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About 50 people joined the livestreaming candidate forum watch party Wednesday night in the Palace Theatre. The online recording has now had more than 800 views. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo

Star Media livestreams council, mayor candidate forum

Lori Sorenson

October 02, 2024

The Rock County Star Herald hosted a livestreamed and recorded candidate forum Wednesday, Sept. 25, from the new Star Media studio.

The forum featured candidates vying for election to mayor and city council — in…

More than 70 people participated in a town hall meeting Monday night in the Generations building to learn more about the city's investigation into the staining of properties in Luverne's southwest neighborhoods. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo

'I call bullshit'

Lori Sorenson

October 02, 2024

More than 70 Luverne residents attended Monday night’s “town hall meeting” in the Generations building to learn more about the mysterious yellow-brown substance that’s been staining their properties.

Mostly they…

LHS Homecoming king Keaton Ahrendt leads a line of lawn mowers during the Homecoming parade followed by Ben Hartquist, Eli Woodley and Logan Wrigg. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo

Monday is drive 'Anything But a Car' to school day

October 02, 2024

The first student council-organized “ABC” parade drew 53 Luverne High School students who drove “Anything But Cars” in the inaugural event Friday morning from the Luverne Ice Arena north on Donaldson Street to the school campus. Motorcycles…

Student council members (from left) Mya Erickson, Jamin Metzger and Cam Allen serve celebratory custard from Culvers to Camdyn Broesder. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo

H-BC secondary earns national award

Mavis Fodness

October 02, 2024

Student council president Jackson Gacke was a sixth-grade student when Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School was named a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School.

At a special morning…

Preliminary county levy set to increase 5.44 percent

Mavis Fodness

October 02, 2024

Commissioners approved a preliminary levy increase of 5.44 percent at their Sept. 17 meeting.

The increase would add $383,300 to the existing levy for a total of $7.46…

Sports

Junior Connor Bose, No. 7, wraps his arms around the Bucs running back as senior Eli Woodley, No. 51, grabs the midsection on a tackle Friday, Sept. 27, at home. LHS won the game 48-14.

Luverne beats Blue Earth 48-14, improves to 5-0 for the season

Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor

October 02, 2024

The Luverne Cardinals football team is 5-0 for the season after beating Blue Earth 48-14 Friday, Sept, 27, at home. “It was a great homecoming win for the team with a lot of exciting plays,” head coach Todd Oye said. “We have continued to improve each week, and scoring touchdowns on our first…

Junior running back EJ Wegener weaves his way through several Cedar Mountain defenders Friday, Sept. 27, on the road. H-BC got their fifth win of the season, beating the Cougars 42-8.

Patriots tame Cougars 42-8, post 5-0 start in 2024

Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor

October 02, 2024

H-BC captured its fifth win of the season, now 5-0, beating the Cedar Mountain Cougars Friday, Sept. 27, on the road with a 42-8 win. The Patriots took the lead in the first quarter when senior Cameron Allen intercepted a Cougars pass and ran it back 50 yards for a touchdown. Senior Sawyer Bosch…

LHS tennis team falls to Fairmont 5-2 in final regular season match

Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor

October 02, 2024

The Luverne tennis team fell 5-2 to Fairmont on the road Tuesday, Sept. 24, in its last regular match of the fall season. LHS head coach Nathan Rud said the match with Fairmont ended predictably. “Fairmont’s record was identical to ours, 9-6, and their lineup proved to be just as tough as…

Cardinal cross country team runs strong in St. James

Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor

October 02, 2024

The LHS cross country team participated in the St. James Invitational Thursday, Sept. 26, at the St. James Golf Course. Besides Luverne, the teams included Fairmont, Lake Crystal-Welcome Memorial-Nicollet, Madelia, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, St. James and Worthington. At the St. James meet most Luverne…

Senior Owen Janiszeski, (left) finished 55th out of 442 runners and eighth-grader Summer Mollberg, (right), placed 279th out of 415 runners at this year’s Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis Friday, Sept. 20. This is the first time LHS has been invited to participate in the event.

Janiszeski and Mollberg represent LHS at Roy Griak Invite in Minneapolis

Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor

October 02, 2024

Senior Owen Janiszeski and eighth-grader Summer Mollberg participated in one of the largest high school cross country meets in the Midwest Friday, Sept. 20. Janiszeski finished 55 out of 442 runners, and Mollberg placed 279 out of 415 runners at the event. Some of the very best runners and teams…

Junior Bernie Rock crouches to make a dig against St. James Thursday, Sept. 26, in Luverne. The Cardinals beat the Saints 3-0 in the game.

Cards volleyball team beats St. James 3-0, falls twice in close games

Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor

October 02, 2024

The Luverne volleyball team went 1-2 this past week, falling to Jackson 3-2 at home Tuesday, Sept. 24, beating St. James 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 26, and losing to Edgerton 3-1 on the road Monday, Sept. 30. Luverne is scheduled to face Pipestone on the road Thursday, Oct. 3, and will travel to…

Columns

What's my line

Brenda Winter, columnist

So, I tried out for the Green Earth play and I got a part.

As I learn my lines, I'm also learning that my 61-year-old brain is not as able to memorize as was my 18-year-old brain. That's how…

October 02, 2024

We're on the same lonely dock, but our ship will come in on the other side

Lori Sorenson, editor

On Sept. 13 we marked Carson’s two-year heaven-versary, and at the Sept. 14 suicide prevention walk in Luverne, I remembered him as I walked alongside many others walking for loved ones gone too soon.

…

September 25, 2024

The Peterson family flagpole passes the 'strength, stability and patriotism' test

RIck Peterson, general manager

It’s not just a flagpole. It’s a sign of strength and stability and patriotism

We put up a new flagpole in front of the Peterson household a week or so ago.

…

September 25, 2024

Getting ready for lots of company

Scott Rall, Outdoors columnist

Every morning I get up about 5:30-6 a.m., open my garage door, and share my morning coffee with three Labradors that keep watch for anything and everything that might walk by. Seems like only in the last week or so when I open the door, it is no longer light outside. This is a sure sign that the…

September 25, 2024

Obituaries

Dora Steffen

October 02, 2024

Dora was born on November 25, 1934, to Brandt and Sophia (Fryling) Bruxvoort in Buenos Aries, Argentina, where her father was a missionary to a Dutch settlement. Her twin…

Jason Ourada

October 02, 2024

Jason Allen Ourada, age 49, of Luverne, formerly of Walnut Grove, passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at his home.

A funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, at…

Patricia Cauwels Death Notice

October 02, 2024

Patricia R. Cauwels, age 82, of Bellevue, Nebraska, formerly of Magnolia, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Wilma Van Der Linden Death Notice

October 02, 2024

Wilma Joyce Van Der Linden, age 86, of Kenneth, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at Hospice of Murray County in Slayton.

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Luverne beats Blue Earth 48-14, improves to 5-0 for the season

Patriots tame Cougars 42-8, post 5-0 start in 2024

Star Media livestreams council, mayor candidate forum

'I call bullshit'

Monday is drive 'Anything But a Car' to school day

H-BC secondary earns national award

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