June 2025
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…- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystJuly 09, 2025The late June USDA Acreage Report is always highly anticipated because it becomes the first “hard data” after the March USDA Plantings Intentions Report to give an indication of crop production levels for a given growing season. Many times the June USDA Report can have a big impact on grain market trends, either upward or downward; however, 2025 was rather “non-eventful.” The crop acreage report…
July 02, 2025Mother Nature offered a break in rainy weather Tuesday evening for the community’s annual Touch A Truck event in the Luverne Middle School/High School parking lot. Trucks of all kinds, emergency vehicles and farm implements were on display for children to get an up-close look (and honk air horns). The Luverne Area Chamber hosted the event, and sponsors and donors shared reflector vests with the…- July 02, 2025Dispatch report June 18 •A road and drive law issue was reported south on Highway 75, mile marker 8. •Rock County Sheriff’s Department assisted another department. •Complainant reported suspicious activity. •Complainant on 70th Avenue and 181st Street, Hardwick, reported an abandoned vehicle. June 19 •Complainant on E Dodge Street reported a garbage complaint. •Complainant reported…
July 02, 2025More than 100 children and adults gathered Monday night in the Rock County Library basement for Jamie Pastika (pictured above with a soft shell turtle named Scooter) and his “Rad Zoo,” a traveling show about reptiles and amphibians. Pastika, from Owatonna, and his Rad Zoo was sponsored by the Friends of the Library. His visit was preceded by Friday’s performance of Jim Cruise from Jenison,…
July 02, 2025The school bell believed to be from the 1895 Luverne High School is able to ring again Friday after a two-year refurbishing project. Industrial arts instructor Steve Ellis from Dassel-Cokato High School oversaw the project involving 20 of his students. Ellis and workers with Oh’Landscapes of Mayer, Minnesota, returned the bell to Luverne and to its final resting location in the Alumni Garden at…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025The inaugural “Ride the Rock” Saturday drew 36 participants, with 26 finishing the estimated five-hour paddle from Ruddy’s Bridge on County Road 8 to the Luverne City Park bridge. Windy conditions and temperatures in the high 90s were among reasons paddlers ended their rides early. Angi Peterson of Slayton kayaked the Rock River in about five hours and was the first to reach Luverne. Low water…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025Rock County Historical Society (RCHS) volunteers created a little fun for participants to learn history Thursday morning during “Fossils and Furs” at the Plaza on Main in Luverne. Some tables featured various fossils which participants could handle, along with furs, hides and skulls from various animals located in the Midwest. The items, with the exception of the elk hide, were on loan from the…- June 25, 2025Meetings Blue Mound Cemetery Association Board will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the home of Randy and Kathy Remme. Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at Poplar Creek Estates, 201 Oak Dr., Luverne. All are welcome. Call 507-935-8173 with questions. Mobile Dental Clinic is June 26 Children’s Dental Services will be in Luverne Thursday, June 26, at…
- By Lori SorensonJune 25, 2025Construction will start this week on 4.2 miles of the Blue Mound Trail between Luverne and the Blue Mounds State Park. Rock County Highway Engineer Mark Sehr, who is overseeing the project, said trail reconstruction is set to begin Thursday, June 26, weather permitting. He said the project was prompted by surface cracking that has occurred through the years since the trail was first paved in…
- June 25, 2025Nearly six million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease. The sixth-leading cause of death and the only leading disease without a prevention, treatment or cure, Alzheimer’s kills more Americans every year than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. This June, during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, join the Alzheimer’s Association to help raise awareness…
- June 25, 2025Ginn: '... be kind' Letter to the Editor: First, I want to wish everyone a happy Pride Month and to be kind to those around you. Now, what I want to say is that in light of the recent supreme court ruling, I want to remind everyone that transgender people are not the reason you can’t afford eggs. A teenager using they/them pronouns is not the reason gas prices are going up. Transgender kids…
- June 25, 2025Dispatch report June 11 •Complainant on U.S. Highway 75 near Hardwick reported a civil issue. •Complainant on S. Estey Street reported vandalism. •Complainant on Highway 75 reported lost/found property. •A scam was reported. •Rock County Sheriff’s Department issued a weather alert. •An outage was reported in Magnolia. •Complainant west-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker 14, reported…
By Mavis FodnessJune 25, 2025A pig nursery owned by Ron and Lori Osenga of rural Jasper was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. No people or pigs were in the barn. The Jasper Fire Department received the call at 4:19 p.m. Friday to the Osenga acreage, five miles south of Jasper in Rose Dell Township, Rock County. Jasper fire chief Kip Johnson said the barn was fully engulfed when his crew arrived at the scene. Mutual aid…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 25, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 24, 1963. Production is going as per schedule at MID Packing Company, according to Don Dennis, general manager. The new plant, shown above, has been in operation for little over a month. When full capacity output is reached, 450 head of cattle will be processed per day. “We’re happy with our employees,” said Dennis. “Their willingness,…- June 25, 2025Sioux Valley Energy awards scholarships A total of $22,000 in technical college and university scholarships was awarded to 25 graduating high school seniors from Sioux Valley Energy and its power suppliers this year. Nicole Sjaarda with Sjaarda Christian Academy, Beaver Creek, was selected for a $1,000 scholarship, and Jack Moser, a Hills-Beaver Creek student, was awarded a $ 750 scholarship.…
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