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- By Mavis FodnessOctober 01, 2025Students and staff will move into the new Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School in November. An Oct. 7 public hearing will officially close the current school building in Beaver Creek. The state-required public hearing begins at 2 p.m. in the H-BC Secondary School commons in Hills. Attorney Steve Rutzick will conduct the hearing that gives district residents an opportunity to voice concerns of…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne School Board is considering several facilities improvements in the coming year with price tags that could total over $1 million. Replacing the elevator in the high school-middle school building is estimated to cost $125,000. The visitors’ bleachers (on the south side) at Cardinal Field need to be replaced at an estimated cost of $100,000. The surface of the all-weather track is…
By Mavis FodnessJuly 09, 2025Contractors at the Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School construction site are focused on completing administration offices first. “Traditionally, when you want to move, you have to get the administration over there first thing because without that you can’t handle the kids,” said Michael Beach, construction manager with RA Morton of St. Cloud. Beach led the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board…
June 11, 2025Ally, a 12-year-old lab-retriever mix, retired this spring after working five years in Luverne Elementary School as a certified therapy dog. Her human companion, school counselor Marie Atkinson Smeins, would bring her to school two to three days a week to help with students where needed.
By Mavis FodnessMarch 12, 2025Demolition of the 100+-year-old former Hills-Beaver Creek High School began Tuesday morning. The 32,808-square-foot, three-story brick structure was last occupied by students in the fall of 2011, when the current secondary school opened for classes. DRC Inc. of Litchfield bid $448,000 for the demolition that began on the west side of the school. The attached Hug0 Goehle gym will be saved and…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 26, 2025Heavy equipment arrived at the former Hills-Beaver Creek High School Feb. 20 to demolish the more than 100-year-old building. H-BC School Board members heard an update on Monday night, Feb. 24, by School Board member Ethan Rozeboom who serves on the buildings-grounds committee. He said contractors are currently working to remove asbestos. “We’re hoping they would be able to do it this week, if…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 05, 2025The American Reformed Church will host classes for Equipt, a K-5 income-based tuition Christian school starting in Luverne. School organizers are mostly ARC members who have so far garnered interest among families of 30 potential students who would start Equipt classes in September. A Feb. 24 meeting will offer updates on staffing and fundraising for Equipt, which has a goal of providing…- By Mavis FodnessDecember 18, 2024Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members approved hiring a director for the planned day care inside the new elementary school currently under construction in Beaver Creek. The director will work with Superintendent Todd Holthaus to develop programming and oversee the hiring and training of staff for the facility’s planned opening in September 2025. “Large parts have to get planned out yet,”…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 09, 2024Hills-Beaver Creek School District’s levy will decrease .37 percent in 2025, according to action school board members took Sept. 23. In the preliminary setting of the 2025 levy, the state-tabulated amount will total $4.010 million, down $15,080 from the prior year. The state earmarks three areas — general fund, debt service and community service — for which the H-BC district can use the local…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 02, 2024Luverne School Board members approved the district’s preliminary levy for taxes payable in 2025 at their Sept. 26 meeting The levy is set at $4.331 million, which is a $30,777 increase (.72 percent) over the current levy. This is the maximum amount allowed by the state formula. Superintendent Craig Oftedahl was pleased with the levy amount. “We like to keep it plus or minus a percent or two so…
By Mavis FodnessAugust 28, 2024Four new teachers join the Hills-Beaver Creek School District for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. Bryan Bosch will teach at the secondary school in Hills as the grades 6-12 physical education teacher. “I am really looking forward to living close to the community I teach in,” she said. “Having a strong and healthy community is a huge reason for lifelong success in the lives of our students.”…- By Lori SorensonAugust 21, 2024Hills-Beaver Creek School Superintendent Todd Holthaus sent a letter to Beaver Creek City Council members about the future of the current elementary school once the new one opens next year. “I’m writing formally to communicate the Hills-Beaver Creek School District’s interest in exploring the possibility of transferring ownership of the existing elementary school building … to the city of Beaver…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 01, 2024Voters in the Ellsworth School District will decide if the current K-12 facility will receive $5 million in improvements. A special election is set for Tuesday, May 14. The last of three community information meetings is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, in the school gymnasium. While the majority of the Ellsworth district is located in Nobles County, a small portion of Kanaranzi Township…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 01, 2024Edgerton Public Schools will complete $16.5 million in facility improvements in a bond referendum vote approved by district voters on April 9. Voters, some of whom include residents in portions of Battle Plain and Denver townships in Rock County, approved the district’s plan for the preschool through 12th grade. The plan calls for various site improvements and additions including: •adding a…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 31, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board ratified a two-year contract with teachers Jan. 24, giving the 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers a 10.38 percent increase through the 2024-25 school year. Teachers receive a 5.83-percent raise for the 2023-24 school year and a 4.55-percent increase for 2024-25. The percentages include increases in salary, health insurance and steps in education. An extra 2-…
By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2024Construction is due to start in April on the new elementary school in Beaver Creek, and city and school officials are still discussing water options for the facility. Blayne Parkos is director of mechanical engineering for ATSR, the Minneapolis firm handling construction for the Hills-Beaver Creek School District. He addressed Beaver Creek City Council members at their Jan. 10 meeting to…
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