A celebration and benefit event for Shawn Kinsinger and his family will be Saturday, May 2, in Luverne. 

Kinsinger has been a key figure in Luverne’s performing arts as a director, actor, musician, board member and more. He received a cancer diagnosis earlier this spring. 

Eighteen young professionals were honored Monday night as graduates of the first cohort of Rock County’s Future Leaders Network. 

“You’re the beginning of a momentum that we can continue to build on,” program founder Ron Honken told the group of 20- and 30-somethings. 

Nine hundred thousand dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency intended for Rock and Nobles counties is currently inaccessible due to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. 

Rock County Rural Water received approval from the county board to submit an application for a $250,000 loan to build a storage shed. 

Rock County officials worked fervently on damage control Friday after they learned a county email had been hijacked by scammers. 

Luverne’s long-time elementary principal Stacy Gillette officially announced her retirement on April 23 as a part of the district’s regular school board meeting.