Blue Mounds State Park hosts First Day Hike
More than 50 people spent the first day of their new year outdoors Wednesday, Jan.
Students build third house through TNT class
A third house is under construction in a city-school partnership called Today and Tomorrow’s Tradesmen that began in 2021.
GAP fund serves first clients
Rock County residents can now sign up for affordable counseling sessions with the new Grant Assistance Program (GAP) through Luv1LuvAll.
Commissioners take oaths of office
Re-elected Rock County Commissioners Jody Reisch and Gary Overgaard were sworn into office by Rock County court administrator Natalie Reisch prior to the Board of
'You can go anywhere from here'
A series of inspirational speeches began Monday as Hills-Beaver Creek Schools launched the inaugural Blue Ribbon Alumni Talks Monday in the secondary gymnasium in Hills.
City of Beaver Creek blow blades painted, ready for snow
For the third straight year, the fifth-graders at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary assisted the city of Beaver Creek in painting messages in the front of the snow-mov
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- By Glenda McGaffeeApril 28, 2015Summer vacation will begin a day earlier for students attending Hills-Beaver Creek schools. The H-BC School Board decided on Thursday, April 16, to move the last student contact day to Monday, May 18. The last high school staff day is Tuesday, May 19, and the last teaching staff day at the elementary school is a half day Wednesday, May 20. The originally approved school calendar put the final day…
- April 28, 2015Hills-Beaver Creek art teacher Mary Petersen applied for and received an Artist in Residence Grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council (SMAC). Anne Krocak, a teaching artist, spent time in the H-BC classroom April 7 through April 16. Art students completed a mural that was revealed Monday, April 13. Pictured are the art students who created the mural, which is on display in the commons area…
- By Glenda McGaffeeApril 28, 2015During a city council meeting April 14 the Hills Volunteer Fire Department attended to discuss increasing their retirement. They proposed increasing the benefit from $750 per year of service to $1,000 per year of service. The council approved an increase of $850 per year of service. In other city business on April 14, building permits were approved to: •Larry and Linda Sanow at 704 Elizabeth…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015Luverne’s Parents Partners in Education (PPIE) completed a unique fundraiser Friday, April 24, in a fun run around the Luverne Public School’s ball fields. This was the first year the group organized the event that had kindergarten through fifth-grade students request pledges from community members and then run a half-mile to a two-mile course. “Cardinal Dash: Keeping Cardinal Kids Running”…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015Completing an outstanding supervised agricultural experience or SAE is only one requirement for the Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter’s Star Farmer Award, one of the chapter’s top awards. For this year’s recipient Andrea Severtson, a Luverne High School senior, it was a matter of more than one experience. Her adviser, Dennis Moritz, could have selected her most recent SAE in goat production. Severtson…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015The Luverne Public Schools Instrumental Music Department conducted its 2015 Spring Jazz Concert Tuesday, April 21, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. According to director Richard Owen, the groups first performed at the church last year and returned because of the facility’s excellent acoustics for audience members to better hear the small group of performers. Students performed seven…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015Costs of assisted reproduction vary greatly from state to state, depending on the procedure and the type of agreement. According to surrogate law expert Steven Snyder, the Midwest is the most economical location for a surrogacy agreement, with total costs ranging from $80,000 to $120,000, if results are successful the first time. Snyder, an attorney in Maple Grove, has overseen 300 surrogate…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015Area school districts lost a testing day when the Minnesota Department of Education temporarily suspended use of the state’s online testing website. On Tuesday, April 21, Commissioner Brenda Cassellius announced in a press release that the testing site would be shut down until technical problems within the testing system were resolved. No timeframe was given on how long the test company, Pearson…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015Four Rock County residences received more than $5,000 in tax credits and another property is under consideration after Rock County Commissioners approved recommendations from Tom Houselog, county land records director. Houselog has been conducting local board of appeal and equalization meetings, where residents can question the upcoming property tax assessments or request disaster credits.…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 28, 2015Thanks to a local woman, a New York dad is able to raise twin sons as his own, a life event he didn’t even think was possible until only a few years ago. Michael Melcher compares life before his children’s births to that of the main character in “The Wizard of Oz” movie. “Dorothy said the first part of her life is black and white,” he said. “Then she wakes up in Oz and it’s all in color.” On…
- By Lori SorensonApril 23, 2015It was a record-breaking night for volunteers and fundraising coordinators at Sanford Luverne Hospice Saturday, April 11. The Blue Mound Banquet Center in Luverne accommodated a packed house of 400 people for the Annual Hospice Charity Dinner and Auction fundraiser, which featured a New Orleans and Mardi Gras theme. According to Sanford Luverne Hospice volunteer coordinator Helen Saum, a gross…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 21, 2015High school speech is the competitive public speaking activity offered through the Minnesota High School League (MHSL). There are 13 speech categories with each falling into a genre of informing, influencing or entertaining audiences. Luverne High School senior Spencer Schacht has been a speech team participant for the past six years and is a three-time state speech qualifier in storytelling, one…
- By Mavis FodnessApril 21, 2015Improvements to the Rock County Community Library were unanimously supported by the Rock County Board of Commissioners and were added into the county’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for completion this year. Prior to Tuesday’s meeting, the board toured the current library facility with library director Clint Wolthuizen who laid out the proposed $175,000 in facility improvements. Wolthuizen…
- By Reporter's NameSeptember 30, 2014Visitors to Holton’s Town Square on Saturday, Oct. 11, will have the opportunity to view the process of turning alpaca fiber into an article of clothing — or from “Sheep to Shawl,” as the process is known. Sarah DeVader of Sarah’s Enchanted Cottage on the west side of the Square is putting the “Sheep to Shawl” demonstration together for the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s Fall…
- December 30, 1969The Luverne High School gymnastics team hosted a “Day of Fun” for 50 participants Dec. 29 in the school’s small gyms. The youngsters were divided into eight groups where they learned maneuvers from the team’s gymnasts in the sport’s four events — floor exercise, uneven bars, vault and beam — along with dance lessons. The first-time fundraiser event was overseen by team coaches Phoebe Flom, Kari…
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