The school district sign along Highway 75 in Luverne will soon be replaced with a larger, more modern sign, according to action at the city’s December Planning and Zoning meeting.
The commission approved a new sign that’s 20.5 feet high, 18.3 feet wide and two feet deep with a 10-by-18-foot Daktronic digital screen.
It will replace the existing 1990s structure that has a 2-by-10-foot screen that’s no longer working.
The new free-standing sign will be placed in the same vicinity as the old one.
ACE Signs, Sioux Falls, has the contract for the sign at $223,792. Cost is through a private donation received by the school.
Free-standing signs of this size and design along city boulevards require variance by way of a public hearing.
No one appeared at Tuesday’s hearing with concerns about the proposal, and the commission approved the school’s variance request.
The new sign will be installed this summer, pending any supply delays.