Township residents will soon have an expanded recycling shed after commissioners approved the purchase of two additional containers.

Members of the 2023 Luverne High School homecoming royalty court spent Friday afternoon at the Good Samaritan Society - Mary Jane Brown home playing bingo with residents.

Rock County is among nine Minnesota counties designated as primary drought disaster areas according to an announcement last week by the USDA.

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Twenty-four residential lots in the new Lopau Addition are about to go on sale in of Luverne, and local leaders are considering lot prices and protective covenants for that neighborhood.

Luverne School Board members set the district’s preliminary levy at $4.2 million for taxes payable in 2024.

New signs went up Monday at the future location of The Bull Pen, a sports bar and restaurant coming soon in the former Blue Stem Restaurant location south of I-90 along Highway 75 in Luverne.

Community fundraising is underway for the Kids Rock! day care center in Luverne, and city leaders have been taking key steps toward a 2024 opening.

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