Monday, Aug. 24: Tuna noodle casserole, peas, hot spiced peaches, dinner roll, vanilla pudding with whipped topping. 

Tuesday, Aug. 25: Sloppy Joe on a bun, country vegetable blend, summer pasta salad and fruit crumble. 

10 years ago (2016) 

•Twenty-seven people participated in the first Stein-holding Contest during Saturday afternoon’s Rock River Beerfest. 

Teunis “Tony” Van Grootheest, age 84, of Luverne, Minn., died on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, at the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. 

Brock Raymond Thielbar, age 60, of Luverne, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, at his home. 

Randy John Landhuis, age 77, of Leota, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. 

Enore Joan Boelman, age 95, of Luverne, Minn., died peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minn. 

Jill Hult, age 85, of Luverne, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. 

A private family service will take place at a later date with Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Luverne. 

If you’ve lived in Luverne longer than 10 minutes, you already know we’re in the middle of what the Bible might call “tribulation,” and what the rest of us call “construction season.” 

St. Catherine Catholic Church 

203 E. Brown St., Luverne 

St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org 

Father Joshua Miller, Pastor