Marcella Prokop, Beaver Creek, has been named among nine visionaries chosen for the 2026–27 Initiators Fellowship cohort through the Southwest Initiative Foundation.

Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre received the 2025 Joe Ries Excellence in County Management Award for “demonstrating exceptional contributions to county government administration.”  

A Luverne native has been selected to lead the University of Minnesota’s government and community relations.

Children can be cruel to each other, and examples at the Wolf Middle School were not hard to find.

My youngest child was married Saturday in an early evening ceremony in southern California.

Harnack pens poem, 'Overgrown Infants'

Overgrown Infants

We have overgrown infants in Washington D.C.,

Fire destroyed a shed and damaged a nearby garage Saturday night on a Luverne property south of I-90.

Dispatch report

Dec. 3

uverne Street Music and Generations presented “Carols and Cake” Sunday afternoon at Generations Events Center on South Estey Street.