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 SorensonApril 11, 2016There’s a child care shortage in Luverne and Rock County, especially for infants and toddlers in the home day care market. That's why the Luverne Economic Development Authority approved a $7,000 contract last fall with Maxfield Research and Consulting, Golden Valley, for a child care demand analysis study. The firm studied overall population and household growth trends through 2020,…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 11, 2016The Rock County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors more than tripled its annual number of cost-share agreements in a matter of minutes on Monday. Generally the five-member group approves six agreements per year to install a variety of conservation practices that protect and improve water quality by controlling soil erosion and reducing sedimentation on an annual basis.…
- By Lori SorensonApril 11, 2016Two hundred randomly selected Rock County households will receive surveys in the mail this week asking them about their attitudes toward recycling. Selected residents received letters earlier this week, requesting their participation in the survey, which will be mailed later in the week by the Southwest Marketing Advisory Center (SMAC), Marshall. The letter asks residents if they recycle, if they…
- By Lori SorensonApril 11, 2016The historic Carnegie Cultural Center was filled with resonating tones of mallets on metallic and wooden bars of new instruments that were delivered Wednesday, April 6. Luverne Street Music purchased the instruments — metallophones, xylophones, glockenspiels and other percussion instruments — from the Guitar Center, Sioux Falls, with donated funds. Continental Western Group and Rock County Red…
- April 11, 2016Luverne Middle School raised $3,054 during the month of March during its annual Dodge Ball for Heart event that included a high school tournament. The event raised money for the American Heart Association, and Luverne’s contribution was the largest in this district. Middle-schooler Morgan Gonnerman (left) and physical education teacher and dodge ball organizer Mary Jo Graphenteen pose with the…
- April 11, 2016Meetings Beaver Creek Township will have their monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the township hall. Maplewood Cemetery board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19. MS Support Group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Southwest Health and Human Services in Luverne. All persons with MS, family and friends are invited. Call 283-2069 or 283-2964 with questions. Rock…
- By Lori SorensonApril 04, 2016Gov. Mark Dayton was in Edgerton last week to discuss impaired water in southwest Minnesota. "This is not just an agriculture problem," Dayton said at the March 30 meeting. "We all need to think about what we can do to improve water quality in Minnesota." Dayton went on to say the problem didn't occur overnight as a result of one contributing factor, and there will be…
- By Lori SorensonApril 04, 2016It could hardly be called official business, but Gov. Mark Dayton had coffee with some of Luverne’s most in-the-know ladies during his March 30 visit to southwest Minnesota. The Tuesday Morning Coffee Group met with the governor at the Blue Mound Ice Arena where he toured the facility at the invitation of Coffee Group member Connie Connell. In 1990 Connell visited with Dayton (then state auditor…
- By Lori SorensonApril 04, 2016For several months the new History Center downtown Luverne has been shrouded in plastic while work continues inside to convert the 100-year-old Herman Motor building into the Historical Society’s new home. In the past week, the plastic came off and massive custom windowpanes were placed in the showroom area and entrance area, giving the public a sense of what the building will look like. “The…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 04, 2016Sanford Luverne’s Hospice Cottage on North Oakley Street provides a homelike setting for terminally ill persons who need round-the-clock care. Central to the care at the four-bedroom cottage are the hospice workers who involve the family members in patients’ care. One hospice worker — Brigitte Wieneke — has become like a daughter, sister, mother, aunt or personal confidant to the more than 500…
- April 04, 2016On Monday workers from River City Electric Inc. of Mankato began assembling the poles necessary for a rapid rectangular flashing beacon (RRFB) pedestrian crossing across the highway at the corner of Dodge Street and U.S. Highway 75. The workers also placed a RRFB crossing at the corner of Barck Street and Highway 75.The lights are expected to be working this week.
- By Lori SorensonApril 04, 2016It was a deadly week on southwest Minnesota roadways with two fatal crashes involving Rock County residents. Luverne’s Chad H. Carlson, 39, died in a motorcycle crash north of Luverne Sunday afternoon, April 3, and 34-year-old Aaron Conklin of Magnolia was killed in a Nobles County crash Thursday, March 31. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Carlson lost control of his 2006 Honda motorcycle…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 04, 2016Six years after graduating from Luverne High School, Caitlin Miller returned last week to inspire current middle and high school students. Principal Ryan Johnson introduced Miller at the morning session with students in grades 6 through 8 and the afternoon session to ninth- through 12th-grade students. “It wasn’t long ago that Caitlin sat where you are now,” Johnson said. Miller’s visit coincided…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 04, 2016Seven people spearheaded the successful fundraising efforts to purchase the former Jasper High School, and last week they signed papers for their group called Reclaim Community to become a limited liability organization. Elicia Kortus, Ryan Reker, Terry Skyberg, Jason Madtson, Randy Larson, Kristie Weinkauf and Jon Hoyme are the not-for profit’s first governing board. Reclaim Community is now…
- By Lori SorensonApril 04, 2016As part of his Water Quality Forum in Edgerton March 30, Gov. Mark Dayton stopped in Luverne later that day to congratulate local officials on the Lewis Clark Regional Water System. “I’m very, very proud of that,” said Dayton, who put $41 million state bonding support toward Lewis and Clark. “It’s crucial for the economic health of the community.” City leaders and area water officials met with…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 04, 2016Concerns over replacing teachers within Luverne Public School District were relieved when more than 25 applied for three open positions after only a few weeks of advertising. Superintendent Craig Oftedahl updated School Board members on the positive responses at their rescheduled meeting Tuesday, March 29. Eleven applied for the middle-high school guidance counselor, 10 for the social studies…
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