10 years ago (2016)
•National “Coffee with a Cop Day” is Friday, Oct. 7, and Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge is inviting area residents to join him that morning.
William Neil Frakes, age 78, of Luverne, Minn., died Sept. 20, 2026, at the VA hospital in Nashville, Tenn., where he and Nancy had returned after traveling the East Coast with Nancy’s sister and husband.
Steven L. Nyhammer, 70, of St. Michael, Minn., entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. Surrounded by family, he passed at home after a battle with Lewy Body dementia. Steve was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend.
The Tri-State Band Festival in Luverne was canceled Saturday, Sept. 26, due to wet weather, however, Luverne marching band members competed in Brandon Saturday evening. The Luverne High School Marching Band captured a fifth-place finish in field competition at the Big Sioux Review in Brandon.
In 2017 we acknowledged the anniversary of 500 years since Martin Luther protested what he thought was lacking in the church. Or maybe a better way to express what Luther was trying to do was to reform the church so that it more closely resembled what Jesus intended the church to be.
