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 SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Convenience stores and gas stations all over Minnesota have been busy selling lottery tickets, with the Powerball Jackpot topping a record-breaking $1.5 billion as of noon Tuesday. With Wednesday’s drawing looming, Luverne cashiers were selling tickets to nearly every customer that came through the door. “Just about everyone who comes in buys one,” said Reva Green, cashier for Holiday…
- January 11, 2016Al Pilaczynski (right) is one of 15 blood donors who designated the Luverne Fire Department during Monday’s Ninth Annual “Heroes Behind the Badges,” a friendly blood drive between firefighters and the law enforcement and emergency medical personnel. The law enforcement/EMTs won the competition with 17 donations during the five-and-one-half hour event. Community Blood Bank sponsored the challenge…
- January 11, 2016Al Pilaczynski (right) is one of 15 blood donors who designated the Luverne Fire Department during Monday’s Ninth Annual “Heroes Behind the Badges,” a friendly blood drive between firefighters and the law enforcement and emergency medical personnel. The law enforcement/EMTs won the competition with 17 donations during the five-and-one-half hour event. Community Blood Bank sponsored the challenge…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016Commissioners voted 3-2 at their Jan. 5 meeting not to pay a bill the county recently received from the Luverne Fire Department. This is the first time a $750 bill for a fire call was presented for payment to the county. On Oct. 9, 2015, the Luverne Fire Department responded to a grass fire in the ditch along County Road 11 near 71st Street. The fire was contained to a small area in the ditch…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016At their Jan. 5 meeting, Rock County Commissioners postponed a decision on authorizing more than $230,000 for a computer-aided dispatch system for the sheriff’s department. The CAD system, which would put computers in each of the county’s squad cars, is seen as streamlining officers’ paperwork responsibilities including issuing traffic citations at the scene of the traffic stop. Sheriff Evan…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016The Rock County Community Library will be closed for seven days as a planned remodeling project gets underway. From Tuesday, Jan. 19, through Wednesday, Jan. 27, the library will be closed to patrons. A planned closure was already set for Jan. 18 for Presidents Day. When the facility reopens Jan. 28, the library will be operating out of the basement until the project is complete. A limited number…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016The Rock County Land Management Office issued more than twice as many livestock feedlot permits in 2015 than it did the year before, according to LMO assistant director Doug Bos. In 2015 the LMO issued 24 feedlot permits, up from 11 issued in 2014. Bos, who also serves as the county’s feedlot officer, said all of the county’s 600 feedlots are permitted through the LMO office, with each site…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016When Jan Baustian is sworn into office tonight (Thursday) as Hardwick’s newest mayor, she will be stepping back into a position she first served in almost 30 years ago. This time, however, Baustian said her role would be one of nurturing instead of trailblazing. “The council, bless their hearts, are a bunch of young people that don’t have much (mayoral) experience,” Baustian, 72, said. Previous…
- January 11, 2016Q: How does the DNR decide whether to aerate a lake to prevent winter fish kill? A: The DNR does not aerate lakes, but we do issue permits to lake associations, counties and other local partners who wish to aerate shallow lakes that are prone to fish kills due to lack of dissolved oxygen in the winter. Public safety is the primary concern, so these permits require aerated parts of the lake to be…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Bill Ketterling of Ketterling Services announced this week that it will no longer pay for aluminum cans and aluminum scraps, effective immediately. Ketterling Services, the local solid waste and recycling operator, has for years offered 25 cents per pound of aluminum (which amounts to about 40 cans). But the announcement came this week as a result of the changes in the aluminum market, Ketterling…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016A Luverne teen faces felony charges for his alleged role in a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl. Micah Stensland-Bos, 18, appeared in Rock County District Court Monday on charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct filed last summer. According to court documents, an incident occurred on April 8 between Stensland-Bos and the 14-year-old girl during which the two had sexual intercourse.…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Rock County Community Library Director Serena Gutnik is reaching out to all local reading enthusiasts to sign up for the annual winter reading program, “Book Your Winter Getaway.” The more readers, the more books, the better, said Gutnik, who said the Rock County Community Library gets special recognition for various distinctions including the most new participants enrolled in the program and…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Workers at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills will receive pay raises, thanks to recent legislation that changes how nursing homes are funded. The Minnesota Legislature recently passed the Senior Care Reimbursement Reform Bill, which gives $138 million in additional funding to nursing homes. Tuff Administrator Laura Preheim said the funding is a welcome relief for the Hills facility. “The board and…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 11, 2016Have a gift of music that you'd like to share with the community? Local musicians are encouraged to attend a Jan. 20 organizational meeting for what could become a Luverne Area Music Ensemble. The group has a potential to form a community band or choir, small choruses or even pep band ensembles for local events and celebrations. “We have all this musical talent in Luverne,” said Janine Papik…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016As of Monday, Luverne High School graduate Caitlin Miller has rowed more than 1,100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Miller of Hardwick is competing in the “Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge,” a 90-day, 3,000-mile journey from the Island of LaGomera (one of Spain’s Canary Islands just off the coast of Africa) to English Harbor, Antiqua. She and her rowing partner, George Pagano of Media,…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 11, 2016The Blue Mound Quilters are displaying two years of work this month at the Carnegie Cultural Center in Luverne. Included in the more than 75 quilts, table runners and wall hangings is one quilt that took its quilter more than a year to complete. With her Block of the Month membership, Mary Crawford constructed a Women of Courage quilt top from 12 individual patterns received monthly in the mail.…
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