With the risk of flooding increasing in many parts of the state, the
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) urges private well users to prepare for the possibility that their wells might flood.

Words can send a powerful message, and this is especially true during an election season.

Betty Mann, our beloved community historian, is a self-proclaimed crier.

“I cry at the drop of a hat,” she says. “I cry when I’m sad, I cry when I’m glad and I cry when I’m mad.”

I went on one heck of a road trip last week. I decided to go see the world, or more precisely, a large part of the state of Minnesota. It was part adventure, part volunteer work, and part a small-paying side hustle.

Friday morning, June 22, the Luverne Fire Department responded to a semitrailer rollover on the east-bound lane of Interstate 90 near Magnolia.

Dispatch report

June 15

From the Rock County Highway Department:

Three charter members of the Hardwick American Legion Post 478 will lead the Hardwick Jubilee Days parade on Saturday.

Open house