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 SorensonJanuary 15, 2019More than 700 people trekked along candlelit trails in the Blue Mounds State Park Saturday night for the second annual Friends of the Blue Mounds State Park Candlelight Hike. The 2019 event drew more than double last year’s impressive count of 300-plus, and while parking was a challenge, park naturalist Amber Brooks said the crowds were welcomed. “Lots of extended families — grandma, grandpa,…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 15, 2019A Ruthton man died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that closed down State Highway 23 south of Jasper for several hours. According to information from the Minnesota State Patrol, Earl Dean Gruis, 67, was driving a 2014 Cadillac SRX southbound on Highway 23 just south of County Road 7 in Rock County when a 2013 Ford F250 driven by Kevin Jon Wheeler, 37, of Tea, South Dakota, crossed the…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 15, 2019For the past three decades, Rock County residents elected Don Klosterbuer as county attorney. For more than half of those years, Jeff Haubrich served as an assistant county attorney. On Monday, Jan. 7, the roles were reversed when District Judge Terry Vajgrt swore in Haubrich as the county’s first new county attorney in 32 years. “I don’t expect there to be much change,” Haubrich said. “I hope to…
- January 15, 2019District Court Judge Terry Vajgrt (center) administered the oaths of office to the six elected county officials Tuesday morning, Jan. 8, in the Rock County Courthouse in Luverne. From left, Jeff Haubrich (sworn in as county attorney), Sherri Thompson (county commissioner), Jim Veldkamp (soil and water conservation district supervisor), Vajgrt, Josh Ossefoort (SWCD supervisor), Stan Williamson (…
- January 15, 2019
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 15, 2019Rock County commissioners began the new year by electing a new chairman and reaffirming plans to finish a road project in Luverne that they supported in 2018. Commissioner Greg Burger took the helm Tuesday morning, Jan. 8, from fellow commissioner Sherri Thompson. Gary Overgaard was elected vice chairman. It has been the practice of the board for a commissioner to serve one year as chair, with…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 15, 2019There is movement afoot to pair Luverne with an international “sister city,” according to discussion at a community meeting last week. About 15 people gathered Jan. 7 in the elementary school commons to consider whether or not Luverne should become a sister city and if it could benefit from — and be a benefit for — another city overseas. Working through Sister Cities International, a local…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 15, 2019City leaders have shared mixed responses to tru Shrimp’s Jan. 2 announcement that it will no longer build its planned $300 million production facility in Luverne. Members of the Luverne Economic Development Authority gathered Monday morning at their first monthly board meeting of the year. It was also their first meeting since the tru Shrimp announcement, and they discussed key points that have…
- January 15, 2019Teal’s Food and Gas Station attendant Ed Fonkert (left) fills the tank of Marcia Moeller’s vehicle Friday for $1.96 per gallon, the day before gas prices jumped back to over the $2 mark. Fonkert said drivers’ smiles were slightly bigger for the past several weeks. Moeller was among the happy gas customers. “It’s been really nice,” she said.
- January 15, 2019The work of installation artist David Hamlow is on display at Lord Grizzly Gallery through Feb. 23 in the Coffey Contemporary Arts exhibition and education facility on Main Street in Luverne. Hamlow’s exhibit, “From Below,” addresses the cost and value of daily life in a consumer culture. Since 1996 Hamlow has been saving virtually all the packaging from everything he purchases, transforming it…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 10, 2019The Rock County Sheriff’s Office was involved in the arrest of a Brainerd woman who is allegedly connected with vehicle thefts in Hills and Adrian. According to information released Friday from Sheriff Evan Verbrugge, his office received a call around noon Thursday, Jan. 10, about a possible stolen vehicle from Hills. Upon arrival, the deputy located a Buick Rendezvous that was stolen from Lyon…
- By Lori SorensonJanuary 03, 2019Luverne was dealt a powerful blow this week when tru Shrimp officials informed local leaders that the first bay harbor will be built in Madison, South Dakota, not in Luverne as promised. Company executives met with city and county officials Wednesday morning, Jan. 2, the first business day of 2019, to deliver the news. Tru Shrimp indicated that environmental regulations were impeding the company’…
- By Lori Sorenson, editorOctober 17, 2018Rick Peterson summed up many people’s appreciation of Luverne’s weekend hospitality when he told Friday night’s banquet crowd, “We hit it out of the park.” Peterson chaired the local committee that spent the past year preparing for the 2018 Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener in Luverne. He said visitors raved about the 30-foot-long wooden Highway 75 pheasants (created by local artists…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 31, 2018The 2018 Rock County Fair may be one for the record books based on last week’s ideal weather. Temperatures in the mid-70s, low humidity and extra mosquito spray by the city of Luverne were some of the elements Fair Board President Isaac DeBoer named as reasons this year’s July 25-28 event was more successful than past years. “Weather is key for any outdoor activity,” he said. Free admission makes…
- By Jason BerghorstJuly 31, 2018“Everyone was right where they needed to be, right when they needed to be there.” That’s how Autumn Whitely describes how she and other neighbors came to the rescue of Lee Hamann the evening of May 22. Hamann, 61, suffered a heart attack while mowing his lawn on West Luverne Street. Thanks to attentive, medically trained neighbors and a quick response from emergency personnel, Hamann was recently…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 31, 2018Construction bids for the Luverne school building project came in higher than engineer’s estimates and no bids were submitted for the electrical work. Now district officials are seeking a second round of bids, which will be opened Aug. 16 — about the time they had hoped to break ground on the $31 million project. The facility improvement plans are divided into four project areas or scopes:…
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