Hardwick celebrates annual Jubilee Days
Hardwick residents and visitors celebrated the town’s annual Jubilee Days Saturday and Sunday.
Rock County among 21 included in presidential disaster declaration
Rock County is among 21 counties included in a major disaster declaration approved Friday by President Biden.
Local Soil Health experts brainstorm for options as farmers consider next steps for flooded fields
As the realities of flood damage to crops come into focus, area producers are considering options for soil that was supposed to grow corn and soybeans.
Carson's Cause Truck Meet and Classic Car Cruise attracts over 120 and raises $27,000 Saturday
The second annual Carson’s Cause Car and Truck Meet at the Verne-Drive-In attracted more than 120 vehicles and raised $27,000 for local efforts to improve brain he
Disaster declared in Rock County
Preliminary estimates are over $2 million in public infrastructure damage as a result of the June 21-22 flood event.
Some areas receive 12+ inches of rain
Multiple rounds of torrential rain in Rock County and the tri-state area created significant flooding over the past week, wreaking havoc on properties and public infrastructure.
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- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 25, 2020Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School was full of laughter, music and the patter of young feet as students participated in the first H-BC Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization Walk-a-thon fundraiser. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade participated in the Walk-a-thon. While total money raised is yet to be computed, organizers consider the first-time event successful. “The Walk-a-thon was…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 25, 2020Eleven Rock County townships and the city of Beaver Creek will need to replace their property tax assessor in the next 90 days. Previous assessor Pete Jessen announced Feb. 18 to Land Records Director Tom Houselog that he will step down from the position by the end of 2020. Houselog met with county commissioners shortly after Jessen’s announcement. “We were at a position where Pete would have…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 25, 2020Twenty individuals will be selected for a unique law enforcement experience if they apply before March 6. The first Rock County Sheriff’s Office citizens’ academy will familiarize selected members of the public with the day-to-day operations of a peace officer. This is the first citizens’ academy organized under Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge’s 13 years of leadership as part of a community…
- February 25, 2020Monday morning’s clear blue skies highlighted the new American flag an employee at CHS Farmers Elevator placed on top of the grain leg at the Luverne location. David Vander Vliet with CHS Luverne said the company’s semi driver and military veteran Michaela Wendlandt climbed the estimated 100-foot-tall structure about a month ago to secure the flag to the walkway railing. The old flag was given to…
- By David Bau, Extension EducatorFebruary 25, 2020The USDA released county estimated yields for corn and soybeans on Feb. 20. These yields will provide the farmers numbers to plug in county yield estimates on various Farm Bill calculators at Illinois and NDSU. These will not be the actual yields used to calculate Farm Bill payments, but should provide a good estimate of what RMA yields will be for each county. Those website payment calculators…
- February 25, 2020A tiebreaker at the Saturday’s Adrian Speech Invitational left Luverne in second place. The LHS team tied with Windom High School for the first-place large school trophy, but Windom scored one more first-place finish in the meet than Luverne did to take top honors. “Luverne had two and Windom had three (first place finishes),” said coach Caroline Thorson. Fifteen schools competed at the annual…
- February 25, 2020The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced a new pilot program that enables farmers in the Prairie Pothole region to receive payments for planting cover crops on their land for three to five years. The new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) pilot is available to producers in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana,…
- February 25, 2020The 27th Annual Helgeson Father-Son Pool Tournament on Feb. 14 and 15 at the Up the Dam Creek Bar in Beaver Creek raised $2,600 for Sanford Luverne Hospice. The 2020 winning team was Keith and Brian Morford from Valley Springs. “I want to thank everyone who donated and helped with the tournament,” said Gary Helgeson, organizer. He said total donations to various charities over the years now total…
- February 25, 2020Two eighth-graders rose to the top during local geography bees conducted recently for middle-schoolers in Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek school districts. Michael Halsne, Luverne, and Josh Lohr, H-BC, beat out fellow schoolmates for the title of 2020 Geography Bee champion in their respective schools. Two rounds were conducted with the first round being a multiple-choice quiz. The finalists…
- February 25, 2020The Luverne Area Community Foundation recently announced its year-end 2019 grant awards in the amount of $24,850. Community health care grants included: •Rock County Ag Society $300 for first aid stations. •Luverne Backpack Program $5,000 for weekend nutrition needs for students. •Good Samaritan Mary Jane Brown Home $2,015 for Nurse Kelly Simulation Trainer. •#Luv1LuvAll $3,000 for mobile…
- February 25, 2020Buffalo Ridge Insurance is again in President’s Club Buffalo Ridge Insurance Agency, Luverne, earned its 12th consecutive President’s Club distinction from the Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company in Des Moines, Iowa. The award recognizes outstanding continued service to customers and community as well as superior performance. Buffalo Ridge Insurance employees named in the distinction include…
- February 18, 2020The Luverne girls’ hockey team won the Section 3A championship for the second time in program history by defeating Mankato West 4-1 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter Feb. 11. The Cardinals open the Minnesota State Class A Girls’ Hockey Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Wednesday (Feb. 19) by taking on the Breck School at 6.p.m. Breck is the No. 1 seed and the defending…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 18, 2020Hundreds of registered voters in Rock County received mail ballots through the U.S. Postal Service over the weekend for Minnesota’s primary for presidential candidates — a first for the state in decades. Only six of Rock County’s 24 precincts host in-person polling places: the four precincts in Luverne, the city of Hills and Martin Township, and all of which will be open to voters on primary…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 18, 2020For the sixth straight year, Luverne High School is sending a mock trial team to the state tournament. Luverne students earned the return trip Friday, when the defense team took on the plaintiffs from Lakeview High School at the Murray County Courthouse in Slayton. The 235-224 win takes LHS to the March 5-6 state tournament in St. Paul. The Region 4 champions will compete against 15 other teams…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 18, 2020After 12 months of construction and about 18 more months to go, staff and students at Luverne Middle-High School are familiar with hardhat-clad workers roaming the halls. One worker, though, gets more attention than the others. “There is always someone saying, ‘Hi,’” said Jim Loose, an equipment operator with Gil Haugen Construction. Loose is an LHS Class of 1978 graduate and lives in Luverne. He…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 18, 2020Two more homes in Beaver Creek will be built with the benefits of the city’s tax abatement on new housing construction. At their Feb. 12 meeting, Beaver Creek City Council members conducted a public forum for two building permit requests with subsequent tax abatement requests. One was for Tom and Heidi Freese for a new home to be built on two lots at 600 and 602 2nd Avenue in the Spring Brook…
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