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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 01, 2026Luverne’s Senior Legion baseball team improved to 10-3 after going 5-1 this past week in a busy schedule of games. Luverne beat Adrian 10-0 at home June 23 before heading to the Madison Tournament June 26-28. In Madison, Luverne compiled a 4-1 record beating Vermillion 6-4 on June 26, and Middle River 4-0 and Winner-Colome 10-2 on June 27. On June 28 Luverne slid by Volga 3-1 and lost 3-2 to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 01, 2026The Luverne Redbirds claimed two home wins this past week and are perched at 10-3 for the season. Luverne beat Heron Lake 21-0 on June 24 and won 5-2 against Worthington on June 28 at Redbird Field. The Redbirds will travel to Pipestone July 8 and will host Brandon July 17 and Jackson July 19. Redbirds 21, Lakers 0 The Redbirds flew away with a 21-0 win over the Heron Lake Lakers at home…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 01, 2026Eleven Luverne Cardinal athletes were named to 2026 Big South All-Conference teams in baseball and golf. Baseball honors go to seniors Jaxon Lais, Blake Sauer, Josh Hansen, Maddux Domagala and junior Maddox Miller. Senior Landyn Lais was named all-conference honorable mention. Five LHS varsity golf members were named to the Big South All-Conference team this season. For the girl’s, senior…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 24, 2026The Redbirds captured three Class C wins to improve their record to 6-4 for the season. Luverne beat Milroy 7-3 June 16 at home, topped Fairmont 3-2 on the road June 19 and won 4-3 against Hadley on the road June 21. Solid Redbird pitching and two home runs against Hadley helped secure three conference wins for Luverne. Luverne will face another three teams this coming week. The Redbirds will…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 24, 2026The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team went 3-1 this past week. Luverne beat Madison 3-2 June 16 at home in head-to-head action. At the BOLD Tournament June 20-21 Luverne finished in second place winning two games and falling once at the tournament. BOLD stands for the Bird Island, Olivia and Lake Lillian district. Luverne beat Nowthen 12-2 and Legion Post 323 2-1 Saturday, June 21. Luverne…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 24, 2026The Luverne Red Junior Legion baseball team went 1-3 June 19-20 at the New Ulm Junior Legion Tournament. On Saturday, June 19, Luverne fell 10-5 to Alexandria in their first game of the day and lost 9-1 to VFW 17U in the evening matchup. On Sunday, June 20, Luverne lost a 6-0 game to New Ulm and beat Harrisburg 16-6 in the evening. Luverne Red and Luverne White Junior Legion teams were…
By Jason BerghorstJune 17, 2026The Luverne Redbirds moved their record to 3-5 after splitting games with Pipestone and Windom in the past week. The Redbirds defeated the Pipestone A’s 7-3 at home Wednesday, June 10, before falling to the Windom Pirates 6-5 Sunday, June 14, on the road. Luverne will host the Milroy Irish June 17 before playing in Fairmont Friday night and at Hadley Sunday afternoon. The team will host Heron…
By Jason BerghorstJune 17, 2026The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team opened its 2026 season with two wins and one loss in the past week. Luverne came out on top of Colton, S.D., 11-0 on Tuesday, June 9, lost to Springfield 5-1 Saturday, June 13, and defeated Colton again 11-7 Monday night, June 15. Luverne Senior Legion was scheduled to host Madison, S.D., Tuesday, June 16, before traveling to Bird Island for a weekend…
By Jason BerghorstJune 17, 2026Luverne’s Junior Legion baseball teams have been busy this week. Luverne is again fielding two Junior Legion teams – a “Red” team and a “White” team — primarily made up of players who are 15 and 16 years old. Luverne White split games this week beating Adrian and losing to Sleepy Eye. The Red team defeated Adrian before coming up short against Marshall Orange, Sleepy Eye, Springfield and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 09, 2026The Luverne Redbirds played an abbreviated game against Fox Lake Sunday, June 7, falling 6-2 to the Foxes on the road. The Redbirds welcomed four recent LHS baseball graduates to the flock for the game. They were Blake Sauer, Landyn Lais, Josh Hansen and Maddox Domagala. Their inaugural game did not go quite like they would have hoped against a solid Fox team. In the first inning Elliot…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 03, 2026The Luverne Redbirds baseball team won one league game and fell twice in exhibition play this past week. Luverne lost 3-1 to the Brookings Cubs on the road Wednesday, May 27, and fell 3-2 to the Harrisburg Woodies at home Friday, May 29, in exhibition play. The Redbirds beat Worthington 11-1 at home Sunday, May 31, in league play. Against Worthington the Redbirds flew to a 4-0 lead after three…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Redbirds baseball team fell 3-2 to the Milroy Irish on the road Sunday, May 17, giving up one run in the ninth inning for the loss. Tied 2-2 after eight innings, Milroy mustered one run in the bottom of the ninth inning, stealing home to win the game. Derek Lundgren scored twice for the Redbirds, scoring once in the first inning and a second time in the top of the sixth inning. He finished…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne Redbirds opened their 2026 Minnesota Baseball Association (MBA) campaign taking down the Lakefield Horned Frogs 12-2 Sunday, May 9, at home. Back to Class C The Redbirds moved back down to Class C this season after spending last season in Class B. After missing a state birth last season in Class B to Raymond, Luverne, along with Fairmont move back to Class B and play in the…
By Lori SorensonApril 29, 2026There were two power outages affecting Luverne and Rock County and the region over the past several days. Both were due to outages affecting L&O Power, which is the company that provides electrical transmission to the city of Luverne, Sioux Valley Energy and other local providers. The outage on April 20 occurred in the early morning hours and lasted several hours. The outage on Sunday,…
April 08, 2026Luverne’s downtown was hopping with families Saturday for the Chamber’s Easter Bunny activities with 13 participating businesses. The day started with a free children’s movie at the Palace Theatre where roughly 150 children picked up their Easter bags and then strolled the streets of Luverne to gather Easter eggs. The event was free, thanks to local business sponsors. Luverne Area Chamber…
By Nicole RonchettiApril 01, 2026Luverne may soon have fiber-to-the home internet access, according to discussion at the March 19 city cable board meeting. Representatives with Bluepeak announced plans to bring fiber to Luverne at the meeting where they also answered the board’s questions about the process. Bluepeak is a cable and internet provider in Luverne formerly known as Vast Broadband. The company’s senior…
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