Hardwick
- By Mavis FodnessJune 26, 2024Three charter members of the Hardwick American Legion Post 478 will lead the Hardwick Jubilee Days parade on Saturday. The parade begins at 7 p.m. Lowell Ahrendt, Harold Kindt and Russell Wenzel were chosen by Hardwick Community Club members to lead the parade. The three served in the Korean War and became members of the post when it organized in 1957. The men, all in their 90s, continue the…
By Mavis FodnessJune 26, 2024Four additional pickleball courts were added to the area recently with two new courts constructed in Hills, one painted on the basketball court at the elementary school in Beaver Creek and an additional court painted on the former basketball court in Hardwick. The Hills courts were constructed in a former grass area in Jacobson Park for a total cost of $34,700. The cost was assisted through an $8…- By Mavis FodnessJune 19, 2024The Hardwick City Council hosted a public hearing Tuesday, June 11, about a $4.6 million project to replace the city’s aging water system. As part of the USDA Rural Development grant application process, the city is required to conduct a meeting to inform residents about the potential project. Five members of the public attended the 30-minute public hearing and no one objected to plans.…
- June 19, 2024Gary Clinton Stamman, 86, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away peacefully with family members at his side on Saturday, April 6. Gary was born Aug. 15, 1937, on a farm just outside of Hardwick, Minnesota, to Clinton and Vione Stamman. Gary attended Luverne High School where he excelled in football, baseball and fastpitch softball. He met his beloved wife Marion at a dance at the Arkota Ballroom…
By Mavis FodnessMay 29, 2024For the second time in her life, Hardwick native Caitlin Miller will row across an ocean. This time, Miller, a 2010 LHS graduate, will row across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii as a member of a four-person, all-female team. The race, “World’s Toughest Row,” begins Saturday, June 8. She expects her four-member team, called Full FOURce, to finish the 2,400 nautical-mile race from Monterey,…
May 29, 2024Luverne High School junior Sage Viessman will attend the American Legion Boys State as the Rock County representative. Sage, the son of Scott and Tricia Viessman of Luverne, is sponsored by the Hardwick American Legion Post 478. The primary purpose of the program, open to high school juniors, is to teach how government works, according to the organization’s website. Participants also work on…
By Mavis FodnessApril 03, 2024Members of the Denver Go-Getters 4-H Club hosted their first community Easter egg hunt Saturday as part of the club’s Community Pride project. Adult adviser Ashley Carlson said the 4-H’ers stepped forward when the local church group and Community Club opted not to host the Easter egg hunt this year. The 4-H’ers stepped in to fill 850 plastic eggs with candy and stickers and hid the eggs…
February 14, 2024The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on April 27, 1944. Hans Christiansen continues his story about working with a farmer who never slept. “He’d be getting up in the middle of the night…- February 14, 2024Darcy Lynn Prins, age 57, of Hardwick, died Thursday, February 8, 2024, at her home. A time of fellowship will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, February 17, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Dingmann Funeral Home, in Luverne, officiated by Shannon Nordstrom. A private family burial will take place at a later date.
By Mavis FodnessDecember 06, 2023Construction of a yet to be named street in the city of Hardwick began Friday. The street will provide vehicle access to the city’s newest 9-acre addition. Chad VerSteeg Excavating of Luverne began clearing the trees and overgrown vegetation Friday afternoon. By Monday afternoon, removal of the former grove was complete. The Hardwick City Council purchased the nine acres in June from the Scott…
December 06, 2023Margaret Mae Swenson, age 82, of Luverne, Minnesota passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 while at her home. Visitation will be on Tuesday, December 5, from 12:30-2 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. A prayer service will begin at 2 p.m. followed by a graveside service at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Arrangements are under the care of Hartquist Funeral Home in…
November 01, 2023Ronald Gene Bruhn, age 72, of Hardwick, Minnesota, died Oct. 26, 2023, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage after a long battle of illness. He was the oldest of five sisters and two brothers. Ron was born on May 18, 1951, in Luverne, Minnesota, to Harm and Evelyn (Wieck) Bruhn. He attended Magnolia High School and graduated in 1969. Ron was married in 1973 for 17 years. The couple had four…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 18, 2023Hardwick City Council members agreed to sell property in the city’s new Scott Addition to Steve and Yvette VanDerBrink, according to action during the council’s regular monthly meeting Oct. 10. They approved the VanDerBrinks’ offer of $124,100 for 4.26 acres, which is more than half of the seven acres the city purchased from Bullerman/Scott family earlier this year for $88,000. The Scott…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 18, 2023The Hardwick City Council further enforced its nuisance ordinance Oct. 10 with one of two property owners who failed to comply with administrative citations. Nicole Halverson’s home at 207 1st St. West was damaged Sept. 17, 2021, when a tree fell on the roof during a storm that produced 70 mph winds. Halverson, who was home at the time of the winds, was uninjured, but the home is now…
October 11, 2023The Luverne High School Class of 1958 gathered for a 65th reunion Saturday, Sept. 30, at Big Top Tents in Luverne. Pictured are (front, from left) Dennis Jorgensen, Lavonne (Padilla) Reiner, Marlys (Top) Baxter, Mary (Smit) Donth, Ardyth (Hansen) Bowen, Lora Lee (Schmidt) Ruthenbeck, Orrin Anderson, Wes Pierson, (back) Merlyn Groth, Judy (Schmuck) Hagen, Wanda (LaFrenz) Kafka, Donna (Kallsen)…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 20, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on October 11, 1943. Two of Hardwick’s oldest residents, and two of its most respected citizens are Mr. and Mrs. John B. Iverson. As business man and…
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