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 FodnessSeptember 17, 2019Ellsworth City Council will conduct a special meeting Sept. 23 to consider bids for a new city hall and maintenance building. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Eight interested construction companies submitted bids by the Sept. 5 deadline, and council members met in special session to open bids the same day. The large number of competing bids surprised architect Jeff Nelson with Falls Architecture…
- By Lori Sorenson, editorSeptember 17, 2019Henning Construction, Adrian, purchased two lots in Luverne’s industrial park to accommodate its local construction projects. “It was available, and it seemed like it would suit us,” Brent Henning said. “Right now we park a lot of equipment at our gravel pit … It just seemed like a good idea.” The Luverne Economic Development Authority conducted a public hearing last month for the sale of the…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2019Commissioners received 2020 budget requests from the various county departments, and if the requests would be granted, the county levy would increase by 7.11 percent. Requests over $10,000 include an additional $100,000 to the highway department for road and bridge repairs, $82,000 to human services, $26,000 to the library in support of a full-time position, and $185,000 requested by the sheriff…
- By Jason Berghorst, reporterSeptember 17, 2019The 2019 Tri-State Band Festival, scheduled for Sept. 28, will be the largest festival in years. Twenty-nine bands from three states are scheduled to participate in the 69thannual marching band competition. “We will have a great festival,” said Jane Wildung-Lanphere, executive director of the Luverne Area Chamber of Commerce, which hosts the Tri-State festival each year. “This is the most bands…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2019Six Rock County 4-H’ers competed at the 2019 Minnesota State 4-H Horse Show Sept. 13-16 at the state fairgrounds in St. Paul in both individual and group events. Attending the four-day event were Ayden Bonnett, Lizzie Chapa, Kennedy Safar, Joni Vander Beek, Kallie Chapa and Gavin Johnson. As a group, Rock County achieved the ideal herdsmanship standards and was placed in a drawing for an…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2019Monday was a memorable first day of school for staff and students at Luverne Middle-High School. Some were challenged to find the correct classroom. Others were happy to have one. The school building is currently undergoing a $23 million renovation and won’t be finished until 2021. For the next year construction workers, students and educators will co-exist as the project progresses through the…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2019A change in the recycling market means more expense to taxpayers if they dispose of plastic bags in recycling bins. On Oct. 1 the county’s recycler, Millennium Recycling, will charge up to an additional $75 per ton if plastic bags are found among the other single-stream recyclable materials. Typically, recyclers place recyclable materials inside a plastic bag and toss the bag and the materials in…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2019A change in the recycling market means more expense to taxpayers if they dispose of plastic bags in recycling bins. On Oct. 1 the county’s recycler, Millennium Recycling, will charge up to an additional $75 per ton if plastic bags are found among the other single-stream recyclable materials. Typically, recyclers place recyclable materials inside a plastic bag and toss the bag and the materials in…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2019More than 30 architects, county officials, community leaders and military personnel spent four days in Luverne last week discussing the new Minnesota National Guard Readiness Center. The group wrapped up the predesign meetings Thursday morning, Sept. 12, with a finished concept. “Overall it went well,” said Paul Kempton, project manager with the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs. “We had…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 17, 2019Severe thunderstorms caused wind and water damage last week in Rock County, uprooting trees and flooding roadways and properties. Travel was difficult Thursday morning after Wednesday’s 8-inch rainfall in Pipestone County sent floodwaters raging southward. The Rock River spilled into the city park, Redbird Field and nearby neighborhoods early Thursday morning. County Road 4 east of Luverne was…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019After an eight-month delay to secure funding, a four-day design “charrette” began Monday for the new Luverne-Pipestone Minnesota National Guard Readiness Center. Construction on the $16.5 million facility in Luverne is now expected to begin in the fall of 2020 and take 18 months to complete. The predesign process began in mid-August and Monday’s meeting was the start of a four-day design…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019A dozen new teachers will greet students Monday when Luverne Public Schools opens its doors for the 2019-20 school year. Canaan Petersen returns to Luverne Middle-High School as the new seventh-grade American history and 11th- and 12th-grade geography instructor. He is also the eighth-grade baseball coach. Petersen graduated from LHS in 2003 and went on to Augustana University in Sioux Falls,…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019For more than a decade, one person filled the middle- and high-school principal position at Luverne Public Schools. When the district opens the doors Monday for the 2019-20 school year, the middle and high schools will each have a principal. Jason Phelps, a former teacher in the district, returned July 1 after a five-year absence to fill the role of middle school principal. He also assumes the…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 10, 2019The Luverne Area Chamber Board of Directors honored Mike Cox as the 2018 Outstanding Chamber Member during an after-hours reception Monday in Sterling’s Café & Grille. The Chamber annually selects a local individual to honor with the award, which recognizes personal and professional contributions to the community. The award was developed in 2005 to honor retired persons who have modeled…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019Linda Dummer was an avid supporter of the local arts, and one organization received a boost last week from the late Luverne resident. Dummer’s sister, Deb Harris, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, presented the Green Earth Players a check for $5,064 at the organization’s annual meeting Sept. 3. Harris’ husband, Terry, and their daughter, Emily, presented the certificate from the The Linda Dummer…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 10, 2019Darlene Dreessen said goodbye to 38 years of teaching last month, having never graduated past the kindergarten classroom. Her years in the classroom began to take shape long before she accepted her first job with Magnolia Public Schools. “I have always known I wanted to be a teacher,” Dreessen said. “As a young girl I played school with dolls.” Dreessen (nee Vos) grew up near Kenneth. Upon…
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