To the editor: 

We have had visitors from all over the world just this week. 

Dispatch report 

June 17 

•Court was in session. 

•Rock County Sheriff’s Department issued a weather alert. 

•Complainant in Beaver Creek reported an accident with property damage. 

June 18 

Meetings

Al-Anon group will meet each Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the library at United Methodist Church in Luverne. Use the back northwest door for entrance.

After qualifying for a competition held in Worcester, Mass., two Hills-Beaver Creek robotics teams have returned from the trip, one with an award in tow.

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 11, 1942. 

Monday, July 6: Beef hamburger on a bun, baked beans, green beans, lime gelatin with pears. 

Half-Priced Day sponsored by Grace Lutheran Church. 

Duane “Stretch” Mulder, age 92, of Luverne, Minn., died on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center. 

Geraldine Ilene Sandstede, age 81, of Luverne, died Sunday, June 28, 2026, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center. 

Bruce Kurtz, a father, storyteller, and community clothier, died on June 26, 2026, in Storm Lake, Iowa. He was 74.