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Concrete pouring has continued in recent weeks on the Highway 75 reconstruction project in Luverne. The roadway has been closed since this spring from Main Street to James Street for work that includes underground infrastructure replacement for the city of Luverne. Workers are focused this summer on getting the road complete in front of the school campus before classes resume this fall. The…

Work is continuing on Highway 75 in Luverne, with the closure of the Dodge Street intersection as the next big change residents can expect. The intersection was slated to close on Monday, June 22, but this was delayed due to weather, according to Robert Sneller, the project’s construction supervisor. “People should expect it to be closed anytime,” Sneller said Monday.  “The alternate route is…

Rock County Rural Water Director Ryan Holtz recently shared Dec. 16 photographs of the new water tower construction project in southern Rock County.  “The pictures do not show it very well, but this hole is massive and so is foundation,” Holtz shared.  “I believe the hole is about 50 feet around and about 20 feet deep, to give you an idea of the size of this foundation.” He said this part of…

Construction will begin next year for a running track at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School in Hills. The running track, or half-track, will be built on a grassy area on the west side of the existing school. The H-BC School Board approved moving forward with construction Oct. 27, since funding for the project has now been secured. In October 2023, school board members approved $100,000 toward…

At their Sept. 23 meeting, Luverne City Council members approved two resolutions related to the 2026 Highway 75 rebuild in Luverne. One authorizes an official detour for the project, and the other details payment responsibilities for certain improvements to the roadway. The Highway 75 Detour Agreement is a cooperative agreement between the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the…

Unfinished construction projects have prompted Hills-Beaver Creek School District officials to make adjustments as the 2025-26 school year begins Tuesday. Preschool- through fifth-grade students will begin classes in what school officials now call the “old elementary” in Beaver Creek. “We’ll start just like we have in the past,” said Superintendent Todd Holthaus. Students and staff plan to…

Workers direct one-lane traffic on County Road 4 west of Luverne Friday as the mill-off and overlay project continues between Luverne and County Road 11 (the Steen blacktop). Duininck Inc. is the contractor for the work that includes a mill-off and overlay of County 11 between County Road 4 and Highway 270 (the blacktop that enters the east side of Hills). The Blue Mound Trail is also being…

Remodeling begins this week at the former Luverne armory on South Freeman Avenue for the new the location of the Rock County Land Management Office (LMO). LMO staff is expected to move into the space by Sept. 1, when its current lease expires. Jeff Nelson with Falls Architecture Studio of Sioux Falls said the remodeling of the 1922 former armory building includes installing all new electrical…

As Phase 4 of the courthouse remodeling project comes to a close, work begins on the new Land Management Office location in the former armory building on South Freeman Street. Rock County Commissioners, in a 4-1 vote at their May 22 meeting, approved moving forward with the $688,000 project. Commissioner Greg Burger cast the dissenting vote. “I realized when we started most of these projects…

Rock Ranch’s equine-assisted therapy program is growing, and owners Marie and Dan LaRock are responding to the need. A counseling cabin will be constructed this fall, thanks to grants from the Lyon County River Boat and Seeds for Success foundations. The 16-by-16-foot enclosed structure will be located west of the existing riding arena built in 2020. The cabin will face the arena and be angled…

Eleven months after dirt work began for the new Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School in Beaver Creek, workers are focused on the inside infrastructure for the 57,400 square-foot facility. Project manager Michael Beach with R.A. Morton Construction Managers of St. Cloud said a couple weeks of work was lost due to the extreme cold this winter, but on Monday various trades were busy making up for…

Phase 2 of the Rock County Courthouse remodel is underway, and demolition of the Land Records office is now complete. Workers with Empire Building Construction of Sioux Falls are upgrading the electrical and network infrastructure in the three rooms that make up the Land Records office — staff office, vault room and director’s office. “There will be a new wall added to the vault room to create…

New Vision Co-op in Magnolia wrapped up a big week of construction on Nov. 16 with cement pouring complete on its $18 million feed mill expansion. Buffalo Ridge Concrete posted social media updates on work that required round-the-clock cement pouring from Nov. 11 through Nov. 16. The 140-foot-tall load-out expansion silo is built next to the existing facility and will be connected by a 20-by-20…

Construction on the new Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School in Beaver Creek is progressing on schedule, according to site supervisor Michael Beach with RA Morton Construction. Weeks of dry weather has allowed several projects to be completed at the 14-acre site. “The power, fiber and gas lines are run and the main transformer has been set,” Beach said. “The light (pole) bases and related…

Construction progress continues on Luverne’s child care center, and the Luverne Economic Development Authority heard an update at their Monday morning meeting. “Things are on schedule and moving along nicely,” said LEDA director Holly Sammons. Steel framing and drywall will likely be in place this week and painting should be done by the end of the month when work will start on tiling and…

Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members toured the new elementary school site in Monday night in Beaver Creek where 15 percent of the precast concrete wall panels are in place. Currently 26 of the 200 panels that will make up the exterior walls of the building have been set. Workers began placing the 44,000-pound structures into place on Aug. 19. During Monday’s tour, R.A. Morton site…