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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- December 20, 2022H-BC High School Honor Roll Quarter 1 A Honor Roll Seniors: Anthony Beaner, Olivia Bork, Devon Dysthe, Ellynor Klosterbuer, Jenifer Martinyuk, Brayden Metzger, Cody Moser, Amallia Ternus, Leif Tollefson. Juniors: Grace Anderson, Lanae Elbers, Sylvia Fick, Taylor Gehrke, Tahliya Kruger, Brynn Rauk, Larissa Steinhoff, Avril Susie, Olivia Susie, Joylynn Taubert. Sophomores: Beau Bakken, Gracie…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 13, 2022Rock County residents and businesses spent the weekend shoveling out from a 6- to 8-inch moisture-heavy snow that fell overnight and into Friday morning. The sudden snow dump prompted local E-learning and school closures Friday and a full-throttle snow removal day for street workers and highway department employees. The sunny weekend revealed Narnia-style snow scenes around the county, and…
- December 13, 2022Except for two years of school in Alexandria and two years as a Pipestone County Deputy, Matt Sorenson lived his entire life in Rock County and spent his entire career in the Minnesota State Patrol. At his Dec. 3 retirement party in Luverne, Sorenson reflected on 34 years in law enforcement, 32 of them with the State Patrol. “It’s been good,” he said, surrounded by family, friends and colleagues…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 13, 2022The Luverne Area Community Foundation hosted its annual Friends of the Foundation Celebration of Philanthropy Monday night, Dec. 5, at Take 16 Brewing Company in Luverne. The event recognizes and celebrates businesses, nonprofits and individuals who benefit from and support the foundation’s mission of strengthening the community. In 2022 LACF provided grants totaling more than $68,500 to 23 local…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 13, 2022Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary fifth-graders used teamwork to complete a painting project for the city of Beaver Creek. Each year public works supervisor Travis Helgeson gives the city’s two snowplow blades a coat of paint to help the snow slide off the curved surfaces. This year he asked the H-BC fifth-graders and teacher Dylan Gehrke to do the painting for him. However, the students needed to…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 13, 2022All 40 turbines in Rock County’s Walleye Wind Farm are now spinning and sending “test” energy to NextEra’s collector substation, and on Dec. 22 the project will be officially online. It marks the end of a nearly two-year process of acquiring land, clearing Minnesota regulations, and construction. For developers, engineers, technicians and workers, it marks the end of another safe construction…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 13, 2022Residents in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District support a new elementary school but do not support additions to the secondary school. That’s according to a district-wide survey conducted by School Perceptions out of Slinger, Wisconsin, for the district. H-BC School Board members reviewed the results at their Monday meeting and will present the information to the district’s stakeholder…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 13, 2022Luverne School Board members extended a new three-year contract to Superintendent Craig Oftedahl through June 2026. He will receive salary increases of 2.75 percent each year with the contract that begins on July 1, 2023. The board approved the contract at their Nov. 22 meeting. With the increase, Oftedahl’s salary for the 2023-24 school year will be $152,517 followed by $156,711 for 2024-25 and…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 13, 2022Luverne City Administrator John Call presented his last budget hearing during his last City Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6, ahead of his official retirement at the end of the month. Luverne Mayor Pat Baustian thanked him for his leadership. “He’s led our community and our city for 17 years, and he’s been one of the most involved city administrators that I’ve ever worked with,” Baustian said at…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 13, 2022Three Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary students were recently honored by the Wilmont VFW and VFW Auxiliary as winners in the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. Joining the H-BC students in the contests were students from Adrian and Worthington Christian Schools. Patriot’s Pen are entries from students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. This year’s essay theme is “My Pledge to Our…
- December 13, 2022Hardwick Santa Day featured a variety of experiences Saturday afternoon at the local community center including ornament making, cookie frosting, pictures with Santa and a more unusual Christmas tradition of a visit from Zoo Man aka Brent Mielke. Mielke from Sleepy Eye returned to Santa Day, this time with a rescued snapping turtle named Emily, Baby the red-footed tortoise and Razor, a royal…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 05, 2022A Dec. 1 ribbon-cutting celebrated new office space for Cleveringa Construction on South Highway 75 in Luverne, but the company families are celebrating a great deal more than that as the year comes to a close. Merlin Cleveringa announced that he’s semi-retiring in January and his two longtime employees, Adam Uithoven and Derek Sandbulte, are buying the business. “I can’t say enough good about…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 05, 2022Luverne’s Winterfest celebration over the weekend featured all the classic holiday activities, plus several new ones. The Friday morning Puppet Show Story Hour at the Rock County Library started the weekend Friday morning. The Historic Hinkly House was open to the public Friday and Saturday (see page 5), and the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church featured more than 250 nativity sets in the…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 05, 2022New Vision Co-Op intends to build a warehouse next spring in another expansion plan at its Magnolia feed mill. Rock County commissioners agreed in a 4-1 vote to abate property taxes for new 62-by-352-foot warehouse during a Nov. 8 public hearing. No one from the public commented at the hearing or in writing. The amount of abated taxes over the 10-year period will total $83,841. Commissioner Stan…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 05, 2022Due to the poor treatment of her staff leading up to this year’s Nov. 8 general election, Rock County Auditor Ashley Kurtz is asking mail ballot precincts to return to in-person voting. For months, Kurtz’s office fielded anonymous calls, and on Friday, Dec. 2, she addressed township supervisors at their annual association meeting. “My staff was in tears about the way they were treated,” Kurtz…
- December 05, 2022WCCO reporters were in Luverne Tuesday afternoon to interview Betty Mann at the Rock County History Center. They were interested in the fact that there are more nutcrackers in Luverne than there are people. (Luverne’s latest census in 2020 fell just short of 5,000.) The filming crew focused on both the nutcracker collection — now at more than 5,000, and also the community’s unique draws. For…
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