August 2025
- September 03, 2025Dispatch report Aug. 20 •Rock County Sheriff’s Department announced a scam alert. •Complainant on E. Second Avenue, Beaver Creek, reported suspicious activity. •Law enforcement responded to a pedestrian eastbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 3-4, Beaver Creek. •Complainant on E. Main Street reported theft/larceny. Aug. 21 •Rock County Sheriff’s Department assisted another department. •…
- August 27, 2025SAIL classes in Beaver Creek SAIL classes are being offered every Monday and Thursday morning now until Oct. 23 at the First Presbyterian Church, 203 S. 3rd Street. Class leaders are A.C.E. Volunteers Nancy Lange and Pat Bender. There is no cost to attend these classes; however, donations will be accepted. For information or to register, contact Linda Wenzel, 507-283-5064. Blue Mounds…
- August 27, 2025Dispatch report Aug. 13 •Complainant on W. Koehn Avenue reported theft/larceny. •Equipment testing/drill was performed on N. McKenzie Street. •Complainant westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 5, near Beaver Creek reported a road and drive law issue. •A civil issue was reported. Aug. 14 •Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue reported fraud/forgery/counterfeit. •A scam was reported. •Lost/…
- August 27, 202510 years ago (2015) •Lloyd and Gladys Hemme’s farm west of Hardwick was recently named Rock County’s 82nd Century Farm. The Century Farm Program honors Minnesota farm families that have owned the land at least 100 years. A Century Farm must be at least 50 acres in size and currently involved in agricultural production. Since the program began in 1976, nearly 10,000 farms in the state have been…
By Lori SorensonAugust 20, 2025The late Jim Brandenburg and his son, Anthony Brandenburg, were remembered Saturday during a community celebration of life in Luverne. The tribute started with an 8:30 a.m. walk on the waterfall trail at Touch the Sky Prairie and ended at the Palace Theatre where friends, family and colleagues reflected on the Brandenburgs’ lives. For the world-acclaimed nature photographer who captured images…- By Lori SorensonAugust 20, 2025At their August meeting members of the Luverne Economic Development Authority approved a $5,000 loan for a remodeling project at Rock River Apothecary. Business owner Jennifer Wipf opened the wellness store in March 2023 on Cedar Street across from (to the east of) Wildflowers Coffee. She’s a licensed hemp-derived products retailer, offering natural remedies, herbal tinctures and CBD-infused…
- August 20, 2025Markus questions prices set by development authority Letter to the Editor: Economic Development Authority A con artist comes to town, works you over and I would say you fell for it. Lots in town, the city owns can sell for $70,000. But buy a lot to sell drugs that the city owns you can buy for $30,000. Some retired people that like to move to town, buy a lot, sock it to them. I am glad…
- August 20, 2025Dispatch report Aug. 6 •Complainant on Adams Avenue and Kniss Avenue reported debris. •Equipment testing/drill was performed in Beaver Creek. •Equipment testing/drill was done in Luverne. •A road and drive law issue was reported on N. Kniss Avenue. •An accident with property damage was reported. •Complainant westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 12, reported a road and drive law issue…
- August 20, 2025LSS meals at Generations Monday, Aug. 25: Country-fried chicken, cream gravy, mashed potatoes, green peas, wheat bread, sugar cookie. Tuesday, Aug. 26: Herb baked chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, green peas, Granny Smith apple, wheat dinner roll. Half-Priced Day sponsored by First Presbyterian Church. Wednesday, Aug. 27: Smothered chopped steak, mashed potatoes, sliced carrots, wheat bread…
- August 20, 202510 years ago (2015) •A small group of interested fishermen gathered around the Creamery Pond in Luverne Monday afternoon, Aug. 10, while two Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) officials crisscrossed in the former gravel pit looking for fish. “A lot of nice shiners,” shouted Ryan Doorenbos from the boat. Doorenbos is the area supervisor from the Windom area fisheries office. Along…
- August 20, 2025St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Father Joshua Miller, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. Luverne…
By Lori SorensonAugust 13, 2025A community celebration of life for the late Jim Brandenburg and his son, Anthony Brandenburg, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Palace Theatre in Luverne. Jim Brandenburg grew up in Luverne where he started his nature photography career that led to worldwide acclaim for his images captured around the globe. After a brief illness he died April 4 at the age of 79 only weeks after…- August 13, 2025Meetings Town and Country Garden Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25 at the home of Peter and AnnMarie Bakken. Featured will be a fish and wildlife oxbow restoration project with native grasses, birds and prairie wildflowers. Open to all. Call or text 507-227-9802 to RSVP if you would like to attend. Free pears at Prairie Ally Pears are ready to be picked now at Prairie Ally – 308…
- August 13, 2025Harnack pens poem to politicians Letter to the Editor: Hey, Politicians Hey politicians, I want you to see, Just how your actions are frightening me. You are using words that are dividing us, instead of using words that are uniting us. You seem to lie in the things that you say, Then you lie again, it’s a brand new day. I wonder if your children acted like you, It’d be interesting…
- August 13, 2025Dispatch report July 30 •Complainant on 51st Street reported theft/larceny. •Complainant reported property damage. •Complainant reported a lost and found item. •An accident with property damage was reported on Mead Court and Highway 75. •Law enforcement responded to a pedestrian. •Rock County Sheriff’s Department assisted another department on N. Kniss Avenue. July 31 •Complainant west-…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 13, 2025A Luverne man appeared in Rock County District Court last week on charges of domestic abuse by strangulation, domestic assault and DWI — refusing to submit to chemical testing. The charges stem from two July 27 incidents in which law enforcement officers were called to 106 E. 4th Street in Hardwick for assault-related reports. The first one was at 12:42 a.m. when deputies responded to a call at…
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