Luverne celebrates Buffalo Days
Luverne’s annual four-day Buffalo Days weekend enjoyed spectacular weather and near record participation.
Hills to celebrate Friendship Days this weekend
Traditionally fire trucks lead parades, but in the case of Friendship Days in Hills, firemen are the 2025 parade marshals.
Zinnel honored during Blue Mound Quilters show at Hinkly House
Sharon Zinnel was honored as the Quilter of the Year and her quilts were featured at the Blue Mound Quilt Show at the Hinkly House during Buffalo Days weekend.<
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- By Lori SorensonJune 04, 2025In a special meeting on a split vote last week, Beaver Creek City Council members signed a contract with Rock County Rural Water for continuous water service. Beaver Creek currently serves residents and businesses with its own well water and has a backup connection to Rural Water for emergency needs. New elementary school construction and anticipated regulations for manganese in Beaver Creek’s…
- By Jason BerghorstJune 04, 2025After a couple of years of visioning and planning, Luverne’s first-ever Woofstock event is Sunday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. in the Luverne City Park. Billed as an event for dogs and the people who love them, Woofstock will include vendor booths, food trucks, demonstrations, doggie gift bags, a dog blessing and a doggie parade. The event is hosted by the Dog Park Task Force, which has purchased…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Interest rates to finance $11.475 million in facility improvements in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District were below pre-sale expectations at the Wednesday morning, May 28, bid opening. School board members received the sale results from the district’s financial adviser Matthew Hammer of Ehlers Inc. Wednesday night, May 28. He said all five bids received at the sale were below the presale 4.…
By Lori SorensonJune 04, 2025The Rock County History Center will present its annual Tales from the Graves and pie and ice cream social from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at the History Center in Luverne. “Hear about the life of local legends, with performances starting at 1, 2, and 3 p.m.,” Buys said. “I feel like it just gets better every year.” This year the event features five characters from Rock County’s past. They…- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Three Luverne High School juniors have been selected for the upcoming Minnesota Boys State and Minnesota Girls State programs. Brooke Vis, Jessika Tunnissen and Zander Carbonneau are sponsored by the Arthur Moeller American Legion and Auxiliary Post 478 in Hardwick. Vis and Tunnissen will travel to Bethel University in Arden Hills to participate in the June 15-21 Minnesota Girls State program…
By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Two very clean lions will greet visitors to Saturday’s Blue Mound Quilters’ annual show at the Hinkly House in Luverne. The sandstone lions have garnered decades of grime, lichen and moss on their surfaces, discoloring their normal tan surfaces. Earlier this year, Historical Society director Wendel Buys turned to local history enthusiast Denise Sprecher for help. “Denise occasionally stopped…
June 04, 2025The iconic multi-colored striped building on South Highway 75 in Luverne is now gone. Peter Dikun of Dikun Properties demolished the former restaurant building and is planning to open a new building on the lot. He is among several applicants in the process of establishing a retail cannibus dispensary in Luverne.
By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Weeks after receiving his high school diploma, William Johnson of Luverne left to spend another summer as a member of the Madison Scouts, world-renowned drum and bugle corps located in Wisconsin. After a month of rehearsals, Johnson will spend July sleeping on gymnasium floors and performing as the first trumpet with the Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. To be a bugle corps member is an honor, and…- By Mavis FodnessJune 04, 2025Members of the Luverne FFA Chapter were honored at the 2025 awards banquet May 12 in the Luverne Middle-High School commons. At the evening event, members in grades 8 through 12 were celebrated for their growth, dedication, leadership and accomplishments during the year. “It’s a place where students learn by doing, where values are rooted in hard work and service, and where future leaders are…
- June 04, 2025Luverne’s GrandStay earns recognition GrandStay Hospitality, LLC, the franchisor for GrandStay Hotels, held its 2025 Brand Conference event at the Crown Point Community Center in Johnston, Iowa, on May 7. The conference theme, “Grand Celebration,” marked 25 years of business for the Minnesota-based franchisor, GrandStay Hospitality LLC. The annual meeting focuses on engaging and educating…
May 28, 2025The Luverne High School graduating seniors toss their hats in the air amid an explosion of confetti Sunday afternoon during commencement ceremonies in the Cardinal gymnasium. The LHS Class of 2025 has 97 members. Their class motto was a quote by Bob Marley: “Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living.”
By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2025An unusual color was chosen by the Hills-Beaver Creek Class of 2025 at Friday night’s commencement. The lime green ribbons worn by the 28 graduating seniors were in memory of classmate Ethan Erickson. Erickson was a seventh-grader at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School when he lost his battle to cancer in 2019. In subsequent years, the students were active in demonstrating character traits…- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2025Luverne’s annual Buffalo Days celebration now spans four days of special events, Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, June 8. It starts with the third annual Tour de Loop community bike ride on the Luverne Loop, a seven-mile paved trail that circles town and connects with the Blue Mound Trail and the Blue Mounds State Park. In her May 12 Star Media “Chamber Chatter” conversation, Chamber Director…
- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2025School Resource Officer Jeff Stratton is on his second pair of shoes for the nine-month school year. “That’s good, because that means I’m not just sitting at a desk,” he told Luverne City Council members at their May 20 meeting. “We’re doing what we set out to do – provide a service and get the kids some resources.” It’s been three years since he was first hired as the school resource officer…
By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2025As Phase 4 of the courthouse remodeling project comes to a close, work begins on the new Land Management Office location in the former armory building on South Freeman Street. Rock County Commissioners, in a 4-1 vote at their May 22 meeting, approved moving forward with the $688,000 project. Commissioner Greg Burger cast the dissenting vote. “I realized when we started most of these projects…
May 28, 2025Annual Memorial Day services took place in Luverne, Hills, Hardwick and Beaver Creek Monday. In Luverne, members of the American Legion and VFW conducted the Memorial Day Service at Maplewood Cemetery. Guest speaker was Minnesota American Legion Second District Commander James Olson. Olson shared the loss of his fellow soldiers and their unselfish heroism that keeps American free.
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