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 FodnessNovember 01, 2022Rock County will pool its opioid settlement dollars with other Southwest Health and Human Services members as the best use of the funds. Rock County will receive an average of $14,655 for the next 18 years, according to the lawsuit settlement. Ann Orren, SWHHS community public health supervisor, talked with commissioners at their Oct. 18 meeting. “According to the memo of agreement that cities…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 01, 2022The city of Luverne is alerting residents and businesses of a planned power outage and sounding of civil defense sirens this weekend. The outage will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in order to bring on line the city’s new 3 MW Caterpillar generators installed at the Electrical Power Plant earlier this year. The test was originally scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 2, but a pre-test inspection showed the…
- October 25, 2022The Luverne High School girls’ tennis team is making history this week as the first girls’ tennis team to earn a Section 3A championship and a berth in the Minnesota State High School League girls’ tennis tournament. The team opened Class A quarterfinal play Tuesday morning with a loss against Providence Academy in Plymouth at Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center on the University of Minnesota campus. Jon…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 25, 2022With less than two weeks remaining until Nov. 8, the work pace is increasing for local election officials. “It’s busy here but things are going well,” said Rock County Auditor-Treasurer Ashley Kurtz Monday. She said her office issued more than 200 absentee ballots as of Monday afternoon, and mail ballot precincts received their ballots last week. Of Rock County’s 5,600 registered voters, 2,500…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 25, 2022Luverne High School drama department will present two one-act plays for the fall production season. The students will present “One Lane Bridge” and “Hamlet and Zombies” Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-29, in the school’s performing arts center. The plays continue a theme the school’s marching band (whose field routine was called “Haunted) began. Director Shawn Kinsinger said the drama…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 25, 2022Members in the local band, Beautiful Kingdom, recently earned Emmy recognition after they were featured in a PBS Postcards feature that aired in April. Emmy award-winning director Dana Conroy saw Beautiful Kingdom’s livestream Buffalo Days performance at Take 16 in 2021 and approached the band about filming for Postcards that summer. She and her crew spent an afternoon in late July filming with…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 25, 2022Local artist McKenzie (Wieneke) Mulder led a group of aspiring young painters through a step-by-step process of painting pumpkin art on canvas Monday night, Oct. 24. Working in a semi-circle of tables in the lower level of Lord Grizzly Art Gallery on Luverne’s Main Street, the students participated in the Community Education Class, “Paint and Snacks.” Taking snack breaks between steps, students…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 25, 2022A moratorium on the sale of hemp-derived edibles remains in place for Rock County, despite a public hearing meant to lift the ban for sales to resume locally. Commissioners conducted the hearing Tuesday morning, Oct. 18, with four people speaking during the 30-minute public comment portion of the hearing. Commissioners voted 4-1 to table adopting the proposed ordinance as written. “Do we need an…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 25, 2022Local law enforcement officials are investigating a drive-by shooting that was reported in Hills Saturday night. According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to the Bailey Susie residence at 209 Central Lane in Hills around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, for possible shots fired at the residence and possible injuries. Upon arrival, deputies determined that Savannah…
- By Mavis FodnessOctober 25, 2022The resource officer at Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek public schools will return to patrol duties next month. A shortage of deputies is prompting Sheriff Evan Verbrugge to shift school resource officer Jeff Stratton back to the day-shift patrol. “I was trying to do everything to keep Officer Stratton in the schools, but we are struggling — like most law enforcement agencies and other occupations…
- October 25, 2022The Luverne Area Chamber and Luverne Public Schools are working together to host the community’s annual Trunk ‘n Treat. The popular Halloween event typically packs the downtown blocks of Main Street with hundreds of costumed trick-or-treaters who collect candy from dozens of cleverly decorated vehicles on each side of the street. This year, however, with construction blocking several blocks of…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 25, 2022New signage on the Generations building on South Estey Street marks one of the final remodeling projects after the group purchased the former Grand Prairie Events from Mike and Wanda Jarchow last year. Scott and Trisha Viessman, Luverne, and their business, A-1 Jet, created the new “Generations Events” signage, which matches the previous “Grand Prairie Events” sign. Generations will continue…
- October 25, 2022United Community Action Partnership (UCAP) works to eliminate poverty by empowering individuals and strengthening communities. Through community coordinated partnerships, we help individuals and families find the support, resources and relationships they may need. We care about the communities and people we serve. “Hearing from community voices is important to us,” said Executive Director Debi…
- October 25, 2022Friday’s warm weather may have kept many of the area’s “zombies” outside, but that didn’t stop the Rock County Library from celebrating Halloween early during the MEA break. Zombie Appreciation Day featured a scavenger hunt, a special monster story time and afternoon activities that included Franken-toys, creepy cookies and zombie trivia.
- By Lori SorensonOctober 18, 2022Jill Wolf of rural Adrian will be Luverne’s next city administrator, according to action at a special council meeting Tuesday night. Wolf, who was director of Luverne’s economic development authority from 2004 to 2009, was one of four finalists considered for the job held by John Call who retires in December. In her application letter to Luverne city officials, she spoke fondly of her time in…
- By Lori SorensonOctober 18, 2022Luverne’s Main Street has resembled a freeway of heavy truck traffic and numerous other vehicles this week as motorists are detoured away from Highway 75 construction. Among other things affected by the detour is the Luverne Chamber’s annual Trunk ‘n Treat Halloween event that typically packs the downtown blocks of Main Street with hundreds of costumed trick-or-treaters stopping at decorated…
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