Petersen probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN DISTRICT COURT
                                                                         FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
Court File No. 67-R-21-198
Estate of:                                                              NOTICE OF ORDER OF HEARING
ON PETITION FOR FORMAL
Henry George Petersen ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY,
a/k/a Henry G. Petersen,                                       DETERMINIATION OF HEIRSHIP,
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL 
REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE
TO CREDITORS
 
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
It is Ordered and Notice is given that on the 27th  day of September, 2021, at 8:30  o’clock a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at the Rock County Courthouse, 204 East Brown Street, PO Box 745, Luverne, Minnesota, for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Isaac DeBoer, Market President, on behalf of Minnwest Bank, a Minnesota Banking Corporation, whose address is 116 East Main Street, Luverne, Minnesota  56156, as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent in a SUPERVISED administration.  Any objection to the Petition must be filed or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised the personal representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes, and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the Estate.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will
be barred.
 
Date: August 24, 2021 /s/ Terry Vajgrt
Judge of District Court
 
Attorney for Personal Representative
Greg J. Bucher
STONEBERG, GILES & STROUP, P.A.
300 South O’Connell Street
Marshall, Minnesota  56258
Attorney Reg. No.: 299601
Telephone: (507) 537-0591
Fax: (507) 532-3498
(09-02, 09-09)

A car show, bag toss tournament and grilled burgers were offered at the first Luverne High School Senior Night Monday evening in the school’s new commons and the performing arts center.
About 63 seniors gathered for the event hosted by the school’s student council.
The students were sophomores when the $31 million remodel and construction project began.
For many students, Monday night’s event was the first time they viewed the new areas.
“It’s pretty cool,” said senior Chance Tunnissen.
The seniors were the first to eat in the new commons dining area.
Prior to the construction of the main floor kitchen/dining area, students ate breakfast and lunch in the basement cafeteria.
Monday night’s atmosphere is noticeably different.
“It is so bright and airy,” said senior Mia Wenzel. “I may stay and eat lunch here now.”
With the increased seating capacity and larger serving area, food service director Ann Rigney anticipates students like Wenzel who normally went home for lunch will choose to eat at school.
Rigney is preparing breakfast and lunch options for an additional 100 to 150 middle and high school students to dine in school.
Also, there are new menu choices offered at four different stations.
Grab and Go items such as cold sandwiches, yogurt and juices will be offered for sale along with a salad bar choice. Two lines will feature hot entrees as well as hot grab and go items such as pizza or chicken.
“We will be trying things to see what they like,” Rigney said.
Due to coronavirus pandemic relief funding, the regular hot lunch is free to students, but students will have to pay for the grab and go items.
All items will be charged to the student’s lunch account, and parents receive an email as to what was purchased.
The new kitchen is four times the size of the previous space in the basement.
New equipment such as a sandwich warming oven, tilt cooker and combi-oven makes it easier to cook for more students.
Microwaves are also available for students who do bring their own lunch to eat in the cafeteria.
With the main floor commons, school officials have closed the lunch hours for the freshmen and sophomores. Juniors and seniors have the option to leave campus for lunch.
“Kids have so many more choices that I hope they stay and eat,” Rigney said.

Storms that swept through Rock County and the tri-state area Saturday night left downed trees, damaged crops and property, and wet basements.
Hills, Beaver Creek, Steen and Luverne all had downed trees, some of them large, and some fell on vehicles and buildings.
A large maple tree in Roger Tollefson’s backyard on Northview Drive in Luverne split down the middle, and half of it fell toward the back side of his house.
“I started picking up sticks the next morning when I let the dogs out,” he said. “But then I noticed my big tree was down.”
It landed on the back patio deck, damaging the railing. “I didn’t know the extent of the damage until daylight the next morning,” Tollefson said.
Similar stories are shared on social media around the region, and there were reports of machine sheds damaged east of Hills and in the Steen area.
Brian Fick of Kozlowski Insurance, Luverne, has been responding to crop loss inquiries.
“It’s very spotty,” he said of Saturday’s storm damage. “There’s lodged corn, some hail damage to soybeans, and soybeans lodged as well.”
He said fields in the Hills and Beaver Creek areas were hardest hit, as well as those southwest of Luverne. However, he won’t know the extent of damage and the number of acres affected for several weeks.
“The big thing is going to be the harvestability of crops,” Fick said about the lodged corn and soybeans. “It will be a matter of trying to get it into the combine or chopper — some of it is pretty close to the ground.”
For the stalks lying closest to the ground, he said moisture may an issue at harvest time for those ears of corn that may not dry in time.
Rain amounts varied around Rock County and the region, with the heavier amounts — over six inches — reported in the Hills and Beaver Creek area.
Luverne and Magnolia had over 3 inches, Hardwick had 2 inches and Jasper and areas south of Jasper had 4 inches.
Fields in the northwestern parts of Rock County have been particularly dry, so the moisture was a welcome relief for drought-weary fields in that area.
Local agronomists are telling their clients that Saturday’s rain won’t make a big difference for the corn crop, but soybeans that are still green may see pods fill in more
As of Thursday, portions of Rock County were still in “severe drought” according to the North American Drought Monitor.
Central Rock County was in “moderate drought,” and southeastern Rock County was considered “abnormally dry.”
Crop experts are saying yield predictions will be difficult this harvest season, given variability of growing conditions in the region. The latest predictions on Aug. 27 did not account for Saturday’s rain.
The next USDA Crop Report will be released on Sept. 10 and will be based on crop conditions as of Sept. 1. This report will include actual field survey data in the yield and production estimates.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission gave approval last week to the 109-megawatt Walleye Wind project in west-central Rock County.
 The regulatory agency issued permits to NextEra Energy for both site construction and certificate of need for the electricity.
NextEra plans to construct up to 40 wind turbines in the townships of Beaver Creek, Luverne, Martin and Springwater. The farm encompasses over 49 square miles or 31,000 acres.
“We are very pleased with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s decision to approve the Walleye Wind Project,” said Walleye Wind project director Mike Wiech.
“We appreciate the commission’s thorough review of our project, as well as the generous support from the community.”
According to the press release from the PUC, the project is expected to bring up to 185 jobs during the construction and up to four full-time positions after the construction is complete.
Once fully operational, the wind farm is estimated to generate between $400,000 to $600,000 in annual tax revenues to Rock County.
The farm will provide electricity to the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency through a 30-year purchase agreement.
Weich indicated NextEra is waiting for the final written order from the PUC.
“We will host a community meeting to share our construction plans,” he wrote.
That meeting could take place in October. Original plans were to complete the wind farm by the end of the year.
The PUC approved requirements to minimize project impacts to human and natural environments.
NextEra developed a shadow flicker management plan, an avian and bat protection plan, a native prairie protection plan and a decommissioning plan, which ensures sites are restored at the end of the wind farm’s useful life.
 
Commissioners approved laydown yard permit
A conditional use permit was approved by Rock County Commissioners July 6 for a temporary construction laydown yard in Section 17 of Beaver Creek Township, owned by Dach Inc.
Charles Matus of Luverne is listed as the corporation’s contact.
No one opposed the plans at the June 21 Rock County Planning and Zoning public hearing about the laydown location.
Commissioners unanimously approved the permit to use 38.1 acres for the laydown yard.
It will be accessed by County Road 59 and 101st Street during the construction timeframe for a temporary staging site for all the necessary construction material for building the wind farm.
The site will also host construction trailers and parking for workers.
The site is also where one of the former Perch Wind turbines is currently located. That turbine, along with six other inoperable turbines in the area, will be decommissioned by NextEra Energy. The conditional use permit is in effect for three years.
The permit stipulates once NextEra is finished with the site, the topsoil will be restored and the site be returned to its original condition, which is for general agricultural purposes.

Streets in and around the Luverne School District campus have been renamed as part of rebranding and school pride initiatives.
Luverne City Council members approved an ordinance this summer to change the street names, and the new red-and-white signs went up last week.
The following streets were affected:
•Adams Street (the east-west road that enters the school campus at the tennis courts) is now Cardinal Drive.
•North East Park, the one-way street along the east side of the high school, was renamed to Alumni Avenue.
•School Street is now named 2184 Lane. This is the roadway that intersects the one-way street near the south end of the campus and heads west before elbowing south to connect with Dodge Street.
The signs, which cost a total of $640, also have the Cardinal logo beside the street names. They were erected Aug. 25.
The new street names and signs are part of a joint city and district project to improve streets around the school that have been torn up because of the school construction project.
Adams and North East Park streets were milled off and overlaid, Adams was widened to allow diagonal parking along the east side of the high school, and the city also approved an alternate bid for a new sidewalk to connect with the Luverne Loop near the bus garages.
The street work at the school campus marks the final stages of the Luverne School District’s two-year $33 million construction project.

The Luverne tennis team continued its hot start to the season this past week with a win over Yellow Medicine East and MACCRAY on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at home and a team championship in the Worthington Doubles Tournament on Saturday. 
LHS improves their dual record to 4-0 for the season with the wins.
 
Luverne 7, YME 0
The Cardinals won six matches in straight sets and received a forfeit during the Aug. 24 home contest with the Sting.
Luverne’s Mia Wenzel strolled to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Hope Stark at No. 1 singles, while Kristin Rud topped Myra Kvam by 6-0, 6-0 tallies at No. 2 singles.
Hope Thorson defeated Hope Foy with a 6-3, 6-0 win at third singles, and Roselynn Hartshorn received a forfeit at No. 4 singles.
LHS won all the matches in doubles play, losing only one game in three matches.
Olivia Wieneke and Jacey Smith won 6-0, 6-1 at No.1 doubles. Katharine Kelm and Sarah Stegenga at No. 2 doubles and Tori Hemme and Priscilla Muehr at No.3 doubles both won by 6-0, 6-0 scores.
LHS coach Jon Beers said he was pleased with the Luverne athletes.
“I was really impressed with how the girls played,” he said. 
"YME was a young team and didn't have much varsity experience, but we were able to remain focused and get the win.”
 
Luverne 6, MACCRAY 1
LHS was victorious in three of four singles matches and all three doubles matches for a 6-1 victory over the Wolverines in Luverne on Aug. 24.
Coach Beers changed his lineup for the second match of the day.
At No.1 singles, Wenzel won by scores of 6-2, 7-5 to go undefeated on the day. Wieneke and Smith moved to singles play at No. 2 and No. 3. Both won by scores of 6-0, 6-1.
At No.4 singles, Emma Lusty played in her first varsity match, losing 6-1, 6-0. “Emma played a good match for her varsity action. I think she came out a little nervous in the first set, but I was really happy with her play in the second set,” Beers said. 
In doubles play, Rud and Thorson won 6-0, 6-1 at No.1. Kelm and Stegenga went undefeated on the day, winning 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
Hartshorn teamed up with Cassi Chesley at No. 3 doubles, winning 6-0, 6-2.
“This was the first varsity doubles match they had played and did an outstanding job,” Beers said.
 
WHS tourney
The Cardinals captured the team championship at the Worthington Doubles Tournament Saturday.
A total of six LHS doubles squads played seven, seven-game matches in one of three flights at the event.
Three LHS doubles teams claimed flight titles, and the Cardinals claimed the team championship with 200 points.
Worthington (153 points), Pipestone (146) and Yellow Medicine East (90) capped the field.
Rud and Thorson compiled 32 points (total games won) to win the Red Flight, while Wieneke and Smith placed fourth in the flight with 27 points.
Wenzel and Rylee Anderson took top honors in the Black Flight with 37 points, while Kelm and Stegenga finished third with 27 points.
Hemme and Muehr won the White flight with 38 points, while Hanna Ehlers and Kristin Rud finished second with 38 points. Both teams finished with 38 points with Hemme and Muehr winning the tie-breaker.
“The girls played great all day. Two years ago, we won this tournament scoring 197 points,” Beers said.
“We were able to beat that score, so the girls should be really proud of that accomplishment. The highlight of the day for me is that the worst we lost in any match was by a 4-3 score. Anytime your worst defeat is by one game in a tournament like this, you're going to have a good day.”
Luverne was scheduled to play on Monday and Tuesday at home with matches against River Valley and Fairmont. (Those results will be in the Sept. 9 Star Herald.)
The Cardinals will return to competition after the Labor Day holiday on Sept. 7 in Blue Earth.

A “help wanted” poster led Luverne High School graduate Nathan Boler to a former movie set in Dyersville, Iowa, where he drove actor Kevin Costner around in a golf cart.
From his home in Caledonia, Minnesota, Boler said he and his wife, Dana, were at a water park in Dubuque, Iowa, when they saw the help wanted poster from BaAM Productions.
The company was working with the Major League Baseball Association to host a game where the 1989 movie, “Field of Dreams,” was filmed. They sought ushers, cart drivers, security personnel, parking attendants and people to be on the cleanup crew.
Boler said he and his wife, Dana, submitted resumes, references and completed Zoom interviews before both were hired.
“We thought it would be a cool idea,” he said. “It was Dana’s idea to apply. We were excited to be a part of something new and unique.”
The movie stars Costner as an Iowa farmer who turns his ordinary cornfield into a baseball field where dreams can come true.
Since the filming, the farm has become a destination, and it was chosen in 2020 to host a regulation MLB game to promote pro-baseball.
The event was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and was rescheduled for Aug. 12, 2021.
The Chicago White Sox play the New York Yankees, two teams Costner’s film character heard his father tell stories about, centered around the players.
Boler worked the golf cart crew to chauffeur VIPs attending the game. Dana was an usher in one area of the bleachers for the 8,000 people (many selected from a ticket lottery) who attended the game.
A larger ballpark was built adjacent to the movie set specifically designed for the MLB-sanctioned game, complete with lights for the evening game.
Boler was notified a day before the game that he would be the chauffeur for Costner.
“That was one of the most exciting things I got to tell my wife,” he said.
At first, she didn’t believe him because he joked about the possibility for more than a month leading up to the ballgame.
Boler drove Costner from his Green Room under the bleachers to interviews at the movie ballfields and on the MLB field. Someone snapped a picture of Boler behind the wheel with Costner beside him.
Boler said the picture captures the drive to centerfield, where he would emerge from the cornfield, reenacting a scene from the movie. They didn’t talk.
“My job was very structured, driving from place to place. Everything was very business-like to make sure he got to the interviews and the cornfield,” Boler said.
Boler was able to watch the last innings of the game after Costner left the ballfield.
“Although we were paid ($12 per hour), we worked more for the experience than the money. In the end, it definitely cost us money to work after paying for lodging and meals,” he said. “The experience made it all worth it, though.”
Boler graduated from LHS in 2006 and is a middle-high school principal at Caledonia Area Public Schools. His parents, Glen and Connie Boler, live in Luverne.

The westbound ramps for I-90 at Luverne and Beaver Creek reopened last week following summer construction between the two towns.
The work involved resurfacing the existing westbound pavement, and westbound motorists were shifted to the eastbound lanes in “head-to-head” two-way traffic between Luverne and Highway 23.
The westbound ramp from Luverne onto I-90 was closed for the duration of the project from June 14 through Aug. 25.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation initially announced in May that westbound ramps at Highway 75 would be closed for both exit and entrance during construction.
However, the state negotiated a change order with the contractor, PCiRoads, to delay the Luverne exit ramp closure until after the Sturgis Street Rally in order to allow South Highway 75 businesses to capture some of the westbound traffic business.
The westbound exit ramp onto Highway 75 was closed in mid August in order to complete repairs on that portion of the project.
In the time since then, westbound travelers wanting to reach Luverne and Beaver Creek had to exit at Magnolia and take County Road 4 west to their destinations.
Construction was initially planned for nine miles from Luverne to just west of Beaver Creek, however work on the western five miles of the project was suspended midway through the project.
According to Roger Risser, construction manager for MnDOT District 7, workers found the pavement repair between mile markers 4 and 9 would be too extensive and costly to be repaired with this year’s project.
“Instead of trying to make a repair at every joint for a 10 to 15-year fix, we’re looking at a repair next year that will be good 30 years,” Risser said.
The work, to be completed next summer, involves a concrete overlay with asphalt between existing and new concrete layers so the cement doesn’t crack.
Four miles west of Beaver Creek in the eastbound lanes will be completed along with the nine miles of overlay planned for the westbound lanes from the South Dakota border to the east.
Unlike this year’s project, Beaver Creek’s exit and entrance ramps for the westbound lanes will remain open for most all of the roadwork next year.
Mayor Josh Teune had expressed concern about the impact of Beaver Creek’s ramp closures this year on the community.
Particularly, he and City Council members were disappointed when the Beaver Creek ramps weren’t reopened when the western five miles of I-90 work was suspended.
“If they weren’t working on it, why didn’t they open the ramp?” Teune said at a recent city council meeting.
Risser said that Beaver Creek ramps couldn’t be reopened because traffic couldn’t cross over from the head-to-head configuration until west of County Road 6, where the existing center median crossover is located.
Exit and entrance ramps for eastbound lanes remained open all summer, and eastbound travelers accessing Luverne and Beaver Creek were impacted only by the two-way traffic configuration.
PCiRoads, LLC was awarded the project with a bid of $4,844,421.70.

Members of the Bottoms Up Pink Ladies presented a gift bag and $500 to the Lisa and Mark Ehlers family Friday night during the Rock County Relay for Life event at Take 16 in Luverne. Pink Ladies Jennifer Luitjens (far left) emphasized that “no one fights alone” and honored Lisa for her fight against breast cancer. Also pictured are fellow dart league members Robin Folkers and Brandy Wersal. The Ehlers family includes (from left) Seth, Lisa, Mark and Lily.