City of Luverne amends
Ordinance No. 37
ORDINANCE NO. 37, FOURTH SERIES
AN AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LUVERNE CITY CODE CHAPTER 91: PUBLIC
NUISANCES, AMENDING SECTION 91.22, EMERGENCY PROCEDURE;
SUMMARY ENFOCEMENT
 
THE CITY OF LUVERNE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
 
SECTION 1. That City Code Chapter 91, Public Nuisances, amending section
91.22, Abatement is hereby amended to read as follows:
 
§ 91.22 EMERGENCY PROCEDURE; SUMMARY ENFORCEMENT.
 
   (B) REMOVAL OF ICE/SNOW, GRASS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS.
1. Declared a Hazard. The Council hereby finds that the removal of snow and ice
from public sidewalks, grass and noxious weed mowing will unreasonably
endanger the public health, safety and welfare and that summary enforcement
shall be ordered by the officer charged with enforcement.
 
2. Abatement. The City may cause to be served upon the owner of the property upon which such nuisance exists, by registered or certified mail, or by posting on the premises, a notice ordering such owner to remove the nuisance within thirty six (36) hours after the time of the notice, and stating that in the event the owner does not comply with such order, the necessary work may be performed or caused to be performed by the City at the expense of the owner, and that if the owner does not pay for such expense, the cost of the work will be assessed against the property benefited. 
 
SEC. 2.  This ordinance takes full force and effect seven (7) days after its publication.
(08-17)
 

City of Beaver Creek
amends ordinance
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING BEAVER CREEK CITY CODE, CHAPTER 4 — BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR  LICENSING AND REGULATION
THE CITY OF BEAVER CREEK DOES ORDAIN (new material is underlined in bold; deleted material is lined out; sections which are not proposed to be amended are omitted):
SECTION 1: That Beaver Creek City Code, Chapter 4 — Beer, Wine and Liquor Licensing and Licensing and Regulation, Section 4.33, Beer License Restrictions and Regulations, Subdivision 5 be amended as follows: 
 
SECTION 4.33. BEER LICENSE RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS
 
Subd. 5. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no license shall be granted for any building within 300 feet of any public elementary or secondary school structure, or within 100 feet of any church structure. The spacing requirement shall not apply where the beer license was in existence prior to the time of construction of the school or church building.
 
SECTION 2. That Beaver Creek City Code, Chapter 4 — Beer, Wine and Liquor Licensing and Regulation, Section 4.52, Liquor License Restrictions and Regulations, Subdivision 3(F) be amended as follows:
 
Subd. 8. No license shall be granted for any building within 300 feet of any public elementary or secondary school structure or within 100 feet of any church structure. The spacing requirement shall not apply where the liquor license was in existence prior to the time of construction of the school or church building.
 
SECTION 3. That Beaver Creek City Code, Chapter 4 — Beer, Wine and Liquor Licensing and Regulation, Section 4.70, On-Sale Wine, Subdivision 8 be amended as follows:
F. No license shall be granted for any building within 300 feet of any public elementary or secondary school structure or within 100 feet of any church structure. The spacing requirement shall not apply where the on-sale wine license was in existence prior to the time of construction of the school or church building.
 
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication. 
 
Passed by the City Council of the City of Beaver, Minnesota, this 7th day of August, 2023.
 
/s/ Josh Teune
Mayor
Attested by:
/s/ Jane Blank
City Clerk 
(08-17)
 

Raak probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
Estate of                                                                         Court File No. 67-PR-23-188
Gertrude Elaine Raak                                
aka Gertrude E. Raak                       NOTICE  AND ORDER OF HEARING ON
aka Gertrude Raak,                        PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND
        Decedent                                                 APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
 
It is Ordered and Notice is given that on 9/18/2023, at 8:30 A.M., a hearing will be held in this Court at 204 East Brown St., Luverne, Minnesota, via Zoom, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated June 3, 2020, ("Will"), and for the appointment of Irwin Raak, whose address is 2254 70th Ave., Jasper, MN 56144 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised,
the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all
creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to
the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after
the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
 
Dated: August 8, 2023 BY THE COURT
 
/s/ Terry S. Vajgrt
District Court Judge
 
Attorney for Petitioner /s/ Natalie Reisch
Mark W. Balzarini Court Administrator
Hellmuth & Johnson 100 County Road 8 (COURT SEAL)
Tyler, MN 56178
Attorney License No: 0337936
Telephone: 507-825-8607
FAX: 507-247-5333
Email: mbalzarini@hjlawfirm.com
(08-17, 08-24)
 

Overgaard probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
Estate of                                                                         Court File No. 67-PR-23-180
Glenn A. Overgaard,
      Decedent                                     NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON
                                                        PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND 
        APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO
                      CREDITORS
 
It is Ordered and Notice is given that on 9/18/2023, at 8:30 A.M., a hearing will be held in this at Court 204 E. Brown St. Luverne, Minnesota, via Zoom, for the formal probate of
an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, March 8, 2006, ("Will"), and for the appointment of Loren Overgaard, whose address is 1801 W. Parkwood Cir., Sioux Falls, SD 57108 and Mark Overgaard, whose address is 1154 Rowe Dr., Luverne, MN 56156 as Personal Representatives of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the
hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representatives
will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect
all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal
property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
 
Dated: August 8, 2023 BY THE COURT
 
/s/ Terry S. Vajgrt
Judge of District Court
 
Attorney for Petitioner /s/ Natalie Reisch David A. Owens         Court Administrator
Klosterbuer & Haubrich, LLP
120 N. McKenzie
Luverne, MN 56156
Attorney License No: 0401386
Telephone: 507-283-9111
FAX: 507-283-9113
Email: dowens@khlawmn.com
                    (08-17, 08-24)                        
 

Kuiken probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA PROBATE COURT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
In Re: Estate of                                                              Court File No. 67-PR-23-176
Margaret Kuiken,                                
      Deceased                                          ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING
                                                                     FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND
                 APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE IN SUPERVISED
                                                                      ADMINISTRATION AND NOTICE 
                                  TO CREDITORS
 
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
It is Ordered and Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of September, 2023, at 8: 30 O’clock  a m., a hearing will be held in the above named Court at Rock County Courthouse, Luverne, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the will of the above named deceased, dated October 12, 2011, and for the appointment of Virginia Sandbulte whose address is 508 Uitho ven Avenue, Luverne, Minnesota 56156, as personal representative of the estate of the above named decedent in supervised administration, and that any objections thereto must be filed with the Court. That, if proper, and no objections are filed, said personal representative will be appointed administrator of the estate, to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the estate. Upon completion of the administration, the representative shall file a final account for the allowance and shall distribute the estate to the persons thereto entitled as ordered by the Court and close the estate.
Notice is further given that ALL CREDITORS having claims against said estate are required to present the same to said personal representative or to the Court administrator within four months after the date of this notice or said claims will be barred.
 
Dated: August 8, 2023
/s/ Terry Vajgrt   
Douglas E. Eisma District Court Judge
Attorney for Petitioner
Eisma and Eisma /s/ Natalie Resich
130 East Main Court Administrator
Luverne, MN 56156 
507-283-4828
I.D. #158343 
(08-17, 08-24)                           
 

Helle estate
STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
                                                                                         Court File No. 67-PR-23-170
 
Estate of                                                      NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON
Florence Helle, PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF
aka Florence M. Helle,           INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP,
        Decedent                                                APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
    REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO
                      CREDITORS
 
It is Ordered and Notice is given that on September 11, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., a hearing
will be held in this Court at 204 E. Brown Street, Luverne, Minnesota, for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of David Helle, whose address is 791 150th Ave., Luverne, MN 56156 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representatives will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. 
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all
creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to
the Personal Representatives or to the Court Administrator within four months after
the date of this Notice of the claims will be barred.
 
Dated: August 7, 2023 BY THE COURT
 
/s/ Terry S. Vajgrt
Judge of District Court
 
Attorney for Petitioner /s/ Natalie Reisch Donald R. Klosterbuer Court Administrator
Klosterbuer & Haubrich, LLP
120 N. McKenzie, PO box 538
Luverne, MN 56156
Attorney License No: 0056674
Telephone: 507-283-9111
FAX: 507-283-9113
Email: drklosterbuer@khlawmn.com
                    (08-17, 08-24)
 

North Highway 75 from Luverne to the county line is scheduled for reconstruction in the summer of 2027.
During the annual Minnesota Department of Transportation’s visit with the Rock County Board Aug. 8, local commissioners asked if the road will last another four years.
The answer is maybe.
MnDOT District 7 Engineer Greg Aus and planning director Sam Parker outlined the 10-year road and bridge plan for the district, which encompasses Rock County and 12 other counties.
The plan indicated $360 million is earmarked for 25 road projects in the district over the next four years.
All but one of the projects are outside of Rock County.
“It is irritating and frustrating to know money is being poured into roads that are in much better shape than the beat-up asphalt on North Highway 75,” said commissioner Greg Burger.
The one project scheduled in 2025 is resurfacing Highway 75 from Main Street to Veterans Drive. The stoplight intersection will be reconstructed to accommodate truck traffic. Total estimated cost is $4.8 million.
Two years later, the rest of North 75 will be resurfaced. Work is planned for the summer of 2027, using funds from fiscal year 2028.
Additional state funding, however, could move the North 75 project to an earlier timeframe.
Aus explained that the state’s newly increased gas, license and tab fees could mean more funding for District 7.
“I’m ready when money comes into that bucket,” Aus said.
District 8, which borders Rock County to the north and includes Pipestone County, plans to resurface Highway 75 south from Pipestone in 2026, according to the District 8 website.
Commissioner Gary Overgaard asked why Rock County’s North 75 resurfacing project can’t be included with Pipestone County’s, instead of a year later.
“Common sense tells you that’s the way it should be done,” Overgaard said.
Funding doesn’t allow the combining of the two projects, Aus said.
In addition to funding, road surface conditions could factor into the improvement project.
This fall each road in District 7 will undergo the yearly ride quality index (RQI) performance rating. The RQI rating is an important indicator in roadway reconstruction.
This past winter proved to be hard on most road surfaces.
“We have seen a definite decline in the condition of the roads this year,” Aus said. “We are still patching roads. We would have been done by now.”
Last year North Highway 75’s RQI was 2.4, which is rated as “fair.”
MnDOT projected the RQI will fall to ‘poor’ by 2028.
The plan outlined two other road and bridge projects planned in Rock County in the next 10 years, including:
•In 2030 South Highway 75 from Luverne to the state border and the east bound lane of I-90 from Beaver Creek to Luverne.
•In 2031 Highway 270 from South Highway 75 west to Hills.

Last week, Canadians Curtis and Ellen Abbott stopped at an unusual camping spot in Rock County, choosing a view they don’t normally see from their New Brunswick home.
“Everywhere I look, it is just fields,” Ellen said.
“Nothing but food,” Curtis observed.