People in the News Oct. 23, 2025
Luverne utility employee completes high-level leadership course
First-graders perform Cock-a-Doodle Dandy!’
Luverne Elementary first-graders sing “A Fabulous Day” (below) to open their “Cock-a-Doodle Dandy” program Friday afternoon in the performing arts center.
New doctor joins eye clinic in Luverne
A new eye doctor has joined Dr. Sandra Carmen and the staff at Rock County Eye Clinic in Luverne.
Dr. Victoria Johnson started in January and has been seeing patients once a week on Mondays.
H-BC students perform ‘Do-Overs’ March 14, 16
Do you ever wonder what might have happened if you had said or done something differently?
Anonymity brings out Kafka's creative side
Hands are all you see in Connie Kafka’s “how-to” YouTube videos.
Community
- September 30, 2026Dispatch report Sept. 16 •Complainant on Highway 75 and 101st Street reported burning/smoke. •Complainant on 74th Avenue reported fraud/forgery/counterfeit. •Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue reported harassing communications. •Court was in session. •Complainant eastbound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 1 reported a road and drive law issue. •Law enforcement responded to a pedestrian on Adams…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 30, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Oct. 1, 1942. Miles of treeless prairie extended in all directions from Luverne when they settled in Rock county in 1889, recall Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Matthiesen, Sr., well known Luverne residents, this week’s Diamond Club members. Luverne was only a straggly little village, and where their home now is at 319 N. Oakley was then a part of somebody’…- September 30, 202610 years ago (2016) •National “Coffee with a Cop Day” is Friday, Oct. 7, and Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge is inviting area residents to join him that morning. The national movement aims to build tryst between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve, and Verbrugge said he hopes to have plenty of coffee guests. “This is an opportunity for the public to meet with law…
- By Pastor Mark Eliason, Palisade Lutheran ChurchSeptember 30, 2026In 2017 we acknowledged the anniversary of 500 years since Martin Luther protested what he thought was lacking in the church. Or maybe a better way to express what Luther was trying to do was to reform the church so that it more closely resembled what Jesus intended the church to be. This was a huge task, and Luther did not walk this path alone. There were many others before, during and after…
- September 30, 2026St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Saturday mass: 5 p.m. Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday daily mass: 5:15 p.m. Friday mass: 12:15 p.m. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. Luverne Christian…
- September 23, 2026Dispatch report Sept. 9 •Complainant on Highway 75 reported a civil issue. •Complainant on 20th Avenue and 31st Street reported an accident with personal injury. •City of Hills reported a road and drive law issue. •Complainant on 41st Street and 60th Avenue near Hills reported an accident with property damage. •Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 13 reported debris…
September 23, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Sept. 24, 1942. Days when maple sugar was a more common household item than white sugar are remembered by Mrs. Minnie Ford, now a resident of Hardwick, but who lived in Luverne from 1916 until about three years ago. Mrs. Ford spent most of her life in Putnam county, Illinois, where the hard maple trees were abundant, and where the making of…- September 23, 2026Monday, Sept. 28: Tuna noodle casserole, peas, dinner roll, hot spiced peaches and vanilla pudding with whipped topping. Tuesday, Sept. 29: Sloppy Joe on a bun, country vegetable blend, summer pasta salad and fruit crumble. Wednesday, Sept. 30: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, green beans, dinner roll and lemon gelatin with mandarin oranges. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Main…
- September 23, 202610 years ago (2016) •A Main Street business in Luverne will close its doors by the end of the year. Loopy’s Dollar Store manager Amy Krueger said Tuesday that owners Gary and Tom Ploeger of Pipestone recently announced the local store’s closure. … Luverne is one of the original six locations started by the Ploegers. Stores in Slayton, Windom and Madison, S.D., are also included for closure…
- By Pastor Michael Geiger, Crosspoint church, Georgetown, TexasSeptember 23, 2026“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, …” Ephesians 1:18 Paul prayed that the eyes of the Ephesians’ hearts would be opened so they could know “the hope to which he has called you.” Notice that Paul did not pray that God would give them a better set of circumstances. He prayed that they would see more clearly what…
- September 23, 2026St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Saturday mass: 5 p.m. Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday daily mass: 5:15 p.m. Friday mass: 12:15 p.m. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www. stscl.org for more information. Luverne…
- September 16, 2026Dispatch report Sept. 2 •Complainant reported an accident with property damage. •Complainant on N. McKenzie Street and Bishop Street reported an accident with property damage. •Complainant on Railway Avenue and S. Steen Street in Steen reported property damage. Sept. 3 •Complainant on 161st Street and 100th Avenue reported an accident with property damage. •Complainant on Hatting Street…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 16, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Sept. 10, 1942. The story of William Soutar continues from last week. Other public offices he held include serving as chairman of the Magnolia township board for eight years, school board member a number of years and also as member of the Rock County Fair board. Mr. Soutar was married in 1888 to Susan Bowen in Marshall. She died several…- September 16, 2026Monday, Sept. 21: Country friend chicken with cream gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, wheat bread and sugar cookie. Tuesday, Sept. 22: Pasta pizza casserole, country vegetable blend, spiced peaches and dinner roll. Wednesday, Sept. 23: Oven-roasted turkey with turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, wheat bread and tapioca pudding with whipped topping. Half-Priced Day sponsored by American Reformed…
- September 16, 202610 years ago (2016) •An all-day deluge flooded basements and over-filled ponds and streams Thursday, Sept. 15, and Luverne appears to have borne the brunt of the slow-moving system. By midday, gauges in Luverne had measured more than 3 inches of water, and the rain kept coming — in heavy, pounding sheets through-out the afternoon. Storm sewers had trouble getting rid of water, and traffic on…
- By Pastor Joe Steenholdt, Luverne Christian Reformed ChurchSeptember 16, 2026The book of Proverbs shows us practical lessons from the world, including what we learn from animals. In Proverbs 6, a father tells his son to consider the ant: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.” Bob, whom I met at church during seminary, taught me to…
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