Two new teachers will join the Luverne Elementary School staff Tuesday when the district opens for the 2025-26 school year.

Four new licensed staff will be in the Hills-Beaver Creek School District when the 2025-26 school year begins on Tuesday.

The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Sept. 11, 1941.

10 years ago (2015)

•Lloyd and Gladys Hemme’s farm west of Hardwick was recently named Rock County’s 82nd Century Farm.

LSS meals at Generations

Monday, Sept. 1: Closed for Labor Day.

Betty Vos, age 93, of Hardwick, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne, Minnesota.

Vernon Jay “Dutch” Verbrugge, age 83, of Luverne, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.

Roughly 650 people attended Saturday’s Ag Appreciation Night at Take 16 Brewing Company where they were treated to a free meal of burgers and pork and a free night of entertainment.

August is typically the month of the year when we get the first producer survey yield estimates from USDA, as well as yield projections from major private forms. This yield data is gathered in different formats from producer survey and crop tours.