Community Education will offer the following classes in the next few weeks. Call 507-283-4724 to register.

DIY Floral Arranging at Harmony Gardens is Sept. 23. All materials are provided and you will get to take your arrangement home. Fee is $45.

Hawkinson Park on Luverne’s west side is now connected to the Loop trail, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Blandin Foundation.

‘Prairie Songs’ Sept. 21 at Plaza

“Prairie Songs: Sing Along wih Laura Ingalls Wilder” will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at the Plaza on Main.

Construction is underway on the Kwik Trip building on South Highway 75 in Luverne.

The footprint will be 9,000 square feet located on 2.88 acres just south of the Econo Lodge Hotel near the intersection of Highway 75 and Gabrielson Road.

Keeping the Rock County Sheriff’s Office at full staff remains a struggle, according to Sheriff Evan Verbrugge.

Luverne City Council members took action at their Sept. 12 meeting to begin the process of paying for the Kids Rock! community child care center.

At Tuesday’s meeting they approved a resolution that sets a public hearing on proposed property tax abatements.

Public use of cannabis is prohibited in Rock County beginning Nov. 1, according to an ordinance adopted by county commissioners Tuesday morning.

No members of the public attended to speak or nor did they provide written  public comment at Tuesday’s hearing.

Nearly 400 people circled the Luverne City Park Saturday morning for the third annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk.

“The walk was incredibly moving,” said Angela Nolz, who organized the event along with a team of volunteers and sponsors.