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.
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- May 13, 2026Card shower Gertrude Rozeboom will celebrate her 90th birthday, Sunday, May 17. Cards may be sent to 827 21st Street, Hills, MN 56138.
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 13, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 7, 1942. One of Lismore’s best known residents is Mrs. Elizabeth Spitz, 91, this week’s Diamond Club member. For over one-third of a century, she has lived in the village. Prior to that time, she lived on a farm near Wilmont. Mrs. Spitz was born in Alsace-Lorraine province on Nov. 2, 1850, the daughter of Ignatz and Mary Hahlar Metz. Her…- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran ChurchMay 13, 2026The mother gazes down at the baby snuggled close to her breast. For a moment, their eyes lock. In that brief instant a bond is made; a love is expressed without words. She is his, and he is hers. A loving, timeless phenomenon that we all understand. It is a tender scene that many of us have witnessed. This also is a beautiful image that God uses to express his abundant love for us. “Can a…
- May 13, 2026St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday daily mass: 5:15 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 Reformed Church 605 N.…
- May 06, 2026Dispatch report April 22 •Complainant on 120th Avenue reported a fire. •Complainant on 60th Avenue near Hills reported a fire. •Complainant at tree dump near Steen reported a fire. •Complainant west-bound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 17 reported a fire. •Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 1 near Valley Springs, S.D. reported a road and drive law issue. •…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 06, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on April 30, 1942. Perhaps no other living person in the southeastern part of Rock county is better known for her services as a practical nurse than is Mrs. Ole Hansen, pioneer settler of the Ashcreek vicinity. Having learned some of the important fundamentals of home nursing from her mother, Mrs. Hansen found them very useful in this sparsely…- May 06, 202610 years ago (2016) •Megan Westrum, Steen, is one of three Minnesota West students named to the 2016 Phi Theta Kappa All-Minnesota USA Academic Team. Westrum, a student at the Worthington Campus, is an active member of Phi Theta Kappa and a member of the 2014-15 Lady Jay Basketball team. Westrum, a 2014 graduate of Hills-Beaver Creek High School, plans to pursue a degree at Southwest…
- May 06, 2026Monday, May 11: Tuna noodle casserole, green beans, hot spiced peaches, dinner roll and vanilla pudding with topping. Tuesday, May 12: Closed for inservice. Wednesday, May 13: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, green beans, dinner roll and vanilla wafers. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Grace Lutheran Church. Thursday, May 14: Tater tot hotdish, corn, wheat bread and apple…
- By Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, St. John Lutheran Church, LuverneMay 06, 2026The First Amendment says Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion or abridging the freedom of speech. Most Americans take that for granted. However, what happened in Finland recently should give all Christians concern. On March 26, the Supreme Court of Finland convicted Dr. Päivi Räsänen, a sitting member of parliament and former government minister, along with…
- May 06, 2026St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday daily mass: 5:15 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 Reformed Church 605 N.…
- April 29, 2026Dispatch report April 15 •Extra patrol was requested for the north and south roads. •Complainant on S. Walnut Avenue reported theft/larceny. •An outage was reported on W. Main Street. •Complainant reported trespassing. •Complainant west-bound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 3 near Beaver Creek reported a road and drive law issue. April 16 •Complainant on W. Interstate Drive…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 29, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on April 23, 1942. One of Rock county’s older “old timers,” John B. Obele, Beaver Creek, says that he’s repairing more harnesses now than he did during the “horse and buggy” era. The harness season is over now—and although he is 84 years old, he feels that he did as much work during the two months he was on the job this spring as he did when he…- April 29, 202610 years ago (2016) •The artwork of 17-year-old Brandon Sprock, son of Luverne High School graduate Sara (Schomacker) Sprock, is on display at the Museum of Visual Materials, Sioux Falls, through April 30. In December the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota put out a call for art to be created by students across the state of South Dakota. Sprock, a student at LifeScape Specialty…
- April 29, 2026Monday, May 4: Country fried chicken, creamed gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, wheat bread and sugar cookie. Tuesday, May 5: Beef cabbage bake, sliced carrots, cranberry pear sauce and dinner roll. Wednesday, May 6: Oven-roasted turkey, turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, wheat bread and gingersnap cookie. Half-Priced Day sponsored by American Reformed Church. Thursday, May 7: Beef…
- By Pastor Sarah Zender, Grace Lutheran ChurchApril 29, 2026As our hope of spring becomes more confident, as we start to wonder if we can put away our winter things yet, as 80-degree days make the snow feel like a memory, something shifts in us just as the seasons shift. The days grow longer, the air softens, life springs up in surprising places! Buds turn into leaves, tulips surprise and delight, and a robin begins to make a nest on the light above my…
- April 29, 2026St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Sunday mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday daily mass: 5:15 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 Reformed Church 605 N.…
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