Marshall
By Lori SorensonJanuary 21, 2026More than 30 Luverne Middle School students joined roughly 300 students in 17 districts from across southwest Minnesota last week for the annual Young Writers Conference in Marshall. The event is organized through the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative (SWWC), and this was the 34th year. “I always enjoy taking students to the conference … Luverne Middle School has been attending for…
December 17, 2025James “Jim” Rockman passed away at home from natural causes on Nov. 29, 2025, at the age of 71. A Celebration of Life will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at 308 N. Blue Mound Avenue in Luverne. Jim was born on April 28, 1954, to Eldred “Rocky” and Doris Rockman in Marshall, Minnesota. The family moved to Jackson, Minnesota, in 1957 and then to Luverne in 1967, where Jim helped out at his father’s…- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025Luverne speech team members joined 18 high schools and 275 students at the Marshall Speech Spectacular Saturday at Marshall High School. The event offered both novice (ninth grade and younger or anyone new to speech) and varsity competition. Each category offered students who finished three rounds in seventh through 12th places a chance to compete in the “next in” round against one another for…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Luverne girls’ hockey team took down Fairmont 6-1 in section semifinal action at home Saturday, Feb. 8. The Cardinals took a 3-0 lead in the first period with two goals from freshman Ellie Van Batavia and one from junior Greta McClure. In the second period Van Batavia completed a hat trick, scoring the lone goal in the period, bringing the score to 4-0. In the third period Luverne tacked…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 21, 2024Jessika Tunnissen, a junior at Luverne High School, earned an invitation to the national championship, thanks to her first-place performance in Marshall Saturday, Four LHS students placed at the Marshall Mini-Spectacular. “The meet was our largest yet this year – 18 schools and 246 students,” said coach Gavin Folkestad. Tunnissen placed first in informative speaking. Other placings for…
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