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- June 15, 202110 years ago (2011) •Corn prices surged to nearly $8 per bushel last week in response to news that global corn inventories will drop. On the Chicago Board of Trade, corn closed at more than $7.99 per bushel Friday. In Luverne, corn prices at Eastern Farmers Coop Elevator closed at $7.59 per bushel, more than twice what it was a year ago. That compares with the past three-year average high-cash…
- June 08, 202110 years ago (2011) •A pair of Luverne High School girls extended their track seasons during Thursday’s Section 3A Track and Field Championships in Redwood Falls. The top two finishers in individual events at the section level earn automatic invitations to participate in the state meet. Luverne senior Katlyn Sawtelle and junior Paige Nath met that criteria. Sawtelle won a section title in one…
- June 01, 202110 years ago (2011) •A Luverne High School sophomore will pull double duty at the Minnesota State Class A Tennis Championship next week. One week after helping the Cardinals win the Section 3A Team Tournament, Joey Vajgrt qualified for the Class A Singles Tournament by placing second at the Section 3A Individual Tournament Thursday and Tuesday in Redwood Falls. It’s the second straight season…
- May 25, 202110 years ago (2011) •The storm drainage pond behind the Minnesota Veterans Home is chemically treated several times during the summer to control weeds and algae. … A fountain and aeration system will continuously move water to discourage growth of weeds and algae. It will have the added benefit of increasing oxygen levels in the water, which would allow the fish to grow larger in size. The cost…
- May 18, 202110 years ago (2011) •The world-famous wood-carved sculptures of Fred Cogelow are on display at the Brandenburg Gallery in the Rock County Veterans Memorial Building. Cogelow is widely known and acclaimed in fine art circles. His work appears throughout the country in museums, private residences, art studios and businesses. Cogelow hails from Rock County ancestors — the Bush family from Hills. …
- May 11, 202110 years ago (2011) •Timing has been everything for Sgt. David Klein and his wife, Leslie, this spring as they relocated from Valley Springs, S.D., to their newly purchased century-old house in Ellsworth. David has been deployed in Afghanistan since May 2010 with the 196th MEB unit. And his homecoming on Tuesday, May 3, included a surprise home makeover by family and friends to make their place…
- May 04, 202110 years ago (2011) •Area health enthusiasts are paying attention to the latest business news on Luverne’s Main Street. A 24-hour fitness center is opening in the former Final Touch building, and it promises top-of-the-line equipment and programs. Branagen Powers, rural Luverne, and Brian Beuning, Luverne, signed papers this week to purchase the 5,000-square-foot building from Mike and Lori…
- April 27, 202110 years ago (2011) •The year was 1962 when three teenagers from Pipestone and Luverne formed a group called The Starflies. They were lead singer and guitarist Steve Ellis, Pipestone, drummer Butch Hatting and guitarist Jim Brandenburg, both of Luverne. The band was widely known in its day, and on April 16 it was inducted into the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame. Hatting…
- April 20, 202110 years ago (2011) •Officials from Sanford Health attended Luverne’s City Council meeting Tuesday to discuss the logo change on the water tower north of the hospital. The water tower was erected in 2003 to serve the needs of the new hospital and residents in northern neighborhoods of Luverne. It was painted with the logos of what was then Sioux Valley Hospital on two sides, and the city of…
- April 13, 202110 years ago (2011) •Since the spring of 1979, Rock County Highway Department Maintenance Supervisor Walter Stearns has worked through more than three decades of Minnesota season changes. Friday, April 29, is his last day at the highway department, which concludes 32 years of work for the county in which he was born and raised. … On May 7, 1979, Stearns was hired as a fulltime equipment operator…
- April 06, 202110 years ago (2011) •Many of Rock County’s bridges are nearly 70 years old, and those structures are not only showing wear, but they’re not safe for heavy loads. During Tuesday’s Rock County Board meeting, commissioners received a list of bridges that are posted as unsafe for heavy loads. Of the 320 bridges in Rock County, 27 are considered unsafe for loads normally allowed on roadways and…
- March 30, 202110 years ago (2011) •A decade-long coaching run officially came to an end during a meeting of the District 2184 School Board Thursday. The board accepted the resignation of Jason Phelps as Luverne High School’s head girls’ basketball coach. Phelps has been head coach since the 2001-02 season. “It’s time to step aside and give someone else a chance to move the program forward.” Phelps said. Phelps…
- March 23, 202110 years ago (2011) •Blue Mounds State Park manager Rick White has been retired since December, so he’s had some time to reflect on his 34 years in the state park system. “I enjoyed the buffalo,” he said. “If you have a prairie and no buffalo, you really don’t have a natural prairie. Under White’s tenure at the Blue Mounds, the buffalo herd grew from 40 to more than 100 animals, and their grazing…
- March 16, 202110 years ago (2011) •Even after moving into a bitter cold, snow-filled winter, prior Georgia residents Pastor Billy Skaggs and his wife, Cindy, have a fire in their hearts for their new church home in Luverne. “It’s the people here,” Skaggs said about being senior pastor of Living Rock. “There are incredible families God has placed in our church. Living Rock is a nondenominational congregation…
- March 09, 202110 years ago (2011) •Local Green Earth Players community theater actors are rehearsing for their upcoming musical performance of “Gilligan’s Island.” … “Phil Voigt plays Mr. Howell,” Ceynowa said. “Normally he plays more conservative roles, but for this, he’s just a riot.” Some scenes call for Mr. Howell to hula dance and join a Conga line, and Voigt plays the part. “We have had so much fun with…
- March 02, 202110 years ago (2011) •Just over a year ago, retired optometrist George McDonald spent a week in Mexico helping more than 550 patients get eyeglasses. In February 2010 he traveled south through the Volunteers in Optometry for Service to Humanity (VOSH) organization, along with his daughter Julie Deters and grandson Harrison, both of Fort Collins, Colo. Although all three had to pay their way there…
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