Colleen Kay Cragoe was born February 12, 1938, to Arthur and Grayce (Little) Rust on a farm in Westside Township, Nobles County, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm with three brothers and two sisters and attended country school for two years.

Monday, March 9: Boneless chicken wings, barbecue sauce, stir fry vegetables, egg roll, sweet and sour sauce, lemon pudding.

Half-Priced Day sponsored by Main Street Financial.

Baby shower

A come and go baby shower for Leah Radisewitz Schwartz will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne.

Card shower

10 years ago (2016)

•A Luverne High School junior accomplished something no other Cardinal wrestler has in 16 years at the Minnesota State Class AA Wrestling Championships at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul over the weekend.

It does not happen very often in my neck of the woods, but when you are making a trip of any distance you can see from time to time a batch of elk or deer behind some pretty tall fences.

The Minnesota Department of Management and Budget’s February forecast projects a $3.7 billion surplus at the end of the fiscal year 2026-27 biennium.

My friend said it so casually you might have missed the poetry of it.

We were chatting on the phone when she mentioned her husband had ended his attempt at growing out his hair. After going more than a year without a haircut, he came home with a crisp new look. 

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 19, 1942.

The spring equinox marks the day the sun passes directly over the equator, giving equal hours of day and night.

Celebrate the beginning of spring with a one-mile hike on top of the Blue Mounds State Park from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the state park.