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 Mavis FodnessApril 02, 2019Creekside Antiques owner Sue Beyenhof wants customers to find the contentment and joy she experiences each time she purchases a treasured household relic. “Antiques have been my refuge and a place to get away from the problems of the world,” she said. While family members affectionately call her a “hoarder,” Beyenhof stops short of characterizing her hunt for treasures as an illness. Letting go…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 02, 2019Sometimes farming is just in a family’s blood. But the preservation of valuable natural resources is a choice, and that choice recently earned Jim Veldkamp and his late wife, JoAnn, recognition as the 2018 Rock County Conservationist of the Year. The recognition was through the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Rock County Land Management Office made the nomination…
- By Glenda McGaffeeApril 02, 2019Hills–Beaver Creek junior and senior agriculture students are studying aquaponics, a form of agriculture that combines raising fish in tanks (recirculating aquaculture) with soilless plant culture (hydroponics). Aquaponics is a sustainable method of raising both fish and vegetables indoors to produce substantially more food with less water, land and labor than with traditional agriculture. It…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 02, 2019Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation that allows school districts to count snow days as instructional time without loss of state funding. However many districts, including Luverne, are opting not to use the pass, since they will still be required to pay staff for the contracted school days. In Luverne’s case, staff compensation for the waived school days would be $10,000 per day. “In essence what…
- By Lori SorensonApril 02, 2019Rock County’s Relay For Life will use a new format this summer for its June 13 fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Teams and supporters will gather at Take 16 Brewery on East Main Street in Luverne for the event that also serves to support cancer survivors and to remember those who died of cancer. An organizational meeting will be at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Luverne Pizza Ranch.…
- April 02, 2019Saturday provided a sunny, cool, yet dry day for the Love the Ladies Expo sponsored by the Luverne Area Chamber. Vendors filled Grand Prairie Events in Luverne including Schomackers Cleaning, Flooring and Appliances, where Sharon Schomacker (left) and Tony Schomacker (right) introduced expogoers like Diane Haper of Luverne to mattresses from their recently opened Sleep Gallery. In addition to…
- By Glenda McGaffeeApril 02, 2019H-BC sophomore Allison LaRock will travel to Washington, D.C., June 15-20 to attend the Rural Electric Youth Tour. The Youth Tour is a trip sponsored by Sioux Valley Energy and coordinated by South Dakota Rural Electric Association (SDREA) and Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA). Chinelle Christensen, representative from Sioux Valley Energy, presented LaRock with the award Wednesday,…
- April 02, 2019Student members of the Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter were busy in March participating in three career development activity (CDA) events. On March 11 four members traveled to the Region 6 Ag Mechanics Contest at the Minnesota West-Jackson Campus. Team members included Justin Dohlmann, Hunter Sandbulte, Camron Kopp and Chris Aning. Aning placed 10th overall individually and the team was seventh out of…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 02, 2019Luverne will send a team of 21 students to Saturday’s section speech tournament after winning the Subsection 10 title March 26 in Adrian. Thirty-eight students comprised the winning team. The top four finishers at the subsections in each of the 13 speech categories move on to the Section 3A tournament in Marshall Saturday. However, the 21 qualifiers may be joined by eight of their teammates…
- April 02, 2019Ellsworth Locker, located in Ellsworth, received ten awards at the 2019 Minnesota Meat Processers Convention in St. Cloud recently. The annual event received entrants from Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Brian and Kathy Chapa, owners of Ellsworth Locker, entered 26 different categories. The awards and categories included: •Grand champion: onion garlic bacon, Korean BBQ brats and smoked…
- By Lori Sorenson, editorMarch 31, 2019Monday, April 1, marks one year until the U.S. 2020 Census, and a group of volunteers are working to make sure every person living in Luverne is counted for the record. The 2010 census counted 4,745 residents in Luverne after 89 percent of residents self responded to the survey. Local leaders are hoping to improve participation in the 2020 census with eye toward reaching the 5,000 population…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 26, 2019Rock County engineer Mark Sehr is familiar with the deep ruts created by heavy equipment sinking into the thawing gravel roadways. “Every spring you get where the top six inches to a foot thaws and we still have frost underneath — there is nowhere for the water to go and it turns into soup,” he said. “… 99.9 percent of our producers have common sense.” Sehr joined county attorney Jeff Haubrich…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 26, 2019At their Tuesday night meeting, Luverne City Council members approved plans and specifications to prepare the Uithoven Addition subdivision for future twin home development. The city will seek bids from contractors to install 1,200 linear feet of sanitary sewer line, 2,000 feet of water main, 2,200 linear feet of curb and gutter and 1,200 tons of paving. Plans also call for a retention basin to…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 26, 2019A group of nearly 40 community members gathered Monday night for a second round of discussion about what a downtown plaza in Luverne might look like. They looked at three architect drawings of possible plaza scenarios, each with different combinations of green spaces, water features, outdoor seating, stage areas, shade trees, and more. Community members at the meeting rolled up their sleeves in…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 26, 2019Rock County Senior Citizens are now known as “Generations,” as indicated on the new sign on their building at East Lincoln Street. “It’s a new name and a new image,” said George Bonnema, president of Generations (formerly Senior Citizens). He uses the new name in as many references as possible in order to get the public used to the idea of the group’s transformation. “In the public’s eye, a…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 26, 2019The Luverne Cardinal speech team finished its regular season with its third first-place large team finish for the 2019 season in Pipestone March 23. There were 205 competitors from 12 different schools. The Cardinal team had 38 students compete Saturday. Twenty-one speakers broke into finals and received the following placings: •Creative expression: Meagan Hansen, sixth; Solveig Tofteland, blue…
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