Luther College News

The Luther College Board of Regents has appointed of David Tiede, Ph.D., as interim president of the college effective July 1. Luther President Richard L. Torgerson will end his term of service with the college on June 30.

It is with profound sadness we announce the death of Kenneth Garry Korven by suicide.

David Tiede, Ph.D. was named the interim president of Luther College Tuesday. Luther President Richard Torgerson will leave his post with the college on June 30.

While the average length of a Minnesota superintendent's service to a rural/suburban district is five to seven years, Harold Remme has served our New Ulm district for 16 years.

Decorah, Iowa, is a town of about 8,120 people. It's a town that is not very large in numbers but certainly has a big heart.

Northeast Iowa Community College will hold spring commencement for the Calmar campus graduates Thursday, May 16, at Decorah High School.

Jeep Kust School: Pilgrim Park Middle School Grade/Subject: 7 th /Social Studies and Communication Arts Years in the Elmbrook School District: 24 years College/University: Luther College, Decorah, Iowa What's the best part of teaching in the Elmbrook School District: The district allows me to be myself and make my classroom a fun and educational ... (more)

Rebecca Chyma, Toledo, attended the annual AAUW Iowa Conferecne held on April 13 on the Luther College Campus in Decorah.

Down in a valley, between majestic limestone bluffs and the rolling hills of northeast Iowa, the sound of music slowly dissolves from traffic whizzing by to the drone of a fly layered over a babbling brook, a bevy of birds, a band of frogs and a choir of insects.

New this year! The second show of "Lanesboro Live! Conversation, Comedy & Cool Jams .

A recent performance that was shown on many PBS television stations across the country is just one of those reasons.

Judy Torgerson on Thursday, May 16. The main program will be held at 8 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life, followed by a reception at 9 p.m. in Bentdahl Commons.

Richard Bernatz, Luther College professor of mathematics, had his article, "Flood Frequency Estimation by Neyman-Scott Rectangular Pulse Rainfall Model and TopModel," published in the Journal of the Iowa Academy of Sciences in Volume 118, Issue 104.

A female Luther College student was assaulted Tuesday, April 30, while walking alone on Ice Cave Road at about 9 p.m. near the Dunning Springs Road.

Decorah's Andrew Peter was named the Iowa Athletic Conference's men's golf athlete of the week, along with Central College's Justin Livingston.

Juletta Mae Trygstad, age 92, of Mabel, Minn. died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel.

Born in Minnesota, he graduated from Luther College in Iowa with a degree in mathematics and served in the U.S. Navy during World War Two as a musician.

The Menomonie High School Concert Chorus from Menomonie, WI will be on their Annual Spring concert tour from Thursday, April 25, through Sunday, April 28, 2013.