Tuff Home residents experience 'A Night on Mount Olympus'
The day after Hills-Beaver Creek High School hosted a junior-senior prom for students, residents from Tuff Memorial Home donned dresses and suits Saturday afternoon for their first
State offers info on 2026 Hwy 75 work
Minnesota Department of Transportation personnel were in Luverne Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the 2026 Highway 75 construction project.
'Marlene and Darlene without George'
“Marlene and Darlene” will return to the stage next week for another comedy performance to raise money for Generations.
Emerald ash borer officially reported in Rock County
Infestations of the destructive emerald ash borer have been spreading across Minnesota over the past 15 years, and on Monday the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first sighting
LHS competes in world robotics
The Luverne High School robotics team earned a Judges Choice Award at last week’s FIRST Robotic Competition World.
Sled hockey comes to Blue Mound Ice Arena
The Siouxland Sled Hockey Association brought on-ice practice to the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne for the first time April 7 in honor of their newest member.
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- August 30, 2022DSP Week is Sept 11-17 when those who work as direct support personnel are honored for their contributions to caring for disabled and vulnerable children and adults. At Rock County Opportunities in Luverne, the organization honors a team of 10 DSP workers. “The DSP’s at RCO are awesome,” said RCO administrative director Adria Benson. “They work hard to provide a safe and welcoming environment to…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 23, 2022The Tuff Memorial Home Board last week made the difficult decision to close the failing Tuff Village assisted living facility in Hills. “We’ve tried everything,” said board chair Greg Spath. “People have asked what they can do, but it comes down to staffing.” In order to formally close the facility, the Village administration has applied to the state, and the process could take several weeks. …
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 23, 2022Zoe DeBates recently began her new position as Child Guide at Luverne Elementary School. “I’m really excited to be involved and helping the community in this new role,” DeBates said. The 2019 Luverne High School graduate replaced Lisa Dinger, who retired Aug. 1 after being in the position for 20 years. DeBates, daughter of Mike and Sam DeBates of Luverne, graduated from the University of…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 23, 2022Rock County will end a decades-old exclusive service agreement with Southwest Mental Health Center in Luverne at the end of the year. Commissioners unanimously voted Aug. 16 to seek additional third-party counseling services after the agency requested $500,000 more from Rock County to cover budget shortfalls. “We can’t afford a half million dollars,” said Stan Williamson, who serves on the County…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 23, 2022Trenton Bass broke his neck in a 2017 high school football game, leaving him a quadriplegic, but the 2018 Hills-Beaver Creek High School graduate said he’s mentally stronger today than he was before the injury. The 22-year-old said he focuses mental energies to inspire others to move forward with their lives as he has done. Bass, along with friends Luke LaRock and Easton Harnack, spoke with 275…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 23, 2022Tom Rops, Luverne, will officially join the South Dakota Basketball Hall of Fame during the 12th annual Induction Ceremony Saturday at the Ramkota in Sioux Falls. Rops will be one of 14 former South Dakota basketball players to be enshrined into the Hall, which is located at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls, as members of the Class of 2022. “It really is an honor to be inducted,” Rops said. “Joining…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 23, 2022Tom Rops, Luverne, will officially join the South Dakota Basketball Hall of Fame during the 12th annual Induction Ceremony Saturday at the Ramkota in Sioux Falls. Rops will be one of 14 former South Dakota basketball players to be enshrined into the Hall, which is located at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls, as members of the Class of 2022. “It really is an honor to be inducted,” Rops said. “Joining…
- August 23, 2022Minnesota-Wisconsin Playground of Golden Valley is installing new playground equipment on both the north and south sides of Luverne Elementary School. Students will have new basketball hoops (with help from the Luverne Basketball Association). A new cement pad was poured for the basketball area, removing the former play area from school’s parking lot. New equipment also includes various climbing…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 23, 2022Fifteen candidates have filed for four open seats on the Luverne School Board, and three more filed for one unexpired term. Several of those threw their hats in the ring just before the 5 p.m. filing deadline Tuesday after the Star Herald went to press. The four-year terms of Katie Baustian, Reva Sehr, Jodi Bosch and Eric Hartman for up for election, and only Hartman filed. In addition, Michael…
- Flexible seating grant covers white board tables, wobble chairs and standing desks in H-BC classroomAugust 23, 2022Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members toured the elementary school in Beaver Creek and the secondary school in Hills prior to their Monday night board meeting. Pictured here, District Superintendent Todd Holthaus (center) explains new flexible seating options in Renee Edmundson’s second-grade classroom where she used a $24,000 flexible seating grant. Among the seating options were white board…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 23, 2022The Luverne Municipal Airport will host a “fly-in or drive-in” pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 27. In addition to inflatables for kids and Skydive Adventures demonstrations, there will be aircraft and an air ambulance on display. Luverne City Administrator John Call said the airport hasn’t hosted a fly-in breakfast since 2019 when the event attracted a record 437 people. “So…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 23, 2022Hills-Beaver Creek School District’s after-school enrichment program is expanding a year after the program began. At their Monday night meeting, H-BC School Board members approved hiring an assistant to the Patriot Enrichment Afterschool Care. The position will be paid $16 per hour and will be open to high-school aged students to apply. The center operates from 3:15 to 5:45 p.m. Monday through…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 23, 2022Two local utilities and three units of government will share in nearly $4 million in disaster aid from May 31 and July 5 weather events in Rock County. “It’s not a huge amount to the county but it is to the townships,” said Kyle Oldre, emergency management director. Oldre received notification Tuesday that the State of Minnesota approved the preliminary assessment amount of $84,350 in road damage…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 23, 2022Fareway Stores Inc. is remodeling the former W-2’s Quality Meats store at the intersection of Main Street and Highway 75 in Luverne to open a meat market this fall. According to company project manager Mark DeYoung, the store may be ready to open in mid-September. “We’re very excited about what this market will do in Luverne,” he said. In the company’s first venture of this kind in Minnesota,…
- August 23, 2022Beginning Thursday, Sept. 1, hunters can access nearly 29,000 acres of private land across 39 counties in western and south central Minnesota through the Walk-In Access program, which pays landowners to allow public hunting on their property. Hunters with a $3 Walk-In Access validation can access these lands from a half hour before sunrise until a half hour after sunset during open hunting…
- August 23, 2022The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds firearm and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as antlerless permit lottery this hunting season to purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 8. Hunters who purchase their license on or before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or special hunt area…
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