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Mavis Fodness
June 18, 2025

Various handwritten documents and a half dozen newspapers were among the items extracted from the 1921 Hills High School time capsule Saturday morning.

H-BC School Board Chairman Arlyn Gehrke spent five minutes…

June 18, 2025

The Hills Area Fire Department repeated as Water Wars champions Saturday afternoon, defeating five other volunteer firefighter teams for the title. Departments from Hills, Lismore, Hardwick and Beaver Creek competed in the double-elimination…

By
Lori Sorenson
June 18, 2025

The Luverne Area Chamber will host “Ride the Rock” Saturday, June 21, on a stretch of the Rock River starting several miles north of Luverne and ending at the city park.

The…

By
Jason Berghorst
June 18, 2025

The City of Luverne Cable Commission met Monday to discuss the city’s cable TV franchise agreements.

The city has 10-year franchise agreements with Bluepeak and Mediacom.

By
Mavis Fodness
June 18, 2025

At 6 feet, 5 inches, Gordie Hansen was a center on the Luverne High School basketball team, an experience that brought the 1984 graduate back to his alma mater to teach for 35 years.

Columns

By
Jason Berghorst, reporter

It seems to be happening more often.

I say or think or do something and then quickly realize, “Wow, I’m getting old.”

June 18, 2025
By
Scott Rall, outdoors columnist

It has been a very long time since I last laid eyes on a creature I saw last night. For the first time in over five years, I saw a small juvenile red fox. This animal used to be quite common around southwest Minnesota, but for reasons I mention a little later, they have…

June 18, 2025
By
Brenda Winter, columnist

It’s been a long time since anyone dared me to do a trick on my bike.

I was the lucky winner of a new Townie Electra at the Take 16 bike drawing last Thursday. (Thank you, Lineage Logistics!)

June 11, 2025
By
RIck Peterson, general manager

This is the last of four columns about my take on the abundance of choices we have when it comes to selecting and purchasing a simple item.

I wrote about the number of choices on the shelf for the perfect…

June 11, 2025

Obituaries

June 18, 2025

Gary Halverson, age 77, of Kanaranzi Township, Rock County, Minnesota, died Saturday, June 7, 2025, at his home under hospice care.

A memorial gathering to celebrate Gary's…

June 18, 2025

Gerald Dean Bruxvoort, age 92, of Worthington, died Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.

A graveside service with full military honors provided by the Lake…

June 18, 2025

Beverly “Bev” Boyer, age 75, of Luverne, Minnesota, died Friday, June 13, 2025, at her home under hospice care.

Visitation will be Thursday, June 19, from 5-8 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home in…

June 11, 2025

Shevi Lynn Herman, age four months, was called home to be with Jesus on Saturday, June 7. She was born on January 14, 2025, to Bailey and Harley Herman in Michigan.

With the first day of summer coming this week, do you already have your summer vacation planned?

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