Luverne celebrates Buffalo Days
Luverne’s annual four-day Buffalo Days weekend enjoyed spectacular weather and near record participation.
Hills to celebrate Friendship Days this weekend
Traditionally fire trucks lead parades, but in the case of Friendship Days in Hills, firemen are the 2025 parade marshals.
Zinnel honored during Blue Mound Quilters show at Hinkly House
Sharon Zinnel was honored as the Quilter of the Year and her quilts were featured at the Blue Mound Quilt Show at the Hinkly House during Buffalo Days weekend.<
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- By Lori SorensonMay 28, 2025The Friday Night Cruise-in, this year on June 6, is one of the iconic events of Luverne’s annual Buffalo Days celebration. Its presence on Main Street dates back more than 30 years, but Luverne’s first organized cruise-in dates back even farther. Local organizer Bill Miller joined Luverne Chamber Director Kenzi Klein on May 26 for her Star Media “Chamber Chatter” conversation. Miller said the…
By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2025Kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School participated in a special field trip on the last day of the 2024-25 school year Wednesday, May 21. The 155 students and staff members boarded buses for the short trip across town to the east edge of Beaver Creek where they toured the new elementary school and child care center currently under construction.…- May 28, 2025The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returns to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its third year Saturday, June 7, in Luverne City Park. Volunteers with the local non-profit Carson’s Cause have been registering runners for the 5K and one-mile races, and they’re expecting strong participation on race day. “People have been so supportive of our mission,” said Lori Sorenson, who co-founded Carson’s…
By Mavis FodnessMay 28, 2025First-grade teacher Kala Bush is the 2025 Hills-Beaver Creek Teacher of the Year as selected by her peers. Bush received the honor during the H-BC commencement Friday night. The nomination form for Bush as Teacher of the Year simply read, “Kala is a rock star.” Haley Tollefson with the H-BC Education Association presented the award. She noted that the 2024-25 school year was a challenge for…- May 28, 2025Luverne Area Community Foundation awards spring grants The Luverne Area Community Foundation is excited to announce its spring grant awards totaling $37,394, supporting projects and programs throughout Rock County. Community grant recipients - totaling $17,922: •Rock County Community Library – Bike Path Story Trail. •Game Plan 4 Hope – Improving accessibility and safety at Game Plan 4…
- May 28, 2025Sanford Luverne Medical Center recognized for emergency timeliness Sanford Luverne Medical Center has received the Best ER Wait Time & Efficacy award on the Women’s Choice Award 2025 Best Hospitals Award Report. “Patients from surrounding rural areas rely on the timeliness of our emergency care team at Sanford Luverne,” said Tammy Loosbrock, administrator of Sanford Luverne Medical Center…
May 28, 2025Luverne Elementary teachers (from left) Madi (Oye) Christensen, Laura Louwagie, Kristin Schomacker, Kelly Bergen, Lori Nath and Susan Bullerman wave to each of the 12 buses leaving the elementary school parking lot on the last day of the 2024-25 school year Thursday, May 22. School resumes in the district on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
May 28, 2025Seniors in the Luverne High School Class of 2025 spent their last day at LHS with graduation ceremony practice and a Grad Walk Thursday morning, May 22, through the elementary and middle-high school. The 95 seniors were greeted with cheers, applause and shouts of congratulations as they walked past other students and school staff lining the hallways. The tradition of a Grad Walk began nine years…
By Lori SorensonMay 21, 2025The Kids Rock! Child Care Center will host a ribbon-cutting and open house next week to celebrate the community’s solution to a decades-long child care shortage. “This new center represents more than just a building; it’s an investment in our future,” community leaders wrote in the celebration announcement. “By providing reliable and enriching care for our children, Kids Rock! will empower…
May 21, 2025The Luverne Optimist Club sponsored its annual Bike Rodeo Saturday, May 17, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne. Young bicyclists traveled through an obstacle course, heard bike safety tips from deputies Troy Wenzel (above) and Austin Christensen and had their bicycles checked out by Second Mile Bikes of ATLAS ministries. They also received prizes from local merchants. Due to blustery…
By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2025Magnolia Township received approval Monday night from the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission to build a township meeting hall/shop facility west of Magnolia. The proposed 60-by-60-foot building, located on a former acreage site at 1920 County Road 4, will be next to the current CHS agronomy center on the south side of Magnolia. Township supervisors purchased the property in Section 14…
By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2025Each spring, area students in the Southwest Minnesota CEO program debut individual businesses inspired from nine months of business visits, guest speakers, mentor discussions and working together in a class business. The 18 students in this year’s Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) class debuted their individual businesses Wednesday, May 7, at the Big Top Tent Rentals in Luverne. The…
By Lori SorensonMay 21, 2025Two registered nurses at Sanford Luverne were recently honored with the Florence Nightingale Award during a Nurse’s Week Celebration May 6 in Sioux Falls. Each year Sanford employees are encouraged to nominate their colleagues to be recognized for the work they do each day for their patients and communities. This year Shannon Madtson and Madison Bormann received the award, which honors “…
May 21, 2025This week, May 18-24, is National Public Works Week, and the city of Luverne is honoring its crew of workers in the local Public Works Department. They include (front, from left) supervisor John Stoffel, Chris Nath, Derek Elbers, Matt McClure, Dave Van Batavia, Eric Lammert, Mike Cronin, (back) Mark Steensma, Troy Bosch, Tim Anderson, Robin Stratton, Fred Boll and Frank Mongold.
By Mavis FodnessMay 21, 2025Two Hills-Beaver Creek High School seniors will be wearing red cords at Friday’s graduation ceremony in honor of their gift of blood. Sawyer Bosch and Blake Leenderts earned the red cords from the Community Blood Bank in Sioux Falls for their three blood donations over the past three years. The students were thanked in a note from the blood bank’s board of directors. The directors liken Bosch’…
By Lori SorensonMay 21, 2025ATLAS of Rock County is in the process of replacing the roof and air-conditioning units at its West Maple Street building in downtown Luverne. According to director Michael Blank, the deteriorating flat roof had become problematic, and the estimate for a new, pitched metal roof and air conditioning units was $200,000. “Rain coming into the building waits for no one,” Blank said. “The four new…
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