The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group and it appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 29, 1942.

10 years ago (2016)

James Poole Dahlberg, 75, of Morehead, Kentucky, died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease at the Life Care Center on Dec. 28.

Henry Dale Zwaan, age 84, of Luverne, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2025, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne.

Jerome Kraft, 74, of Willmar, formerly of Lismore, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, at CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar.

Well, if you are reading this today, I assume that you successfully survived another Christmas. Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but it can also be a hectic one.

St. Catherine Catholic Church

203 E. Brown St., Luverne

St. Catherine Ph. 507-283-8502; www.stscl.org

Father Joshua Miller, Pastor

The H-BC boys’ basketball team topped Garretson at home 83-57 Friday, Jan. 2, and beat Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 75-41 on the road Monday, Jan. 5, to keep their unbeaten season alive.

H-BC is now 7-0 for the season and was scheduled to host Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Tuesday, Jan. 6.

The Luverne girls’ wrestling team “Rocked” the Belle of the Border Meet in St. James Saturday, Jan. 3, with four Rock sisters placing in the event.

The Belle of the Border is an annual meet in St. James among invited Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa high school girls’ wrestling teams.