Luverne High School varsity gymnastics coach Phoebe Flom, along with current and former high school gymnasts, opened a four-day fall gymnastics camp Monday through Luverne Community Education.

We have come a long way in understanding the importance of taking care of mental health.

Although there have been many improvements in how mental health is addressed, there still is a stigma involved, especially when it comes to suicide.

A recent column of mine was about how I enjoy looking for things other people have lost.

A couple of Saturdays ago, while Mary and I, along with Gilbert, the dog, were on a Ranger ride, I got a phone call.

The call was from a frazzled mother from Redwood Falls.

With just a short distance to go, Blondie, pushing her bike up the last hill, looked accusingly at me and said, “I can’t even believe you are making us do this.”

Stirring together a bowl of flower petals and dill seed she collected from the garden, my 6-year-ol

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding farmers and commercial applicators that fall nitrogen fertilizer applications are restricted in some areas of the state.

Dispatch report

Sept. 8

•Complainant on Main Street and Cedar Street reported a pedestrian.

•Complainant at Grand Falls Casino, Larchwood, Iowa, reported a road and drive law issue.

Five Rock County 4-H’ers competed at the 2023 Minnesota State Horse Show Sept. 15-18 in St. Paul.

Two of the exhibitors placed in the top ten in their respective grade levels.

•Morgan Bonnett, grade 11, finished fourth in key race, eighth in poles and eighth in ranch pleasure.

USDA Rural Development has funding availabile for very low- and low-income individuals and families seeking to purchase or repair a home in a rural area.