By Sara QuamDingmann Funeral Home is trying once again to update its facility, this time by building at Fledgling Field, the open space on Highway 75 between Luverne and Brown Streets.Dingmann has a public hearing scheduled at 5:05 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, to request a conditional use permit to build on Fledgling Field.Putting a business in the residential zone had been a point of conflict in the neighborhood and with city leaders during the years the funeral home first attempted the construction. Now, though, Fledgling Field is zoned differently, called a "downtown" zone, which would allow the construction of a funeral home.Owner Dan Dingmann runs his business in a historic Main Street building that isn’t handicapped accessible and has parking constraints.Dingmann and the city of Luverne have been in negotiations for Dingmann to purchase the Medical Center for his funeral home. The city maintains those negotiations are still ongoing and that Dingmann is just exploring options.
