At the end of December, the USDA announced the payment rates for various crops that are included in the “Farmer Bridge Assistance” (FBA) program. 

According to the Mental Health America, January is national Mental Wellness Month. So, we’re sharing the organization’s 10 resiliency tools to promote wellness and help you feel stronger and more hopeful.

Twenty-one percent of U.S. adults ages 50 and older (about 24 million people) now live alone. 

Mary and I aren’t what you would call moviegoers. 

From our first date in 1976 and currently closing in on nearly 49 years of marriage in 2026, we have seen maybe four movies, and No. 4 happened on New Year’s Day. 

To some folks these two words are pretty scary.  These two words are “silencers” and “suppressors.” To others they are just the common names for a firearm accessory. Suppressors or silencers were heavily regulated starting in 1934.

Dispatch report

Dec. 24

•Complainant eastbound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 10 reported an accident with property damage.

Dec. 25

Luverne Middle-High School social studies teacher Sam Goldsmith was chosen to share one of her classroom lessons at the National Council for Social Studies in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

Brigitte Wieneke will celebrate her 75th birthday Saturday, Jan. 10. Greetings can be sent to 1018 N. Lindale St., Luverne, MN 56156.

LSS meals at Generations

Monday, Jan. 12: Herb-baked chicken, rice pilaf, peas and carrots, dinner roll, chocolate pudding with whipped topping.