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Mavis Fodness
May 07, 2025

After 15 years of planning and member prayers, Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick is undergoing an estimated $800,000 construction project that will see the church cut almost in half before being rebuilt.

By
Mavis Fodness
May 07, 2025

Visits to the Rock County Library continue to reach more than 30,000 annually, according to library director Calla Jarvie.

“We had almost 34,000 people come into the library…

By
Lori Sorenson
May 07, 2025

Luverne is among 12 Minnesota communities that will receive electric vehicle charging stations through state and federal grant funding.

Luverne’s station will be developed by Francis Energy…

By
Mavis Fodness
May 07, 2025

Pre-enrollment is open for the Patriot Pals Child Care Center that will open this fall in the new Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School.

Facility director Tedre Voss said on…

By
Mavis Fodness
May 07, 2025

Hills-Beaver Creek School District officials will open two time capsules at upcoming community celebrations.

The 1921 time capsule located during the demolishing of the former Hills High School will be opened…

Columns

By
Mavis Fodness, reporter

Yukon Cornelius is the name of the Arctic prospector in the animated holiday special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

It’s also the name we’ve given to our new-to-us GMC…

May 07, 2025
By
Scott Rall, outdoors columnist

The smoke is in the air. Anyone who has been driving around the countryside lately will have seen lots of smoke. The different departments of wildlife agencies have been very busy doing prescribed fire.

Yours…

May 07, 2025
By
Brenda Winter, columnist

Her brow furrowed in disapproval, my nine-year-old violin instructor releases another exasperated sigh.

“Gra-maw! Your second finger!!!!”

She reaches for…

April 30, 2025
By
RIck Peterson, general manager

Sometimes coming up with a topic for my column takes more time than actually typing it out. So the other day when I was throwing column ideas around in my head, I stumbled across writing a series of columns on how I think we have way too many choices.

April 30, 2025

Obituaries

May 07, 2025

David Robert Kellen, age 68, of Worthington, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the Shores Nursing Home in Worthington.

He was born on February 25, 1957, to Leander and Frona (Serie) Kellen in…

May 07, 2025

Nelvina Kroese, 90, of Hull, Iowa, passed away peacefully with her children by her side on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Aspen Heights Senior Living in Hull.

Services were at the First Christian…

May 01, 2025

John (Jack) Keith Hokeness, 78, of Rushmore, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2025, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on March 13, 1947, in Rushmore to Ray and Ann (Herding) Hokeness. From the very…

April 30, 2025

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