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  • July 27, 2015
    Atlas of Rock County Director Vicki Altena (left) and Redeemed Remnants thrift store manager Jeane Leslie man the oversized scissors at Thursday morning's ribbon cutting in their new store on East Main Street. ATLAS purchased the former Computer Tutors building and accepts donations of gently used clothes, household items, furniture, and small kitchen appliances for resale to support ATLAS…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    July 27, 2015
    Remodel work continues this summer on the former Lewis Drug building on East Main Street in Luverne. Southwestern Mental Health Center purchased the building in September 2013 for the purpose of expanding its operations from the current location on Luverne Street south of the courthouse. According to SMHC management, the Lewis building will need extensive remodeling to retrofit the open retail…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 27, 2015
    Luverne’s Board of Education conducted its first meeting of the 2015-16 school year Tuesday night, July 21. It was also the first meeting with new superintendent Craig Oftedahl in attendance. Since his start on July 1, Oftedahl said his welcome in Luverne has been a warm one as he and his family transition from Warroad to Luverne. “The community has been tremendous,” he said. “I look forward to…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    July 27, 2015
    What do darts, bananas, bicycles and pink flamingos all have in common? Luverne’s Theresa Latten is at the center of them all, coordinating next week’s Bars and Banana Seats bike ride, which benefits Bottoms Up Pink Ladies. Bars and Banana Seats is a local bike ride organized just for fun. This year it starts at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Howling Dog in Luverne. “My friend and I were riding…
  • July 27, 2015
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 27, 2015
    Three bids were received for Rock County’s $1.2 million general obligation bonds. Proceeds from the bond purchase will fund the county’s portion of the fiber optic infrastructure project as well as improvements approved in its 2015 capital improvement plan (CIP). Commissioners approved selling the bond to the lowest bidder, Robert C. Baird & Co., from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Baird bid a true…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 27, 2015
    The message from Rock County landowners has been heard loud and clear: We want to fix our lands. Action taken by the Rock County Commissioners at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, July 21, allows the county’s Land Management Office (LMO) to hire a full-time technician and shift its focus to handle the more than 70 requests for soil conservation assistance and repairs. The heavy rains and…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 27, 2015
    Luverne School District is in line to receive gifts of $3,500 for technical training and possibly $20,000 in sponsorships. The offers surfaced during the community input session prior to the July 23 meeting of Luverne School Board members —  who were left speechless. The silence was broken by a simple “Thank you” from Board Chairman Dave Riphagen.   Exchange State Bank to sponsor training for…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 27, 2015
    More than 40 years after it was placed in front of Luverne High School, the cast iron bell pedestal received a needed facelift last week. Since 1972 the pedestal has battled various weather elements while on display near the school’s flagpole. Time had worn away some of the mortar, and the wooden platform was rotting. Last week Luverne High School Class of 1985 graduate David Niessink worked at…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    July 20, 2015
    A recent city land acquisition will put Luverne’s new biking-hiking path in a good position for it’s southern loop around town. According to action at the July meeting in City Hall, City Council members approved the purchase of 6.59 acres from Julia and Burdell Kruse on the west edge of Luverne. The Kruses will keep nearly an acre of the original parcel’s 7.55 acres for their backyard, but the…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 20, 2015
    Teachers and students at Luverne Public Schools will have another tool available for learning when school resumes next month. The well-known search engine for the Internet, Google Inc., has developed user-friendly applications for use in education. After piloting the network this spring, local school leaders decided to make the applications available to all staff and students. “Luverne has been…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    July 20, 2015
    Ten years ago on July 29, 2005, Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital opened its doors for its first official day of business in its new location on the north edge of Luverne. “Not only is it a beautiful building, but it’s a neat thing that the community would put their trust in us to build it,” Jerry Carl was quoted as saying in a Star Herald interview prior to the opening. “I think they will be pleased…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    July 20, 2015
    Luverne High School graduate Kat Dahl is experiencing first-hand the benefits of family practice medicine in a small rural community. The first-year medical school student at the University of Minnesota Duluth is in her second week of a two-week internship with her mother, Dr. Diane Kennedy, Luverne. “It’s been great to be back in Luverne for this experience,” said Dahl, a 2010 Luverne High…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    July 20, 2015
    The 2015 Rock County Fair is set to begin next week with 4-H judging starting on Monday, July 27, and shows opening Wednesday, July 30. Events and activities are set to continue through Saturday night, and Fair Board Secretary Lee Sells said this year’s event is shaping up to be a crowd pleaser. For one thing, he said there’s an extra grandstand event, the Rock County Speedway Races, which will…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    July 20, 2015
    For many of the 179 4-H’ers expected to exhibit at next week’s Rock County Fair, the experience is something they look forward to each year. For some 4-H’ers like 9-year-old Lanae Elbers of Steen, this year’s annual event will be the first time she’s old enough to be an exhibitor, earning premium monies from the Rock County Ag Society. Besides bringing a sewn pair of shorts, a cheese cake and a…
  • July 20, 2015
    Area youth learned a little more about living on a farm during Rock County 4-H’s “Ag is Everywhere” day camp conducted July 10 at the Rock County Fairgrounds in Luverne. With the help of seven youth ambassadors, 10 participants created corn sun catchers, played an ag jeopardy game and learned about animal care that included viewing various syringes and health care items. Activities included…
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