At Gillette Children’s Mankato Clinic on Friday, state officials, doctors, patients and advocates continued a series of statewide roundtables educating Minnesotans on the impact of proposed federal cuts to vital health care programs.

Held in April every year, National Volunteer Month is a time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of volunteers. It is an opportunity to join the impact of volunteerism and encourage more people to get involved in their communities.

How was your Easter?

It’s a fair Monday morning question following the Easter Sunday holiday.

I can remember many decades ago that my local chapter of Pheasants Forever decided they needed some kind of a local project to let folks know we existed and to maybe get a little bigger footprint in the local community.

Dispatch report

April 9

Friends and LHS seniors Xavier McKenzie and Brianna Kinsinger reunite on stage as lead characters in “Beetlejuice Jr.” beginning next week.

LSS meals at Generations

Monday, April 28:

The following article about the merging of the First National bank and the Farmers National bank of Luverne continues this week. It first appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb.

Patricia Kienholz of Luverne and the late Bryan Kienholz and Doug and Sharon Stoks of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, announce the engagement of their children Kristen Marie Kienholz and Kyle Douglas Stoks, both of Sioux Falls.