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Lori Sorenson
April 23, 2025

U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith stopped in Luverne Wednesday, April 16, to celebrate the completion for the Kids Rock! Child Care Center.

The…

By
Mavis Fodness
April 23, 2025

Sheriff Evan Verbrugge announced his resignation to county commissioners Tuesday morning.

His last day will be Sept. 30.

“I have struggled with this…

By
Lori Sorenson
April 23, 2025

Area corn and soybean growers started planting in earnest over the previous week as soil temperatures and planting conditions improved markedly after mid-April.

Soil temperatures warmed up to near 50 degrees by…

By
Mavis Fodness
April 23, 2025

A time capsule was discovered April 15 during the last stages of the former Hills High School demolition.

Brad McColley with DRC of Litchfield was operating the excavator and had a partial wall left to remove in…

By
Lori Sorenson
April 23, 2025

The Luverne Board of Appeals and Adjustments granted a variance request for the former Vinnie’s property on South Highway 75.

They met Monday night in Luverne City Hall as a follow-up to the…

Columns

By
Lori Sorenson, editor

How was your Easter?

It’s a fair Monday morning question following the Easter Sunday holiday.

My short answer: I ate…

April 23, 2025
By
Scott Rall, outdoors columnist

I can remember many decades ago that my local chapter of Pheasants Forever decided they needed some kind of a local project to let folks know we existed and to maybe get a little bigger footprint in the local community.

April 23, 2025
By
Mavis Fodness

My youngest daughter is getting married next Saturday, and she’s asked me to give a little speech at the event.

I’m happy to oblige.

It’s not very often that children ask parents what they think, let alone listen to what they have to say.

Thoughts about what I’ll say are…

April 16, 2025
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By Evan Verbrugge, Rock County Sheriff

Recently I have received complaints about unusual activity by our deputies.  When I investigated the complaint, I have come to discover that we have a couple of individuals driving around Luverne, Rock County, in decommissioned squad cars.

These vehicles look exactly like our current…

April 16, 2025

Obituaries

April 23, 2025

Douglas “Doug” James Scholtes, age 49, of Wilmont, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington, Minnesota, surrounded by his family. 

April 23, 2025

Robert Edmund “Bob” Bailey, age 92, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2025, while at the Sanford Luverne Hospital.

Memorial visitation will be Friday, April 25…

April 23, 2025

Robert Joseph DeBates, age 94, of Adrian, died Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.

April 23, 2025

Ronald Munns, age 91, of St. Michael, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, April 11, 2025.

Ron was a Navy veteran and longtime barber. He was an avid fisherman and golfer who…

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