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  • By Mavis Fodness
    October 30, 2024
    As part of its “Love the Business Coffee,” Luverne Area Chamber members visited the Rock River Apothecary located just off East Main Street in Luverne. Owner Jennifer Wipf is a licensed hemp-derived products retailer with 25 percent of her business focused on helping people sleep or manage their pain through hemp-derived products. She opened Rock River Apothecary in March 2023. “I don’t do any…
  • By By Lori Sorenson
    November 29, 2023
    Nearly 600 people visited Santa and Mrs. Claus at the train depot in Luverne Sunday, and roughly 300 cars drove through the lighted park following the 7 p.m. fireworks. The festivities were all part of the Luverne Area Chamber’s annual kick-off for the holiday season in the community. “I can’t say enough about what great partners in the community we have,” said Chamber Director Jane Lanphere…
  • December 05, 2022
    The Luverne Area Chamber’s annual meeting is Monday night, and it will be a time for board members, businesses and individuals to reflect on the organization’s mission and accomplishments. Looking at the agenda, it appears the past year has seen a dizzying level of community events to promote the town. For example, in 2022 the Chamber and its partners: ·Welcomed approximately 6,000 visitors to…
  • November 23, 2020
    We try to leave our readers each week with editorial messages to advocate, encourage, enlighten and inform. This week we’re torn between two messages: get out and support local businesses and stay home to protect vulnerable loved ones and health care workers. Our holidays are coinciding with the peak of pandemic spread, which means we should hunker down with our immediate households at a time…
  • February 09, 2016
    Seven years ago, the Luverne community came together as individuals, businesses and government to brainstorm on ways to improve this community. The downtown retail corridor was suffering, the community was lacking things to do, places to eat, venues to shop and daily activities. People and businesses were moving out of town. Some of this was real, some was perception, but everyone agreed we…
  • February 09, 2016
    Seven years ago, the Luverne community came together as individuals, businesses and government to brainstorm on ways to improve this community. The downtown retail corridor was suffering, the community was lacking things to do, places to eat, venues to shop and daily activities. People and businesses were moving out of town. Some of this was real, some was perception, but everyone agreed we…
  • By By Jane Wildung Lanphere, executive director, Luverne Area Chamber
    December 14, 2015
    So here we are again, one of my favorite times of the year — Christmas. Christmas is that magical time of Santa, toys, children, trees, tinsel, elves, Rudolph, carols and turkey. When I hear the words “It was the night before Christmas” or the melody of “Joy to the World, “ I still get thrills of delight as I think of the children waiting for Santa to come down the chimney and the congregations…
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