Hardwick celebrates annual Jubilee Days
Hardwick residents and visitors celebrated the town’s annual Jubilee Days Saturday and Sunday.
Rock County among 21 included in presidential disaster declaration
Rock County is among 21 counties included in a major disaster declaration approved Friday by President Biden.
Local Soil Health experts brainstorm for options as farmers consider next steps for flooded fields
As the realities of flood damage to crops come into focus, area producers are considering options for soil that was supposed to grow corn and soybeans.
Carson's Cause Truck Meet and Classic Car Cruise attracts over 120 and raises $27,000 Saturday
The second annual Carson’s Cause Car and Truck Meet at the Verne-Drive-In attracted more than 120 vehicles and raised $27,000 for local efforts to improve brain he
Disaster declared in Rock County
Preliminary estimates are over $2 million in public infrastructure damage as a result of the June 21-22 flood event.
Some areas receive 12+ inches of rain
Multiple rounds of torrential rain in Rock County and the tri-state area created significant flooding over the past week, wreaking havoc on properties and public infrastructure.
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- By Lori SorensonMay 05, 2020It’s beginning to look like graduation season in downtown Luverne this week with 92 light pole banners honoring students in the Luverne High School Class of 2020. Brian Remme, city electric utility supervisor, began hanging the banners Tuesday morning. “They really look good,” he said. “I think it’s going to do something different for Main Street.” Jim Juhl of Myhre Studio photographed the…
- By Lori SorensonMay 05, 2020Billy and Rachel Horsman, Luverne, are grateful their coronavirus symptoms weren’t as bad as those often associated with the deadly illness. He contracted it from co-workers at his Sioux Falls manufacturing job, and she got it from him, both of them reporting allergy-like symptoms with a headache and body aches, and only for a few days. Billy said he got tested because his symptoms were like…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 05, 2020Weekends typically bring crowds and welcome business to the Green Lantern Cafe and Bar in Hardwick. But on Saturday, only a handful of customers entered the business, picked up their take-out orders and went home. Under state order, small business owners like Steve and Linda DeSplinter have removed the cafe’s traditional tables and chairs to keep people from lingering and they locked the…
- May 05, 2020The first bison calves arrived last week at the Blue Mounds State Park north of Luverne, when three were born on Wednesday and Thursday. According to park manager Chris Ingebretsen, park staff anticipates at least one calf born each week from now through the end of June. The park remains closed to camping, due to the coronavirus pandemic but remains open for daytime visits. The bison and the…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 05, 2020Hills-Beaver Creek High School Principal Molly Schilling will be the new superintendent in the Adrian School District starting July 1. Schilling was selected last week from 12 applicants and was one of three finalists for the position to replace retiring superintendent Roger Graff. Graff announced his retirement in February after 17 years with the Adrian district. His last day is June 30. Adrian…
- May 05, 2020Twenty staff members with Hills-Beaver Creek Public Schools spent Friday morning cleaning the ditches along Hwy 270 between Hills and Steen. Traditionally the senior class completes the fall and spring cleanup but due to the coronavirus and the issuance of distance learning, the students were unable to complete the spring event. Instead senior class advisor Dan Ellingson enlisted the help of…
- By Lori SorensonMay 05, 2020For the first time in 36 years, Luverne will not host a Buffalo Days celebration this summer. The event typically brings together thousands of people for a whole weekend of events, including the Friday Night Cruise-In, Saturday parade and Saturday afternoon Arts in the Park. With social distancing required to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, it won’t be possible to safely gather for…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 05, 2020At Tuesday’s Rock County Commissioners meeting, County Administrator Kyle Oldre said the Land Management Office has developed a flow chart for producers to follow as they de-populate their swine herds and are in need of carcass disposal. The flow chart is a result of coronavirus pandemic conversations among federal, state and local officials. The Minnesota Department of Animal Health has recently…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 05, 2020When coronavirus outbreaks closed down two of the region’s largest pork processors, private consumers turned to local meat lockers to butcher free market hogs. The sudden demand for service overwhelmed small processors like Jim Susie and Brad Schoneman of S & S Locker Service in Hills. They’re now booked into September, too late to process a 250- to 300-pound market hog that’s ready for…
- By Lori SorensonMay 05, 2020Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls and JBS USA in Worthington stopped processing pork last month after coronavirus outbreaks spread rapidly among their workers. But when that happened, it interrupted a 40,000 hogs per day processing chain that left pork growers scrambling to find other outlets for their market-ready animals. While some growers trucked product to other more distant facilities, and…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 05, 2020More visitors are enjoying the Blue Mounds State Park than normal, according to park manager Chris Ingebretsen. “Day traffic is experiencing well over a 100-percent increase,” he said. “People are wanting to get out and enjoy the nice weather we’ve had.” Camping at the state park north of Luverne was prohibited by the state’s Stay at Home order issued in March to curb the spread of the…
- By Lori SorensonMay 05, 2020The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed 18 cases of coronavirus in Rock County as of Tuesday morning, up from eight cases reported a week ago. But Minnehaha County has 2,195 (up from 1,939 a week ago) and Nobles has 1,069 (up from 477 last week), both stemming from outbreaks in meat processing plants in Sioux Falls and Worthington. Rock County Emergency Management Director Kyle Oldre said…
- May 05, 2020Luverne High School senior Chandra Javner created the winning design selected for the 2020 Tri-State Band Festival button. The school’s fine arts and graphic arts classes submitted selections from which Tri-State Band Festival committee members chose Javner’s design. She created the design in Mr. Thompson’s graphic arts class. Javner is the daughter of John and Deb Javner of Hardwick.
- May 05, 2020Members of Palisade Lutheran Church in western Rock County worshipped with a "drive through" communion ceremony Sunday, May 3, under warm spring sunshine and blue skies. Pastor Laura Phillips administered the sacraments through driver’s side windows of cars cruising through the parking lot while observing pandemic precautions with masks and prepackaged grape juice and wafers. The…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 05, 2020Spring planting 2020 is making history in Minnesota for all the right reasons. Since Sunday, the state’s grain producers are well ahead of corn and soybean acres planted at this time last year and are ahead of the five-year planting averages. Soybeans have set a planting record. Last week farmers completed planting 35 percent of the state’s anticipated soybean crop, the most planted by this time…
- May 05, 2020Luverne Public School District is among the 75 beneficiaries of an Enel Green Power $1.3 million donation. The district will receive $5,000, with an additional $5,000 to Pipestone Area Public Schools. Enel North America operates Prairie Rose Wind Farm in northern Rock County. “The company’s response will not only address immediate health and social needs, but it will also help alleviate long-term…
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