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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- By Mark Eliason, Pastor of Palisade Lutheran ChurchJuly 01, 2026I am old enough to remember the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the United States. In case you need me to do the math for you, it was 1976. The celebrations of that year were enormous. It seemed that the celebration started in January and ran all the way through December. July Fourth fell on a Sunday that year, so churches had special services in honor of the 200th anniversary of the…
- July 01, 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…
- June 24, 2026Dispatch report June 10 •Complainant on Main Street and Freeman Avenue reported an outage. •Complainant on E. Warren Street submitted a tip. •Complainant eastbound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 10 reported a road and drive law issue. •Complainant on E. 3rd Street in Jasper reported a civil issue. •Complainant on W. Main Street reported an accident with property damage. June 11 •…
- June 24, 2026Monday, June 29: Barbecued chicken breast, scalloped potatoes, peas, wheat bread and brownie. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Cattnach Insurance. Tuesday, June 30: Diced turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, dinner roll and diced peach cup. Wednesday, July 1: Meatloaf, baked potato with butter and sour cream, broccoli, wheat bread and applesauce cup. Half-Priced Day sponsored…
- June 24, 202610 years ago (2016) •Thirty-six Luverne High School students and four chaperones returned Friday from a 10-day trip to Puerto Rico. The trip was organized by Luverne High School Spanish teacher Caroline Thorson as an extension of the lessons learned in her Spanish classes. “The students get to see and use the things they learn in class in an authentic situation,” Thorson said. The…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 24, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 4, 1942. I saw my brother leave for the Civil War; my nephew was in the Spanish- American war, then came the World War, worse than ever,” declared Mrs. Lucy Howard Hunter, of this city, one of the last if not the only living Civil War widow living in Rock County. Mrs. Hunter was a girl of 15 when the Civil War broke out. Her oldest…- By Walt Moser, Pastor of First Baptist Church, LuverneJune 24, 2026Have you ever sung the song “I’ll Be a Sunbeam”? It was written in 1898 by Ellen A. (Nellie) Talbot for a Sunday school convention. The first verse says, “Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, to shine for Him each day; In every way try to please Him, At home, at school, at play.” Remember the last time a sunbeam broke through the clouds after a thunderstorm? That sunbeam brings a ray of hope and a ray…
- June 17, 2026Dispatch report June 3 •Complainant west-bound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 5 near Beaver Creek reported debris. •Law enforcement responded to a transient near Luverne School bus garage. •Complainant west-bound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 11 reported a road and drive law issue. •Equipment testing/drill occurred. •Report of road closure on 81st Street between 488 and 20th Avenue…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 17, 2026The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 28, 1942. “I’m glad I’m living in this country now and not in Germany,” declares Christ Carstens, of this city, who came to the United States because he could earn more in a day here than he could in a month in his home land. “If I hadn’t come to this country, I’d either have been a dead man or a poor man. I’m still not rich, but I’ve…- June 17, 2026Monday, June 22: Pork tips with gravy, egg noodles, diced carrots, wheat bread, snickerdoodle cookie. Half-Priced Day sponsored by First Farmers and Merchants Bank. Tuesday, June 23: Swedish meatballs with brown gravy, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll, chocolate chip cookie. Wednesday, June 24: Pork roast with pork gravy, candied yams, green beans, wheat bread and vanilla…
- June 17, 202610 years ago (2016) •Almost 70 years of classroom experience won’t be returning to Luverne Public Schools when just two longtime teachers decided to retire at the end of the 2015-16 school year. Greg Antoine and Mary Jo Graphenteen chose early retirement after spending 32 and 36 years teaching in Luverne respectively. Each decided it was time to start another chapter in their lives with one…
- June 17, 2026Card shower Randy and Kathy Remme will celebrate their 50th anniversary with an open house celebration from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Take 16 – 509 E. Main Street, Luverne. If you can’t attend but would like to send a card, their address is 1664 170th Ave., Luverne, MN 56156.
- June 17, 2026Northwestern College Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, named Ethan Nath of Luverne to the 2026 spring semester Dean’s List. To qualify students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credits. University of Minnesota-Rochester Leif Tollefson, Luverne, was named to the 2026 spring semester Chancellor’s List. To qualify students must earn a GPA of 3.6 or higher…
- By Joe Steenholdt, Pastor of Christian Reformed Church, LuverneJune 17, 2026At a bonfire one early summer evening, a dad turned to the teenage boys in our group and said, “You’ll never understand how much your parents love you until you have a child of your own.” That line stuck with me. Growing up, I knew my parents loved me. But ten years after that bonfire conversation, when my wife told me she was pregnant, I finally understood more about the extent. Before ever…
- June 17, 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…
- June 10, 2026Dispatch report May 27 •Complainant on County Highway 4 reported a fire. •Complainant on SW Park Street reported a missing person. •Complainant on County Road 4 near Beaver Creek reported theft/ larceny. •Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue and W. Mead Court reported a fire. •Complainant on 91st Street and 30th Avenue near Beaver Creek reported an abandoned vehicle. •Complainant on Blue…
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