Luverne News

According to the Rock County Sheriffa s Office, this morning at 7:33 the driver of a 2002 Ford Escape SUV lost control and rolled in to the ditch on I-90. Rock Co Sheriff and Luverne Fire Dept.

Interstate 90 was blocked for two and a half hours Saturday morning after a semitrailer became unhitched.

The Austin Big Band is celebrating its 15th year with performances at Freedom Fest and the Mower County Free Fair.

Luverne welcomes summer with the 25th Annual Buffalo Days Celebration Friday, June 5 through Sunday, June 7. Friday 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. - the Collector Car Cruise-In down Main Street.

In the days of lavish dresses, furs and hats the show biz industry was becoming a new sensation.

Pipestone The annual Memorial Day service will be held, weather permitting, at New Woodlawn Cemetery in Pipestone, Monday, May 25, beginning at 10 a.m. Master of Ceremonies Steve Longstreet, 2nd Vice Commander, Pipestone American Legion, will emcee the program which will include posting of colors by National Guard, Battery A 1/125th Field Artillery ...

Congressman Tim Walz has announced that Blue Earth is among three southern Minnesota towns to receive federal grants for airport upgrades.

Greg Brandt is like most young race car drivers. The 22-year-old from Luverne, Minn., has shown a passion for the pursuit and progress behind the wheel.

Nearly three quarters of a million dollars in grant money was given to support Minnesota's regional airports Wednesday.

Three Minnesota teens were injured in an accident Thursday afternoon two miles south of Beaver Creek, Minn.

In a Friday morning, May 1 meeting, Mt. Lake Public School Superintendent Bill Strom informed staff that MLPS had joined with 14 other schools considering an early start to the 2009-2010 school year.

In the neighboring state to the west, the never-ending U.S. Senate race suddenly is gaining even greater attention.

The W orld H ealth O rganization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level , saying a pandemic is "imminent". T his comes on the same day that the state of M innesota reported a probable case of swine flu , causing two schools in the state to close.

The PAS School Board passed a resolution, Monday night, to hold three public meetings to discuss a flexible learning year.

Ten Thousand Things Theater Company's production of "Othello" stars Ansa Akyea, foreground, in the lead role and Luverne Seifert as Iago.

A man pleaded guilty to a stabbing death in 1989. St. Paul Police say Larry Wayne Brigman pleaded guilty to intentional second-degree murder in the 1989 stabbing death of 54-year-old Dale Luverne Heinold in St.

Luverne Elementary students recently participated in a spring fund raiser by selling Worlda s Finest Chocolate Bars.

During the predawn hours of Sunday, April 19, citizens lined Hwy. 23 to show their support for the 450 deployed National Guard members who were traveling through Pipestone to serve in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In their brief but productive time together, the dancers of Black Label Movement have literally thrown themselves into their work, portraying storms, chaos, and deck hands trapped underwater by pushing their muscles to within an inch of their Spandexed capacity.

The Bureau of Reclamation has approved $56.5 million for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System, which is the equivalent of two years of funding.