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September 03, 2025Lisa Trudeu celebrated 30 years of working at Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown nursing home in Luverne. Her co-workers hosted a party for her on Aug. 20 to celebrate the milestone. Trudeu, who is pictured with Mary Jane Brown administrator Tim Yeaton, started as a CNA and is now a TMA (trained medication aide). Administration remarked that 30 years ago she came in for an interview the day…- August 13, 2025Aug. 6 marked the 60th Anniversary of the passage of the federal Voting Rights Act, which most historians would put on their top 10 list of most consequential acts ever passed by the U.S. Congress. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon reached out last week to observe the date and to encourage Minnesotans to continue their long history of strong voter turnout. He said the legislation stands…
By Mavis FodnessApril 17, 2024Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) hosted a “Pages by the Poolside” event last week in celebration of two milestones. Luverne ECFE is celebrating its 45-year anniversary, having begun in 1979, and April 8-12 was Week of the Young Child. This year is also the 50th anniversary for the Minnesota ECFE program. “Pages by the Poolside” invited children ages 0-5 to listen to stories read by the…
By Lori SorensonApril 10, 2024Palisade Lutheran Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary Sunday, April 14, at the corner of Minnesota Highway 23 and 121st Street (County Road 5). The Bishop Rev. Constanze Hagmaier will lead the 10 a.m. worship, and a catered meal will follow. Congregation members are hosting the event, and many of them collaborated on a history book of their shared memories. For example, Sara (Bakken)…
By Brenda Winter, columnistJune 09, 2020I was just learning to read when I handed my mom the anniversary card I’d found in a box on her desk. With all the over-dramatic “ohhs and ahhs” one gives a child for doing a good thing, Mom received the card with appreciation and read it silently. Then — she collapsed into a heap of laughter and could not stop laughing. She laughed the kind of laugh one laughs when trying not to laugh. I’m sure…
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