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.
News
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 07, 2020A new adviser will guide Hills-Beaver Creek students as the 2020 Minnesota High School Mock Trial season gets underway this week. Megan Klumper is a fifth-year teacher at H-BC High School with 15 years of classroom experience. She currently instructs secondary English classes. Advising the 16-member Mock Trial team is Klumper’s first extra-curricular assignment and she stepped forward for the…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 07, 2020Each year since 2015 Luverne High School has competed at the state Mock Trial tournament by achieving the best regional record. This week, as the 2020 season gets underway, 16 Luverne students are aiming for a sixth-straight Region 4 title. Third-year adviser Jason Berghorst is confident the students can return to the state tournament. “The students pretty much coach each other during practice…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 07, 2020Rock County Commissioners approved a $6.1 million levy for taxes payable in 2020. That’s a 5.41 percent increase ($317,577) over the current levy with some budget unknowns. The county will have a total budget of $12.5 million in 2020 including $562,319 in state aid, an increase of $45,279 from the previous year. Commissioners approved the 2020 levy at their final meeting of the year Dec. 23 to…
- January 07, 2020Lauren Joy Klosterman entered the world Jan. 1 as the first baby of 2020 born in Sanford Luverne. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Her parents are Kelly and Calvin Klosterman, Lismore, and she has a 13-year-old sibling, Jaden Russell. Her grandparents are Dale and Lori Klosterman, Adrian, and Warren and Teresa Kooiman, Edgerton.
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 07, 2020Judges for the Luverne Area Chamber Convention and Visitor Bureau’s 2019 Prairie Photo Contest recently announced winners for September-October. “It was almost impossible for the judges to decide,” said chamber director Jane Lanphere. “Every photo was wonderful and had value.” Ultimately the winning photos were selected on subject matter that the CVB did not currently have in their photo array.…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 01, 2020Luverne Street Music Carnegie Minstrels raised more than $2,000 for the Rock County Emergency Food Shelf with their Dec. 7 community cantata “Sing Christmas” in the American Reformed Church. The Luverne Area Community Foundation supported the performance with a $500 grant to help cover costs, so that the entire amount could be donated. Pictured at the Food Shelf (in the lower level of the United…
- January 01, 20202019 Luverne obits December 2018 Dec. 22: Wallace Schmuck, 90, Luverne. Dec. 25: Gary Lee, 62, Magnolia. Dec. 26: Delores Johnson, 82, Rochester. Dec. 28: Marian Lorenzen, 87, Hardwick. Dec. 29: Helen Loosbrock, 96, Adrian. Dec. 31: Lloyd Vanden Bussche, 61, Beaver Creek. January Jan. 2: Marie Gleis, 95, Luverne. Jan. 5: Martha Steinhoff, 92, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Roger Peterson, 76, Perham. Jan…
- January 01, 20202019 Luverne births July 2018 July 16: Jordan and Katie Kopp, Luverne, a boy, Hudson. December 2018 Dec. 18: Brent and Melissa Hofmeyer, Sheldon, Iowa, a girl, Ruthie Kay. Dec. 22: Ryan and Corey Wynia, Luverne, a girl, Audrey Wendy. January Jan. 1: Casey and Lindsey Swenson, Brandon, S.D., a boy, Landon Vincent. Jan. 2: Jordan and Jordyn Pater, Luverne, a boy, Benjamin. Jan. 14: Caleb and…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 01, 2020The Rock County VFW Post 2757 recently announced student essay winners in the 2019 “Voice of Democracy” and “Patriot Pen” contests. Entrants, judged on excellence in original writing about patriotism and democracy, received cash awards for the top three places in middle school and high school categories. This year writers in both contests answered the question, “What Makes America Great?”…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 01, 2020Sheriff Evan Verbrugge swore in the newest Rock County deputy, Slayton native Dylan Nelson, at the Dec. 23 county commissioners’ meeting. Nelson replaces deputy Shelley Douty, who resigned in September after 12 years with the local sheriff’s office. Nelson, a May 2020 graduate of Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, was joined at the swearing-in ceremony by his parents…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 01, 2020A good way to measure growth over time is to track the number of building permits issued for construction. Luverne building official Chad McClure compiled numbers for 2019, when he issued 169 permits valued at $22.7 million. Of those, four were single-family home construction valued at $959,253. Major projects permitted in 2019 were the Premium Minnesota Pork remodel at $4.2 million (of the $31…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 30, 2019The Luverne Area Chamber tracks local business and commerce and shared the following account of business activity over the past decade. New businesses in 2010 •Pierce Financial Services •Elegant Events •HGS Gallery •Kids Zone (second-hand) Closed businesses in 2010 •Furniture House •Gabe’s Clothing & Shoes •Family Dollar •Brown Church Antiques Ownership changes 2010 •Joel and Maggie…
- December 30, 2019The city of Luverne recently negotiated a new three-year contract with labor unions, and as part of its year-end resolutions approved wage increases for 2020, 2021 and 2022. The pay plan, effective Jan. 1, will be adjusted to a 3.5 percent increase for 2020, a 3.25 percent increase for 2021, and a 3.25 percent increase for 2022. Non-union, administrative and department head salaries for 2020 will…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 30, 2019Luverne City Council members approved a 9.41-percent levy increase for taxes payable in 2020, according to action taken at their Tuesday night meeting. The $2.1 million levy is about $180,300 more than the current levy and includes $32,334 in debt financing for the recent $14 million wastewater treatment plant upgrade. Without that, the increase would have been 7.72 percent to cover the $1.9…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 30, 2019Beaver Creek City Council members approved a $126,342 levy for taxes payable in 2020. This represents a $146 increase over the current levy, a move that prompted significant discussion at the council’s year-end meeting. The goal was to approve a budget that required no levy increase; however, council members were faced with more than $6,000 in expenses over revenues. Line by line, they looked for…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 30, 2019Luverne City Council members made their final payment in December for utility improvements on the former Sharkee’s and Mert’s Welding property. H&W Contracting, Sioux Falls, has been working on utility improvements at the intersection of Highway 75 and Hatting Street. This project installed water and sewer throughout the area between Highway 75 and Freeman Avenue to the east. The work is…
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