Luverne High School will send 29 students to the state Business Professionals of America spring leadership conference in Minneapolis.

Heather Johnson (right) takes the oath to begin her duties on the Luverne School Board Thursday night, Jan. 23. Outgoing board president Tim Jarchow administered the oath for Johnson to serve a four-year term.

Gov. Tim Walz on Friday announced the appointments of Kayla Johnson and Paul Gunderson as District Court Judges in Minnesota's Fifth Judicial District.

With the first speech tournament set for Saturday, Luverne High School speech team adviser Gavin Folkestad said he is excited for the upcoming season.

According to the calendar, we just came through the darkest weeks of the year, Nov. 16 through Jan. 22, when the days are short, nights are long and temperatures are cold.

My sisters and I — all five of us — recently returned from a short Florida beach vacation.

With the holidays upon us, I wanted to share a message about distracted driving. Here is some information we recently shared on our Department of Public Safety blog.

Luverne firefighters spent nearly a week battling a Jan. 20 hog barn fire that rekindled several times.

Dispatch report

Jan. 15