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By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2026After her brother died in 2013, Jennifer Radtke started journaling to get through the grief. The tearful lines on those pages turned into thoughtful paragraphs and organized chapters that eventually became an impactful book released late last year. “I never set out to write a book,” Radtke said. “I started writing down my dreams, because they were so emotional and so painful. I found myself…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2026Rock County Librarian Calla Jarvie will sign her books, “No Coast: Midwest Photography,” from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Take 16 Event Center in Luverne. She’ll join friend and fellow author Jennifer Radtke who is hosting the event for her book, “When a Catholic Gets a Lutheran Pregnant.” Jarvie said she’s excited to team up with Radtke for the event and is looking forward to sharing…
By Lori SorensonNovember 19, 2025Nina Willner’s book, “The Boys in the Light,” made national news in the past week as it was named Amazon Editors’ No. 3 Best Book of 2025 and No. 1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2025. The honor was announced Nov. 12 on CBS This Morning where Amazon editor Sarah Gelman discussed Willner’s book with the CBS talk show hosts. “This is such a riveting story,” she said on the nationally televised show. “…
By Lori SorensonOctober 01, 2025Nina Willner traveled from Washington, D.C., to Luverne Friday as part of a book signing tour for “The Boys in the Light,” which she released this summer. The book is about her father, Eddie Willner, who escaped from a German concentration camp and was rescued by Elmer Hovland, an American tank commander who grew up near Kenneth. While she sold and signed books in Luverne, she said her visit…
August 21, 2024Former Luverne Elementary School teacher and children’s author Shirley Harrison made an appearance Aug. 13 at the Plaza on Main in Luverne as part of the community’s series of summer afternoon downtown events. She read her message, “We All Need,” and gave away 75 signed copies of the book. Tammy Johnson, one of Harrison’s former students, attended the event with her granddaughter, Gracie…
By Lori SorensonApril 10, 2024The Child’s Remembrance Garden in Luverne was established in 2022 to comfort families grieving the death of a child. And while it continues to meet that need, the garden also serves a broader purpose in the community for all visitors. It features walking paths, a pergola and a prayer wall of Sioux quartzite boulders where trinkets and notes can be placed. The garden is located in the northwest…
By Lori SorensonFebruary 21, 2024Shirley Harrison is on a mission to show the world that human beings, no matter how different, all have the same basic needs and desires. Her recently published children’s book, “We All Need,” sets out to tell this basic story in the most basic language that even children understand. “Kids are so accepting. They don’t notice color. They don’t notice religion,” Harrison said, “They don’t notice…- By Pastor Joe Steenholdt, Christian Reformed Church, LuverneFebruary 21, 2024John Ch. 20 recounts Jesus’ resurrection and post-resurrection appearances, which reaches a crescendo when the previously doubting Thomas is finally able to see the resurrected Jesus with his own eyes — the very one who had been crucified and laid in a tomb. Now Thomas is able to proclaim his beautiful confession of faith, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). It is after this that the author John…
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