Not guilty pleas entered in lcoal case of murder, homicide
Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, appeared in Rock County District Court Monday on charges of third-degree murder and vehicular homicide related to last year’s fatal crash northwest of Beaver Creek.
North Highway 75 now closed in Luverne
Highway 75 closed this week in Luverne between Main Street and Dodge Street for the highway reconstruction project set for April through October.
Smile - you're about to graduate!
Jim Juhl (far left) of Myhre Studio photographs the Luverne High School Class of 2026 on Main Street Tuesday morning under the marquee of the Historic Palace Theatre.
Flower Shop Dispensary now open
There’s a new kind of flower shop on Kniss Avenue in Luverne, but instead of roses customers can purchase a different kind of “bud.”
FFA hosts tractor parade for elementary students
Students in Luverne’s Future Farmers of America chapter organized a tractor parade for elementary students on Friday, April 10, in front of the Luverne Elementary School to celebrate “Drive Your Tractor to School Day”
Patriot Pals Child Care sees steady growth
Now entering its fifth month of operation, the Hills-Beaver Creek childcare program is steadily growing.
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By Nicole RonchettiApril 08, 2026Misbehaving students beware — the scary substitute teacher Miss Swamp is coming to the Palace Theatre later this week. Performed by the Green Earth Players community theater group, the play “Miss Nelson is Missing’ will tell the tale from the classic children’s book of the same name. It’s about the mischievous students from Room 207 as they set out to find their beloved Miss Nelson after an…
April 08, 2026Luverne’s downtown was hopping with families Saturday for the Chamber’s Easter Bunny activities with 13 participating businesses. The day started with a free children’s movie at the Palace Theatre where roughly 150 children picked up their Easter bags and then strolled the streets of Luverne to gather Easter eggs. The event was free, thanks to local business sponsors. Luverne Area Chamber…
April 08, 2026The Luverne chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America won several awards during the State Leadership conference held in Bloomington March 27-28. Twenty-five Luverne students attended the event where they accepted three awards for their chapter. They received the Region STAR Events Recognition trophy for having three or more members advance from regionals; the State STAR…
By Nicole RonchettiApril 08, 2026After practicing in parking lots and fields, the Hills-Beaver Creek track athletes will soon have dedicated place of their own. Bids have opened for Hills- Beaver Creek’s project to construct a partial track west of the current secondary school, with superintendent Todd Holthaus sharing that he hopes construction will be finished by this fall. “We’ve been talking about this for some time,” he…
By Lori SorensonApril 08, 2026American political reenactor Joe Weigand will be in Rock County next week to portray President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt as part of the community’s America 250 celebration. Weigand has been reenacting Roosevelt on stage for over 20 years throughout all 50 states, and his performance is a summer feature in Medora, North Dakota, home of the Teddy Roosevelt National Park. The Rock County events…
April 08, 2026Residents and staff at the Mary Jane Brown-Good Samaritan Center, Luverne, were treated to a visit by Haley Holland and live creatures with the Zoomobile of Sioux Falls. Some of the live creatures included a hedgehog and a snake, which they had the opportunity to see up close and touch.- April 08, 2026Absentee voting (or vote by mail) in Minnesota is built with multiple layers of security to protect voters and ensure every ballot is counted accurately. Here’s a quick look at the safeguards in place: Secure application and tracking: Ballots are requested through a verified application and tracked in the Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS), allowing both voters and officials to…
- April 08, 2026Sen. Amy Klobuchar recently visited with farmers and Minnesota agriculture leaders to highlight her bipartisan bills to lower fertilizer costs in the wake of the war in Iran. Klobuchar met with Rob Tate, the board treasurer of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Wes Beck, the president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Ryan Mackenthun, vice president of the Minnesota Soybean…
- By Lori SorensonApril 08, 2026A student received medical attention Tuesday morning after a Luverne School District bus accident east of Luverne. According to information from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, the crash involved a school bus and a car at the intersection of County Road 4 east of Luverne and County Road 9 (the golf course road). The bus was traveling west on County Road 4 when it was making a left-hand turn…
April 08, 2026Functional Nutrition received a trophy Tuesday, March 31, for the Battle of the Beverages 2026 in Luverne. Pictured are (from left) Chamber Director Kenzi Klein, Functional Nutrition owner Kathy Thomas and Chamber Board members Jenny Jorgenson and Amanda McDonald. Functional Nutrition earned the overall best score in the local contest and Los Bravos Mexican Restaurant was the winner in the “most…
By Lori SorensonApril 08, 2026A flight instructor and training pilot walked away from a plane crash Friday morning at the Luverne Municipal Airport. Their single-engine Cessna came to rest upside-down near the south end of the runway around 10:20 a.m. Friday when a passerby reported the crash landing. Local ambulance, law enforcement, fire department and first-responders were dispatched to the scene where they encountered…- By Tiffany Muellner, Blue Mounds State Park NaturalistApril 08, 2026Do you hear that? Spring is in the air with the sounds of migrating birds. Join the naturalist for Blue Mounds Birding for up to a one-mile walk around the picnic area as we practice our birding skills from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 18 and 25. We will go over some tips and tricks to identify some of the common bird species in the park. Dress for the weather including good walking…
April 08, 2026The Easter Bunny made an appearance in the Hardwick community Saturday morning when roughly 60 children and their families enjoyed an Easter egg hunt along with prize drawings, Easter cookies and juice boxes. The event, hosted by the Denver Go-Getters 4-H Club and Zion Lutheran Board of Evangelism, was moved indoors in the Hardwick Community Hall, due to Saturday’s wintery weather. Tammy…
By Lori SorensonApril 03, 2026A flight instructor and student pilot walked away from a plane crash this morning at the Luverne Municipal Airport. Their single-engine Cessna came to rest upside-down near the south end of the runway around 10:20 a.m. Friday when a passerby reported the crash landing. Local ambulance, law enforcement, fire department and first-responders were dispatched to the scene where they encountered the…
By Lori SorensonApril 01, 2026The Luverne Area Community Foundation will now be known as the Rock County Community Foundation with a new logo and website. The public announcement came Tuesday, March 31, after the organization introduced the new name and logo at several “reveal” events earlier in March. At a March 16 meeting at Take 16, foundation director Emily Crabtree addressed a group of people she called “friends of…
By Nicole RonchettiApril 01, 2026Luverne may soon have fiber-to-the home internet access, according to discussion at the March 19 city cable board meeting. Representatives with Bluepeak announced plans to bring fiber to Luverne at the meeting where they also answered the board’s questions about the process. Bluepeak is a cable and internet provider in Luverne formerly known as Vast Broadband. The company’s senior…
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