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 SorensonOctober 22, 2019Plans are in place for this weekend’s Rock County Ringneck Reunion, which builds on the 2018 Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener in Luverne. The two-day celebration Oct. 25 and 26 features pheasant hunting, a Rock County Pheasants Forever Banquet, live music at Take 16 and a first-ever poker run with side-by-side all-terrain vehicles. “It’s a carry-over from last year’s Governor’s Opener…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 22, 2019Selected residences in Magnolia could be improved if the city is selected for a state housing improvement program grant. The Magnolia City Council recently approved $3,500 toward the grant project, including $2,000 to Development Services Inc. of Ivanhoe, which is completing the application. Teresa Schreurs with DSI told council members in August that 18 Magnolia homeowners were interested in…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 22, 2019Luverne landlord Darwin Vandenberg was the only property owner to attend the Oct. 8 public hearing on proposed assessments for unpaid city bills. His rental tenant on Estey Street owes $332.78 for utilities, and since the city hasn’t received payment after several notices, the property will be assessed that amount through taxes. “I don’t see how I can be assessed this, and I’m not really happy…
- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystOctober 22, 2019The 2019 harvest season started late in the Upper Midwest and is further delayed by wetter than normal weather in many areas. As of Oct. 15, the weekly USDA Crop Progress Report listed only 19 percent of the soybeans harvested in Minnesota, compared to a 5-year average of 62 percent harvested by that date. Iowa reported only 17 percent of the soybeans harvested by Oct. 15, compared to an average…
- October 15, 2019Instead of sitting at tables and on chairs, the kindergartners through fifth-graders ate their basket lunches of corn dogs and French fries seated on beach towels and tablecloths to simulate an outdoor picnic setting. Outside Friday, skies were overcast with slow flurries. Temperature high for Friday was in the mid 30s.
- By Lori SorensonOctober 15, 2019Musical artists and organizers of Tall Grass Guitar Class will roll out their three-day guitar weekend and benefit concert Oct. 18, 19 and 20 in Luverne. The event will bring three “world class” guitar players to Luverne for three days of guitar study and a culminating performance at the Palace Theatre. Featured artists are Pat Donohue, Verlon Thompson and Lee Roy Parnell. Donohue is a Grammy-…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 15, 2019The big push started Tuesday, Oct. 8, for the local soybean harvest, with machinery, trucks and wagons kicking up dust in nearly every part of the county. After only two solid days in the fields, however, Mother Nature brought the gears to a grinding halt with rain Thursday followed by snow Friday and Saturday. Those two days in the field were enough to offer a glimpse at soybean yields for 2019…
- October 15, 2019Students at Luverne Elementary School kicked off their Friday morning with a pepfest organized by the LHS cheerleaders. The students were encouraged to wear the red and white school colors as they gathered in the elementary gym for singing of the elementary and high school songs and a game of musical chairs between selected fourth- and fifth-grade students and Homecoming royalty.
- By Lori SorensonOctober 15, 2019The Uithoven Addition has been platted, infrastructure complete and the curb and gutter has been poured. “It’s starting to look like a subdivision,” City Administrator John Call observed at the Oct. 8 council meeting. The dirt has been leveled and is ready for seeding, and now the only thing needed is cooperative weather to pour asphalt. The new addition has 15 lots for a mix of single-family and…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 15, 2019The Luverne community was front and center at the recent 2019 Minnesota National Guard Court of Honor ceremony at Camp Ripley. Warren G. Herreid II was inducted into the Court of Honor Oct. 6 along with six other service members. Their names are inscribed in the Court of Honor, an outdoor monument plaza located within the grounds of the Minnesota Military Museum. The court recognizes individuals…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 15, 2019There were 56 licensed child care providers in Rock County in 2016 compared with and 37 today, creating a rapidly widening gap between working families who need child care and the available slots with licensed providers. At last count, inventories show a need for more than 180 children over the available licensed spaces, and local leaders are exploring ways to address what they consider to be a…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 15, 2019The Hills Rez Park is the first campground in Rock County to receive access to broadband Internet. Campgrounds in the cities of Hardwick and Magnolia, Blue Mound State Park north of Luverne, and the Beaver Creek baseball field and park area are on track to have service this fall or next spring. The Hills Rez has 10 camping pads and each spot has access to WiFi services. The camp connections are a…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 15, 2019Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members agreed at their Monday night meeting to abate taxes for new homes in the district. The Rock County Home Initiative, as it’s called, encourages new housing construction in Rock County through a five-year tax abatement program. Rock County commissioners approved the initiative in September, and the city of Beaver Creek followed suit. Now residents within the…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 15, 2019The city of Hills continues infrastructure improvements under a proposed 1 percent tax levy increase for 2020. The council approved the levy increase at their Sept. 10 meeting. They also set the required Truth in Taxation hearing for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10. The percentage increase over the 2019 levy brings the city tax levy to $131,856 or less than half of the city’s $337,729 budget for next…
- By Glenda McGaffeeOctober 15, 2019SpringBrooke Events will host magician Travis Nye for an all-ages magic show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at SpringBrooke Events in Beaver Creek. The SpringBrooke golf course isn’t yet open, but owner Rick Gourley said the event planned for Oct. 25 will be a community celebration for Halloween. “Who doesn’t like a magic show?” Gourley said. “It will be fun, and Halloween is just around the…
- October 15, 2019The Magnolia Juniors 4-H Club conducted the group’s third annual “Paws to Remember Dani” event Saturday at Luverne ACE Hardware. The group raised $282, was given a $100 ACE gift card, and received donations of animal food during the morning event. Tracy Area Animal Rescue provided dogs and cats for adoption along with visits from several adoptees that dropped by the store. The 4-H members…
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