The Luverne Economic Development Authority is applying for a Business Development Public Infrastructure (BDPI) grant through the state of Minnesota for infrastructure improvements in the city’s industrial park.

The improvements will support Luv Modular LLC’s

Meetings

Al-Anon group will meet each Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the library at United Methodist Church in Luverne. Use the back northwest door for entrance.

A group of Community Education students in third through fifth grades have spent part of their summer in a “Bucket Drumming” class led by Luverne Music Teacher Kira Degerness.

Monday, July 20: Tuna noodle casserole, peas, hot spiced peaches, dinner roll and vanilla pudding with whipped topping.

Tuesday, July 21: Sloppy Joe on a bun, country vegetable blend, summer pasta salad and fruit crumble.

Saint Mary’s

Luverne graduates Michael Rahm and Ava Vortherms graduated this past spring at Saint Mary’s University in Winona.

Lake Area Tech

10 years ago (2016)

•Work on the interior of the new History Center in Luverne is essentially complete.

Members of the Rock County Historical Society are invited for a final walk-through on Monday, and only new incidental items remain to be completed.

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 18, 1942.

Charles Peter (Chuck) Olson, of Burnsville Minn., died July 1, 2026, at his home. He was born April 13, 1941, in Bertha Minn., the son of Lillian (Dahlstrom) and Cleve Olson. He grew up in Miltona and graduated from Alexandria High School, in 1959.

Carolyn “Carol” Ann (Sabata) Stasch Grimaldo, age 88 years, of Luverne, Minn., passed away peacefully July 2, 2026, at the Sandford Hospice Cottage in Luverne.