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By Lori SorensonMay 08, 2024Phil Voigt retired this spring from the Southwestern Mental Health Center after 43 years of helping people improve their mental health. Voigt is a licensed psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed marriage and family therapist and said the career suited him well. “I sort of grew into this,” he said about the path to his career. “My parents taught kindness and respect for…
By Lori SorensonApril 17, 2024Stacey Roemen celebrated her retirement from 38 years with the Rock County Farm Service Agency Saturday night at Take 16, which was crowded with family, friends and well-wishers. “I could not have asked for a better night,” she said Monday. “It has been a pleasure and honor to work for the best farmers in the county and to work with such awesome people. It doesn’t seem possible that it has been…
By Mavis FodnessMarch 06, 2024For 30 years Brenda Teal has been the official greeter for Luverne Public Schools’ district office. She has answered the phone since 1992 and has been the first person people see when entering the superintendent’s office. On Feb. 29 Teal retired from her position as the district’s administrative assistant and payroll clerk. Chocolate cake (her request) was served as many of the district’s 225…
By Mavis FodnessJanuary 03, 2024Barb Verhey looked away from the book shelves Friday afternoon, shaking her head, resisting the urge to straighten the crooked spines. Instead, she took the advice printed on the cookies served at her retirement party: “Retired – It’s your problem now.” Verhey, the assistant librarian at the Rock County Community Library in Luverne, officially retired Dec. 29, after assisting local children and…
By Lori SorensonDecember 20, 2023Sanford Luverne hosted a party Thursday afternoon for Carol Wieneke, who retired from a 60-year career as a nurse. As Sanford’s longest-running employee on record, Wieneke has been celebrated at milestone parties marking 40 years, 50 years and even 55. Dr. Diane Kennedy, has worked alongside Wieneke during her own tenure in Luverne. “She is respected by everyone here and is extremely…
By Lori SorensonDecember 13, 2023Minnesota West Community and Technical College hosted a retirement party Monday afternoon in Luverne for Lisa Smith, director of the school’s Medical Assistant Program. In her 28 years with Minnesota West, she’s been the MA program director for the past 20 years and has been on the Luverne campus since it opened in 2007. “I have a passion for helping students learn and I’ve learned so much from…
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