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
- By Pastor Ed Borchardt, Zion Lutheran Church, HardwickSeptember 02, 2026What television show started with the line, “What time is it?” What time it is relates to this time too. It is time to find the school list that was mailed out in July. It is time to realize the shoes the kids have been wearing all summer are now two sizes too small. It is time to replace the batteries in all the alarms and detectors. It is time to triple check the calendar and mark off all the…
- September 02, 2026St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne 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…
- August 26, 2026Dispatch report Aug. 12 •Law enforcement issued a citation for curfew violation on W. Maple Street. •Law enforcement issued a citation for curfew violation on E. Warren Street. •Complainant on N. Spring Street reported fraud/forgery/counterfeit. •Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue reported lost/found property. •A civil issue was reported. •Complainant westbound on Interstate 90 at mile…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 26, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Aug. 27, 1942. Two well known Luverne residents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Dodds, are this week’s members of the Diamond Club. Although they were married before they decided to move to Rock county, Mrs. Dodds did not arrive until a year after her husband did because they were unable to find a place to live. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dodds were…- August 26, 2026Monday, Aug. 31: Barbecued chicken breast, scalloped potatoes, peas, wheat bread and brownie. Tuesday, Sept. 1: Swedish meatballs with brown gravy, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll and chocolate chip cookie. Wednesday, Sept. 2: Pork roast with pork gravy, candied yams, green beans, wheat bread and butterscotch pudding with whipped topping. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Cattnach…
- August 26, 202610 years ago (2016) •Schomacker Flooring and Appliance owners and staff celebrated a ribbon-cutting and open house Monday night in their newly remodeled store at Cedar and Main streets. Schomacker Cleaning on West Main Street announced plans earlier this year to expand operations in the former Luverne Style Shop building on East Main Street. The company is working on agreements to offer a…
- By Youth Leader Cameron McCullers, Living Rock Church, LuverneAugust 26, 2026With summer settling down, school will be back in session here shortly for Luverne and surrounding communities. For the kids, this means butterflies in anticipation of a new school year, or maybe fear of the unknown that a new season brings. Some enjoy the prospect of learning something new, while others may believe they know all they need to know to succeed and make it in the world. …
- August 26, 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…
- August 19, 2026Dispatch report Aug. 5 •Complainant on S. Estey Street reported extra patrol. •Complainant on W. Lincoln Street reported threats. •Report of road closure on 91st Street, between 10th Avenue and Highway 23 near Beaver Creek. •Complainant on S. West Park Street reported a civil issue. •Rock County Sheriff’s Department issued a weather alert. •Extra patrol was requested on 20th Avenue…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 19, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Aug. 20, 1942. People may find it difficult to accustom themselves to using less sugar and coffee in their daily lives, but even with stricter rationing than is now in effect, they will have more than the residents of this area had when Mrs. Reka Zenker, Steen, came here from Clayton county, Iowa. Coffee was a rare commodity this far west, and…- August 19, 2026Monday, Aug. 24: Tuna noodle casserole, peas, hot spiced peaches, dinner roll, vanilla pudding with whipped topping. Tuesday, Aug. 25: Sloppy Joe on a bun, country vegetable blend, summer pasta salad and fruit crumble. Wednesday, Aug. 26: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, green beans, dinner roll and lemon gelatin with mandarin oranges. Thursday, Aug. 27: Tater tot hotdish,…
- August 19, 202610 years ago (2016) •Twenty-seven people participated in the first Stein-holding Contest during Saturday afternoon’s Rock River Beerfest. The contest featured a men’s and women’s division with each challenged to hold, at shoulder height, a glass stein filled with beer weighing 5 ½ pounds. Each division was limited to 20 participants. Sixteen participants in the men’s division, with Josh…
- By Pastor Bob Junak, Rock River Community Church, LuverneAugust 19, 2026If you’ve lived in Luverne longer than 10 minutes, you already know we’re in the middle of what the Bible might call “tribulation,” and what the rest of us call “construction season.” Highway 75 is shut down, Main Street is the detour, and now they’re closing the intersection we all actually need. I don’t know who’s in charge of cone reproduction, but they’re fruitful and multiplying far…
- August 19, 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…
- August 12, 2026Dispatch report July 29 •Complainant on W. Mead Court reported an assault. •Complainant on S. Fairview Drive reported a scam. •Complainant on N. Spring Street reported a scam. •Complainant on County Highway 4 and 74th Avenue near Beaver Creek reported a road and drive law issue. •Complainant on 121st Street reported a scam. •Complainant westbound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 13…
- August 12, 2026Monday, Aug. 17: Country fried chicken, cream gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, wheat bread and sugar cookie. Tuesday, Aug. 18: Pasta pizza casserole, country vegetable blend, spiced peaches, dinner roll. Half-Priced Day sponsored by First Presbyterian Church. Wednesday, Aug. 19: Oven-roasted turkey, turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, wheat bread and tapioca pudding with whipped topping. …
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