Members of the Hills City Council heard a no-cost offer to modernize the city website, adding online billing, information on city financials, and archives of council minutes and meetings. 

Rock County was part of a major Midwest snowstorm that dropped several inches of snow that was accompanied by fierce wind that created blizzard conditions Sunday. 

For the third year in a row, wind energy production taxes will exceed $1 million in Rock County. In fact, the amount will be the most paid ever at $1,133,665. 

The five wind production farms in Rock County will pay $71,461 more in 2026 than they did in 2025. 

The Blue Mound Area Theater board experienced a shake-up during its annual meeting on March 12 when three long-time directors were replaced with five new board members. 

Rock County Sheriff Matthew Sorenson on Tuesday announced his intention to file for election to office in the fall general election. 

Since October of 2025 he was hired by the county to fill the unexpired term of Evan Verbrugge who resigned from his position in the spring of 2025. 

Continuing discussion from their last meeting, Luverne School Board members narrowed in on their preferred calendar for the 2026-27 school year during their work session on March 12. 

In a March 10 Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, ranking member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) renewed calls to make E15 available to sell year-round. 

Since the outbreak of war in Iran, she said gas prices have risen sharply, causing pain at the pump for Americans. 

A culvert in Judicial Ditch No. 2 will be replaced with a larger one, despite pushback from landowners downstream. 

That’s according to a March 3 Rock County Board decision based on engineers’ recommendations and a hydrologic study.