Dispatch report
Oct. 28
•An outage was reported.
•Complainant westbound from Luverne on Interstate 90 reported a driving complaint.
•Complainant on N. Summit Avenue, Hills, reported harassing communications.
•Complainant on S. Freeman Avenue reported fraud.
•Complainant on W. Main Street reported a civil issue.
•An outage was reported in Fulda.
•Complainant north-bound on Highway 75 reported a driving complaint.
•Complainant on W. Dodge Street reported someone disturbing the peace.
Oct. 29
•Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue reported theft.
•Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker 5, Beaver Creek, reported a driving complaint.
Oct. 30
•Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker 12, Luverne, reported a driving complaint.
•Complainant on S. Freeman Avenue reported burning.
Oct. 31
•Complainant on N. Kniss Avenue requested an unlock.
•Complainant on S. Fourth Street, Beaver Creek, reported suspicious activity.
•Complainant on S. Estey Street reported a civil issue.
•Complainant on Highway 75 and 211th Street, Hardwick, reported theft.
•Complainant on S. East Park Street reported an abandoned vehicle.
•An outage was reported on Crawford and Blue Mound Avenue.
•Complainant on Warren Street and Sunshine reported suspicious activity.
•Complainant on S. Kniss Avenue reported threats.
Nov. 1
•Complainant on E. Main Street reported property was found.
•Complainant on 31st Street, Steen, reported suspicious activity.
Nov. 2
•Assistance from another department was provided westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 35, Rushmore.
•Complainant in Luverne reported a liquor law issue.
•Complainant on 81st Street and County Road 6, Beaver Creek, reported road closed.
•A warrant was issued in Brown County, South Dakota.
•Assistance from another department was provided on Highway 75/Main Street and W. Veterans Drive.
•A transient was reported at the Magnolia exit.
•A fire was reported on 21st Street, Hills.
•An outage was reported.
•A fire was reported on Highway 75 south of Luverne.
•Complainant west-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker 12, Luverne, reported a driving complaint.
•An outage was reported.
•Complainant on E. 2nd Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reported suspicious activity.
•Complainant on N. Kniss Avenue reported a disorderly.
Nov. 3
•A warrant was issued on Main and Cedar streets.
•An outage was reported.
•Complainant on S. Estey Street reported vandalism.
•An outage was reported.
Nov. 4
•Complainant reported theft.
•An outage was reported.
•Complainant on County Road 6, Hills, reported a driving complaint.
•Complainant on N. Jackson Street reported harassing communications.
In addition, officers responded to 4 motor vehicle accidents, 5 deer accidents, 1 transport, 1 funeral escort, 18 ambulance runs, 3 paper services, 5 animal complaints, 1 fingerprint request, 6 burn permits, 1 background check, 1 gas drive-off, 4 alarms, 4 drug court tests, 6 purchase and carry permits, 30 traffic stops, 8 abandoned 911 calls, 4 tests, 3 welfare checks, 2 reports of cattle out, 1 OFP and 8 follow-ups.

Card showers
LeRoy and Sue VanKlei will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, Nov. 11. Greetings may be sent to them at 26412 Ahlers Avenue, Adrian, MN 56110. 
 
Roman Lenz will celebrate his 95th birthday on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Greetings may be sent to him at Good Samaritan Society - Mary Jane Brown Home; 110 South Walnut Ave., Room 111; Luverne, MN 56156.

LSS meals at Generations
 
Monday, Nov. 14: Salisbury steak in gravy, baked potato with sour cream, glazed carrots, bread, dessert.
Tuesday, Nov. 15: Beef chili with beans, romaine salad with dressing, fruit, corn bread muffin, cookie.
Half-Price Day sponsored by Security Savings Bank.
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Cheeseburger casserole, California Normandy vegetables, fruit, dessert.
Thursday, Nov. 17: Meatballs, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll, fresh fruit.
Friday, Nov. 18: Chicken ala king with whole grain brown rice, peas and carrots, fruit mix, birthday cake.
 
LSS Dining offers well-balanced and affordable meals in a community atmosphere.
Call Pam Franken at 283-9846, extension 11 to reserve one day prior, to arrange to pick up a dinner or for home-delivered meals.
Gift certificates are available at the meal site or online at www.lssmn.org/nutrition.

Continental Western Group repeats as ‘Best Places to Work in Insurance’
Award recognizes outstanding omployers in the insurance industry
Continental Western Group has been named in the annual “Best Places to Work in Insurance” program, which recognizes employers for their outstanding performance in establishing workplaces where employees can thrive, enjoy their work and help their companies grow.
Tim Nelligan is president of Continental Western Group, a regional provider of commercial lines insurance, and said it’s the second time in a row the company received the recognition.
“I’m both excited and delighted for CWG to have earned the recognition for a Best Places to Work award,” he said. “Repeating that win validates that we’re doing things the right way, building our culture, building our business and attracting talent.”
Every two years, CWG associates complete a survey on how they feel the company is doing, and the results show that the brand philosophy of “Find Greater” has been good for both employees and customers.
Best Places to Work in Insurance is an annual sponsored content feature that lists the agents, brokers, insurance companies, and other providers with the highest levels of employee engagement and satisfaction.
The ranking and profiles of the winning companies will be unveiled in the November issue of Business Insurance and online at BusinessInsurance.com.
Continental Western Group (CWG) is a provider of middle-market and specialty commercial property and casualty insurance products in 13 core states in the central United States. CWG, a member of the W. R. Berkley Corporation, is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, with offices in Luverne, Minnesota, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

10 years ago (2012)
•Discovery Time Preschool teacher Angie Janiszeski is working on bringing a “Nature Explore Outdoor Preschool Classroom” to Luverne.
The nature classroom would essentially be an area designated for preschool students to get outdoor exercise and study natural environments.
When asked why this project is important to her, Janiszeski sighed and contemplated the many reasons.
“We’ve always struggled with having a place to work on large-motor skills, and kids need that time to let steam go,” she said, explaining that the preschoolers need to work around elementary schedules for the gym, boost-up room and playground.
“We wanted a space to call ours—the elementary equipment is actually too big for some of our 3-year-olds— but what we do will be for elementary-age kids, too.”
 
25 years ago (1997)
•Discussion during an Oct. 23 hearing to extend the state building code into a buffer zone around the city of Luverne also raised questions about “covenants” around Blue Mounds State Park.
According to rural resident Carol Maxwell, property owners within a mile of Blue Mounds State Park north of Luverne can’t build or remodel homes because of park covenants.
According to Tom Sawtelle, assistant manager of the park, Blue Mounds State Park has no covenants. He checked with the State Department of Parks and Recreation to find out once the subject was raised at the public hearing.
Land use around the park is governed by the county, he said.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•If you have a project that people believe in, you can get things done, Magnolia area folks will tell you. And they’ll prove it by showing you the new community center which is now going up on the vacant lot just south of the steak house on Main street.
A couple of things have bothered Magnolia people for some time. One was that the youngsters of the village and those from the surrounding community who attend school in Magnolia had no place to gather—after school, and particularly after home football and basketball games. Another concern was that for some time now, there hasn’t been a place in town where a person could sit down and buy a cup of coffee during the daytime. A third concern has been the fact that Magnolia hasn’t had a grocery store for a couple of years, and there was no place in town to go to buy such staple food items as milk and bread.
About a month ago, the Magnolia Booster Club, made up of Magnolia business men and area farmers decided to try to do something to chance the situation. If enough people were interested, they decided, it would be possible to raise enough money through donations to build a building that could provide restaurant facilities, a place where farmers and others could get together in the winter months for a game of pinochle, and where bread and milk could be made available particularly to the older people who don’t drive their cars any more.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•Luverne petroleum distributors this week joined in issuing a warning to all users of gasoline that it is strictly illegal to fill any container with gasoline unless the container is painted red.
The law prohibits the filling of any glass container, with a capacity of more than eight fluid ounces (one-half pint) with gasoline. …
Another provision of the law is that nothing other than gasoline may be sold in a red container.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•A new grocery establishment to be known as the “Serve Yourself” grocery store, will be opened to the public tomorrow by Otto Orloske, in the new Soutar store building on Freeman Avenue. All kinds of groceries, free and dried fruits and flour will be handled.
This is the first establishment of a “Serve Yourself” grocery in this city, and there is every reason to believe that it will be a success. The entire stock of goods will be on display and within easy access of shoppers. The customers themselves select the supplies they want, without awaiting their turn to be served. Only one clerk or cashier will be employed, who will receive the payments and make change and act as general informant.

The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 3, 1943.
 
A person no older than he thinks he is, and if he takes an interest in life, gets plenty of exercise, and has something to do to keep him busy, he’ll stay young longer, is the opinion of Mrs. Christina Juhl, Luverne, who is 81 years of age, and still does her own sewing on a sewing machine. Despite her years, and the fact that she has worked hard ever since she was 14, Mrs. Juhl is still active. Her hobby is doing fancywork; she crochets, pieces quilts, and does other sewing by hand and by sewing machine. In the summer she has her garden, which not only gives her fresh vegetables and flowers, but gives her an opportunity to do some work out-of-doors to “keep from getting old.”
Mrs. Juhl was born in Schleswig province in northern Germany, the eldest daughter of Peter and Maria Engelhardt Carlson, on June 20, 1862. Her parents owned a little farm, the income from which was sufficient to keep the family of 10 children well fed and well clothed. All were given an opportunity to attend school, and Mrs. Juhl completed her common school education there. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1876.
Immediately thereafter, she left home to begin working for others, in the nearby farming community. It being the custom for the women to do the milking, Mrs. Juhl was given plenty of that work to do. It was also customary to carry the milk a long distance, and she recalls that many times, she has carried two full pails—about twice as big as the ordinary milk pail—suspended from a yoke over her shoulders.
Women would also tend the garden and do other work in addition to helping with the housework. The hours were long, and the wages small (she was earning $25 a year at the age of 18), but they were generally happy with their lot.
However, when friends who had gone to America wrote back of the many advantages that they enjoyed after coming here, many of the younger people of the community, especially those who naturally had a love for adventure, began to wonder if they, too, couldn’t profit by leaving their homeland.
It was in 1884 that she, and several other young men and women decided to leave home and come to America. “It was kind of hard to leave our families,” Mrs. Juhl states, “but we knew and they knew that our chances to get ahead would be better in this country.”
They were on the sea 14 days, and with the exception of one day, the weather was excellent. She states it was thrilling to see land again, but recalls how she and the others in her group “were kind of lost” because they couldn’t speak English. However, because of the fact that there were 10 in the group, they shared this difficulty without any trouble, and finally arrived by train at Rock Island, Ill., where they all had friends.
“We didn’t have any trouble getting work,” Mrs. Juhl states. “I got a job right away for $2 a week, and I didn’t have to do any work outside. Later I got a raise to $2.50 and then to $3 a week, and then I thought I was really making big money.”
It was while she was living there that she met Claus Juhl, who was born at Flensburg, Schleswig, in 1855. He was employed at Davenport, Iowa, at the time, and on April 25, 1886, they were married.
They lived first in Davenport, where Mr. Juhl had a feed barn and Mrs. Juhl operated a boarding house. After six years, they sold their business, and Mr. Juhl worked in the packing plant and the Glucose Sugar Factory the next nine years.
About that time, many from Davenport were moving to West Liberty where there was considerable farm land available. They operated a farm there until 1906, and then went to Dana, Ia. In 1911, they came to Rock county and bought a farm southwest of Luverne which is the northeast quarter of section 24, Beaver Creek township.
On April 16, 1916, Mr. Juhl died, and Mrs. Juhl continued to live there until 12 years ago when she moved to Luverne which has since been her home.
At the present time, she keeps her own apartment on West Lincoln street, does her own shopping and her own housework. She reads the newspapers, and thereby keeps abreast of modern times. She attends church at Immanuel Lutheran here.
Mrs. Juhl has four sons William, of West Liberty, Iowa, and Ernest, Rudolph and Hugo of Luverne, and has 12 grandchildren.
Of the seven girls in her father’s family, she is the only one living at the present time. The last she knew, however, she had three brothers living in Germany.
 
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.

Glenn “Corky” Gunnink, 74, Edgerton, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at his home surrounded by family.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at First Reformed Church in Edgerton. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the church. Burial will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Edgerton.
To view Corky’s life history or sign an online registry, please visit www.edgertonburialassociation.com.
(1110 DN)

Jennifer Marie Rogers, 44, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at her residence in Luverne.
     A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, with visitation one hour prior to the service, at the Benson Funeral Home in Worthington.  
Jennifer Rogers was born to Larry and Mary Rogers on July 14, 1978, in Worthington. She attended school in Worthington and graduated with the Class of 2000. She worked at the Worthington DAC for a period of time and enjoyed activities in the community with her housemates. In 2022 Jennie moved to Luverne.
Growing up, Jennie traveled with family to a lake cabin in Alexandria and made many visits to Minneapolis. Jennie loved music, listening to current pop favorites and hits from her childhood, including Dolly Parton.
Jennie held a special place in her heart for all the caring individuals that helped her lead a full and enriching life, fondly remembered as Jennie’s Ladies.
     She is survived by her parents, Larry and Mary Rogers of Worthington; sister Amy Nelson of Luverne; and nieces Megan, Gemma and Marlee.
     Arrangements are provided by Benson Funeral Home in Worthington, www.bensonfh.com.
(1110 F)

I have never really been much of a deer hunter. I have purchased a Minnesota firearms deer license for the past 37 years and have never pulled the trigger on a Minnesota deer. I have participated and helped in the harvesting of many deer over that same time frame.
A few years back I set a record of five youth, all ages 12-13, who all shot their very first deer out of my box stand in a single firearms deer season, which lasts nine days. I watched as a gal, age 62, shot her very first deer two years ago as well. Yet another gal, age 47, who had not shot a deer since she was about 16, harvested a deer out of this same stand a few years back.
I am very fortunate this season to be able to spend some time in the stand with my son Brandon, who between deployments and working a job in Denver, Colorado, was totally absentee balloting from the hunting game for the past 15 years.
You might wonder why I would ever buy that many licenses and then never shoot a deer? I am waiting for the big one.
I love venison. Deer are tasty creatures, and hunters help keep their populations in check. When you live in the flat lands of southwest Minnesota, deer have very few places to hide and thus they don’t very often live very long. Even if you owned a 640-acre section of ground, planted it to great deer habitat, and let not one single soul hunt there, it still would not hold very many, if any, bucks that would reach the age of 4.
A 4-year-old buck can have a nice rack. Most of the deer shot in farm country are less than 2 years old. Anyone can shoot whatever deer makes them happy. I don’t have a problem with this. Deer hunting is different for each person that participates. Some hunters want a deer on the wall with a big rack and others only want the sticks, sausage and other products deer are processed into.
Minnesota hunts deer during the rut. This is the breeding season for deer. Bucks can and do get really stupid during this period and will act and travel in ways they would not even consider the remainder of the year. This is why your 640-acre deer paradise will still not have many mature bucks that live there.
Bucks will chase available does halfway across the county in an attempt to propagate their genes into the next generation. If our season dates closed during the rut, many older, more mature deer would never be seen during daylight hours. Big bucks are often almost totally nocturnal.
When I am sitting in my stand with a youth or other adult on-set hunter, I am always hopeful that a nice mature buck will give me an opportunity to harvest it. In all of those years, I have not had a single deer of the age and size that I am looking for ever show up. But I will always have a deer tag stuck in my wallet just in case. I hunt in a location where there are very high numbers of deer, but the opportunity to shoot a mature 4-year-old is in my mind more remote than me getting struck by lightning twice.
As I mentioned earlier, deer meat tastes great. When this season is completed, I will have all kinds of friends and acquaintances that will have a fresh deer to put in the freezer. This is when I will get the call asking if I want any of the leftover last year’s deer meat, and my answer is always yes. I can get all the venison I could ever want, and some of this meat comes from those who hunted on my property.
Deer hunting for me is watching the sun come up, a hot cup of coffee, and a comfortable place to watch the natural world wake up and go about its day-to-day activities. If there is a harvested deer in this photo, all the better, but killing one does not make my outing any more of a success or failure.
By the time you read this column, the season may be over, but the memories of spending time with my son will last forever.
Whether this will be my year or not is yet to be seen, but the coffee will still be hot.  Be safe everyone.
 
Scott Rall, Worthington, is a habitat conservationist, avid hunting and fishing enthusiast and is president of Nobles County Pheasants Forever. He can be reached at scottarall@gmail.com. or on Twitter @habitat champion.