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- September 17, 202510 years ago (2015) •Steps will be taken as soon as next week to stop bats from inhabiting the Rock County Courthouse. At their Sept. 8 meeting, Rock County Commissioners unanimously agreed to hire Prestige Services, Canby, to bat-proof the entire structure. Cost will be $34,500. The board’s action is in response to a Sept. 3 letter from Court Administrator Denise Brandel to County…
- September 10, 202510 years ago (2015) •A Luverne manufacturing company has acquired recent business accolades for workplace satisfaction and sales records. According to Prairie Business Magazine, “Midwest Fire demonstrates a commitment to being great and understands employees are its greatest asset.” The magazine named the Luverne business to its list of 50 Best Places to Work, which is compiled through…
- September 03, 202510 years ago (2015) •Rock County Broadband Alliance broke ground Tuesday on a $14 million project to bring high speed Internet service to rural Rock County residents. RCBA is a subsidiary of Alliance Communications Cooperative based in Garretson, South Dakota. The co-op received a $5 million state grant to expand its fiber-to-the-home service that served parts of western Rock County to the…
- August 27, 202510 years ago (2015) •Lloyd and Gladys Hemme’s farm west of Hardwick was recently named Rock County’s 82nd Century Farm. The Century Farm Program honors Minnesota farm families that have owned the land at least 100 years. A Century Farm must be at least 50 acres in size and currently involved in agricultural production. Since the program began in 1976, nearly 10,000 farms in the state have been…
- August 20, 202510 years ago (2015) •A small group of interested fishermen gathered around the Creamery Pond in Luverne Monday afternoon, Aug. 10, while two Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) officials crisscrossed in the former gravel pit looking for fish. “A lot of nice shiners,” shouted Ryan Doorenbos from the boat. Doorenbos is the area supervisor from the Windom area fisheries office. Along…
- August 13, 202510 years ago (2015) •After 15 years in the business, Mike and Wanda Jarchow, Luverne, have sold Big Top Rentals. In a July letter to customers, they introduced new owners Jordan and Stacey Smidt, Larchwood. “You can rest assured that you will receive the same top-notch service from Jordan and Stacey that we endeavored to provide ourselves,” their letter states. They said Jordan has 10 years…
- August 06, 202510 years ago (2015) •The city of Luverne will spend approximately $400,000 to paint the tower on Highway 75 next year. The scheduled maintenance will provide the opportunity to put the city logo “Luverne — Love the Life” on the tower tank. “We’re excited to get that tower branded,” Call said at the July 21 capital budget meeting. The north tower by the hospital was painted with the new logo…
- July 23, 202510 years ago (2015) •Ten years ago on July 29, 2005, Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital opened its doors for its first official day of business in its new location on the north edge of Luverne. “Not only is it a beautiful building, but it’s a neat thing that the community would put their trust in us to build it,” Jerry Carl was quoted as saying in a Star Herald interview prior to the opening. “I…
- July 16, 202510 years ago (2015) •Papik Motors, one of 15 Chevrolet dealers from the Sioux Falls area that partnered with local youth baseball leagues for the 2015 baseball season, has concluded a successful summer with Luverne Community Education. Papik Motors provided LCE with new equipment, a monetary contribution and opportunity for community members to raise funds for the league via a Test Drive…
- July 09, 202510 years ago (2015) •Another category of retail business will join Luverne’s downtown lineup on July 23. ATLAS of Rock County is opening a thrift store, “Redeemed Remnants,” at 220 E. Main Street. ATLAS is a nonprofit Christian ministry that offers support and assistance to “those struggling with life’s difficult issues,” according to its website. “This store will be an extension of our…
- July 02, 202510 years ago (2015) •The proposed six-mile recreation trail around the city of Luverne took another step forward when Luverne School Board members approved an easement agreement with the city at their regular monthly meeting Thursday, June 25. The perpetual and temporary construction easement cost was $1. The board agreed to have the 20-foot-wide trail constructed on the west side of the…
- June 25, 202510 years ago (2015) •After more than 120 years of weddings, funerals and worship services, Kenneth Lutheran Church will close its doors at the end of the month. A final worship service will be at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 28, followed by a catered meal. The small building with a proud white steeple housed hundreds of summer vacation Bible school classes, cubed beef suppers, bridal showers and…
- June 18, 202510 years ago (2015) •A Luverne native was able to rub elbows recently with the legendary rock n’ roll band, The Rolling Stones. Katrina (Vander Kooi) Wallmeyer, a 2000 graduate of Luverne High School, is director of development and communications for the choral music programming organization VocalEssence. Wallmeyer has worked for VocalEssence, Minneapolis, for almost seven years. Last month…
- June 11, 202510 years ago (2015) •For three weeks in March, employees at CHS Eastern Farmers conducted their annual Harvest for Hunger food and funds drive. On Thursday, May 28, employees at the Luverne and Magnolia CHS locations donated $12,649.32 to the Rock County Food Shelf. “Large donations are wonderful,” said Food Shelf director Mary Gehrke. Since the holiday season, she said supplies have been…
- June 04, 202510 years ago (2015) •More than 1,000 gallons of paint and other solvents were properly disposed of Thursday, May 27, during the county’s annual household hazardous waste collection. More than 100 households took advantage of the free disposal that is also offered the first and third Thursdays of each month. The annual and monthly collections are organized by the land management office to keep…
- May 28, 202510 years ago (2015) •Local fans of the popular television series “House Hunters” will recognize the featured Realtor in a segment recently filmed in Sioux Falls. Ashley (Gacke) Bartholomaus is a realtor with the Tony Ratchford Group of Keller Williams Realty in Sioux Falls. She sent House Hunters producers an audition tape of herself describing her experience working with a young couple, Damon…
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