaching drought conditions, while…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 26, 2022The 2022 Rock County Fair will offer a mix of old favorites, the return of popular attractions that were new last year and a list of new events and activities. For example, Dairyland Donkeyball, with “celebrity” donkey races, will feature teams of local businesses, government offices, organizations and private groups. “It’s a hoot,” said Fair Board Vice President Lee Sells. “It’s really fun to…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 26, 2022Keagan Jessen, 13, is carrying on a family 4-H tradition of sheep showing at the Rock County Fair, his fifth year. He has taken his sheep to the Minnesota State Fair each year, and it appears he has a lock on a state trip this year as well. The son of Matt and Trisha Jessen is the only Rock County 4-H’er showing sheep at this year’s county fair. “It’s not going to be as fun as unusual,” Jessen…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 26, 2022Rock County commissioners granted $100,000 to the city of Hills to remodel a former commercial building into a child care facility. “My goal is that we can have someone run a day care with no overhead,” Hills Mayor Keith Elbers told commissioners at their July 19 meeting. In May the county approved the government conveyance of property, making the tax-forfeited parcel at Third Street and Main…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 26, 2022Local leaders interested in running for office can throw their hats in the ring starting next week. The filing period is Aug. 2 through 16 for open seats on school boards, all Rock County municipalities (except Luverne) and townships that hold their elections in November. School Board candidates should file in district offices, city candidates in respective city offices, and township candidates…
- July 26, 2022For several consecutive years, Dean “Iron Man” Wenzel has completed welding projects for the Rock County Fairgrounds. This year he designed and welded brackets for the livestock fans to circulate air through the swine, sheep and cattle barns. Wenzel’s first projects were in 2017 when he designed the signage and flag pole located at the fairground’s south entrance. The fair opens Wednesday and…
- July 26, 2022Meetings Springwater Township Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, in the township hall. Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at Poplar Creek Care Center. Apply by Aug. 1 to join H-BC stakeholder committee The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board is seeking members for its facility stakeholder committee, made up of 20 district residents, school administration and staff…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 26, 2022Luverne native John Cox and his wife Sarah Dobrozsi are gaining ground in a legal battle that cost them custody of the child they were in the process of adopting. They had faced 2020 criminal child abuse charges that were dismissed May 6, and on May 9 the couple sued the people who they say wrongly accused them. Following is the news story (shared with permission) that appeared in the Milwaukee…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 26, 2022Rock County Rural Water will purchase Lewis and Clark water from the city of Luverne, per an agreement worked out Monday night. Luverne has been using only two-thirds of its contracted water through the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System, which pipes water from the Missouri River aquifer from Vermillion, South Dakota, to 20 member communities in the tri-state area. Luverne contracts for 821,…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 26, 2022Rock County voters will join Minnesota’s First Congressional District on Aug. 9 to elect a replacement for the late Congressman Jim Hagedorn. Mail ballots were sent last week to roughly 200 Rock County voters in rural precincts that have no polling stations, and early voting and absentee ballots are available by request. Republican Brad Finstad, New Ulm, is facing DFL candidate Jeff Ettinger,…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 26, 2022A Luverne community weaving project engages the artist in all of us. Luverne residents Lowell and Shirley Harrison have a simple “loom” at the trailhead building on the corner of Blue Mound Avenue and East Main Street, and they provide yarn for the community weaving activity. Discarded T-shirts from Redeemed Remnants are cut into long, thin colorful strips, and anyone passing by the trailhead can…
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