spelling bee

  • In the Luverne Middle School commons area Saturday morning, Luverne teacher Amy Von Holtum (at top, at podium) pronounces the 25 words of the written spelling test to the 23 students participating in the 2024 SW MN Spelling Bee. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    Thone wins spelling bee C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S-H-I-P
    By Mavis Fodness
    April 10, 2024
    Twenty-three of the best spellers in southwest Minnesota participated Saturday morning in the 2024 SW MN Spelling Bee hosted at the Luverne Middle School. Students in fifth- and/or sixth-grade from Luverne, Hills-Beaver Creek, Adrian, Worthington and Westbrook-Walnut Grove competed in the annual event. Luverne sixth-grader Cooper Thone claimed the individual spelling bee title. He is the son of…
  • 1949: Fritz wins county spelling bee
    By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    June 29, 2021
    The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on March 24, 1949.   Luverne Girl Wins County Spelling Crown Margaret Fritz, who is a pupil in the eighth grade of the Luverne junior high school, won the county spelling contest Saturday of a possible 100 words correctly in a written test, also taken by pupils from 11 other Rock county schools. Shirley Hawes of district 45, placed second, and…
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