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December 04, 2024

Hundreds of people attended Sunday night's "Light the Night" events in Luverne to kick off the holiday season ahead of this weekend's annual Winterfest celebration. 

By
Lori Sorenson
December 04, 2024

This weekend is Luverne’s annual Winterfest Celebration, and the 2024 weekend will include new activities and events for residents, families and visitors to the community.

“We just encourage…

By
Mavis Fodness
December 04, 2024

A streaming service joins the list of items that can be borrowed from the Rock County Library in Luverne.

The option began Sunday through an app called “Kanapy.”

By
Lori Sorenson
December 04, 2024

Luverne Spotlight Dancers will join 35 Twin Cities dancers with Youth Dance Ensemble to perform “The Nutcracker Story” this weekend.

The performance, an abridged version of the classic ballet, will be at 2 p.m.…

By
Mavis Fodness
December 04, 2024

A recently completed audit shows Rock County’s financial reserves exceeding the state’s recommended amount.

The Minneapolis-based firm CLA LLP completed the annual audit…

Columns

By
Brenda Winter, columnist

It was early on a Friday morning and still dark in Luverne, Minnesota. Six a.m. was too early for even the sun to be up. It was so dark they called it “Black Friday.”

I was snuggled into my fluffy winter bathrobe…

December 04, 2024
By
Lori Sorenson, editor

This is the story of Cookie, the Hero Kitty of the Kroontje farm … or at least the farmhouse.

On a recent cold and blustery November night, there was a fire scare in our childhood home near Kenneth.

November 26, 2024
By
RIck Peterson, general manager

It’s time for the annual “What I am thankful for” column.

Before I started pecking away at the keyboard, I sat there staring at the screen. After a longer pause than I care to admit, I decided to start by…

November 26, 2024
By
Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State Patrol

Question: My vehicle is equipped with airbags. Do I need to wear my seat belt?

Answer: Yes, seat belt use is required. An airbag is a supplemental…

November 26, 2024

Obituaries

December 04, 2024

Robert “Bob” Bartholomaus, age 88, of Clarion passed away Nov. 24, 2024, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Bob Bartholomaus was at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2,…

December 04, 2024

Harold Floyd Kruger, age 85, of Beaver Creek, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

He was born Sept. 7, 1939, in Adrian, to…

December 04, 2024

Steven Ellsworth

Steven Earl Ellsworth was born on March 12, 1946, in Luverne, Minnesota, to Earl William Ellsworth and Alma Josephine (Aanenson) Ellsworth. Steve and his…

November 26, 2024

William C. Braa, 83, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

Funeral service was at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Peace Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,…

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