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News 21 May 2025

Optimists host Bike Rodeo

The Luverne Optimist Club sponsored its annual Bike Rodeo Saturday, May 17, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne.

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Magnolia Township Board of Supervisors requested a conditional use permit to construct a shop and township hall on an acre of land in Section 14 of Magnolia Township. The 60-by-60-foot building would house the township’s maintainer and other equipment as well as a meeting room. The acre of land is located west of the city of Magnolia along County Road 4.
News 21 May 2025

Township hall construction proposed for Magnolia

Magnolia Township received approval Monday night from the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission to build a township meeting hall/shop facility west of Magnolia.

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Luverne High School junior Jaydon Johnson (far left) talks with customers about his “Grand Prairie Sports” sports trivia cards Wednesday, May 7, at the 2025 CEO Trade Show as Kathy and Ron Vander Lugt of Chandler examine the cards created for Southwest Minnesota Christian High School in Edgerton. Kathy said she holds the school’s high jump record and wondered if her accomplishment was one of the trivia questions. The couple bought the set of trivia cards. Mavis Fodness/ Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 21 May 2025

Student entreprenuer builds business on sports trivia

Each spring, area students in the Southwest Minnesota CEO program debut individual businesses inspired from nine months of business visits, guest speakers, mentor discussions and wo

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LHS junior Anna Banck takes off from the blocks in the girls’ 400-meter race at the Trojan Relays May 13. Banck placed fifth in the event with a (PR) time of 1:03.65.
Sports Hills-Beaver Creek Sports Luverne Sports 21 May 2025

Cardinals and Patriots finish strong at Trojan Relays

The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams had a strong showing at the Worthington Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 13.

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Sports Hills-Beaver Creek Sports 21 May 2025

Patriots track and field teams capture Red Rock Conference championships

The Hills-Beaver Creek track and field team captured Red Rock Conference meet honors Thursday, May 15, in Slayton.

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News

Kids Rock! Child Care Center will host an open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 28. Rock County Star Herald File Photo
Community to celebrate opening of Kids Rock! Child Care Center
By
Lori Sorenson
May 21, 2025

The Kids Rock! Child Care Center will host a ribbon-cutting and open house next week to celebrate the community’s solution to a decades-long child care shortage.

“This new center represents…

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Optimists host Bike Rodeo
May 21, 2025

The Luverne Optimist Club sponsored its annual Bike Rodeo Saturday, May 17, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne. Young bicyclists traveled through an obstacle course, heard bike safety tips from deputies Troy Wenzel (above) and Austin Christensen and had their bicycles…

Magnolia Township Board of Supervisors requested a conditional use permit to construct a shop and township hall on an acre of land in Section 14 of Magnolia Township. The 60-by-60-foot building would house the township’s maintainer and other equipment as well as a meeting room. The acre of land is located west of the city of Magnolia along County Road 4.
Township hall construction proposed for Magnolia
By
Mavis Fodness
May 21, 2025

Magnolia Township received approval Monday night from the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission to build a township meeting hall/shop facility west of Magnolia.

The proposed 60-by-60-foot building, located…

Luverne High School junior Jaydon Johnson (far left) talks with customers about his “Grand Prairie Sports” sports trivia cards Wednesday, May 7, at the 2025 CEO Trade Show as Kathy and Ron Vander Lugt of Chandler examine the cards created for Southwest Minnesota Christian High School in Edgerton. Kathy said she holds the school’s high jump record and wondered if her accomplishment was one of the trivia questions. The couple bought the set of trivia cards. Mavis Fodness/ Rock County Star Herald Photo
Student entreprenuer builds business on sports trivia
By
Mavis Fodness
May 21, 2025

Each spring, area students in the Southwest Minnesota CEO program debut individual businesses inspired from nine months of business visits, guest speakers, mentor discussions and working together in a class business.…

Madison Bormann
Local Sanford nurses earn Nightingale recognition
By
Lori Sorenson
May 21, 2025

Two registered nurses at Sanford Luverne were recently honored with the Florence Nightingale Award during a Nurse’s Week Celebration May 6 in Sioux Falls.

 Each year Sanford employees are…

Sports

LHS junior Anna Banck takes off from the blocks in the girls’ 400-meter race at the Trojan Relays May 13. Banck placed fifth in the event with a (PR) time of 1:03.65.
Cardinals and Patriots finish strong at Trojan Relays
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 21, 2025
The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams had a strong showing at the Worthington Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 13. In Class AA competition the Luverne girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team finished in fifth place. LHS had 18 personal and season records at the events, 44 Top 10…
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Cardinal boys place seventh in Big South Conference golf meet
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 21, 2025
The LHS boys’ golf team finished in seventh place out of 14 teams at the Big South Conference Championship at Dakota Ridge Golf Club in Morton Tuesday, May 13. Sophomore Will Bergman and freshman Mallachi Domagala both earned All-Conference honors at the meet. Bergman posted an 18-hole score of…
Patriot golfers junior Abigail Olson (left) and freshman Maddox Metzger (right) earn All-Conference honors at the Red Rock Conference meet in Worthington Tuesday, May. 13
Patriots boys’ and girls’ golf teams compete in Red Rock Conference tournament May 13
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 21, 2025
The H-BC boys’ golf team finished in fifth place out of eight teams at the Red Rock Conference meet at Great Life Golf and Fitness in Worthington Tuesday, May 13. The Patriot girls’ team was unable to post a team score with only two players on their team. H-BC freshmen Maddox Metzger and junior…
LHS baseball team wins two games, raises season record to 16-3
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 21, 2025
Luverne baseball wins two games and raises their season record to 16-3 this past week. With ten wins in a row, LHS sits atop of the Big South Conference with a 12-0 conference record. The Cardinals beat Windom 12-2 at home Tuesday, May 13, and topped Sleepy Eye 10-5 on the road Thursday, May 15…
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Elise Jarchow earned the Eagle Award for athletic and academic accomplishments.
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 21, 2025
Luverne alumni Elise Jarchow earned the University of Northwestern 2025 Eagle Award. The Eagle Award is an annual honor given to a standout male and female student-athlete, voted on by the athletic department’s coaching and administrative staff. The award is based on criteria that include…
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Luverne girls’ track and field team places third, boys’ team places eighth at State True Team tournament
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 21, 2025
The Luverne boys' track and field team placed eighth in the 2025 State True Team competition.  Luverne faced stiff competition at the 2025 Class A State True Team meet in Eden Prairie Saturday, May 17. The LHS girls’ team placed third and the boys’ team finished in eighth place in the cold and…

Columns

Marlene and Darlene debut rhubarb judging skills at Cidery
By
Brenda Winter, columnist

When Marcella Prokop, co-owner of The Cidery at Blackshire Farms near Beaver Creek, called and asked if I, Brenda Winter, could judge a rhubarb contest at the Cidery on Saturday, June 7, I said I could not, but I knew who could – Marlene and Darlene.

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May 21, 2025
Heed the new rules
By
Scott Rall, Outdoor Columnist

There seems to be a new sheriff in town when it comes to operating a boat or personal watercraft in Minnesota waters.

There are new regulations starting July 1, 2025. These new rules require both youth and younger adults to be certified in watercraft safety if you were born after 2004.…

May 21, 2025
Be 'flickers of hope' to support light amid dark clouds of hardship
By
Lori Sorenson, editor

There once was a little candle whose flame was beginning to dim.

Her light is dimmed by clouds of hardship: a D-minus in math, social media bullying and the recent loss of her grandmother.…

May 14, 2025
Choices Part 2 focuses on choosing paint
By
RIck Peterson, general manager

This is the second installment in my four-part series of columns on how I feel we have too many choices. My last column dealt with the onslaught of choices regarding barbecue sauces. This week I was overwhelmed by the choices in the world of paint.…

May 14, 2025

Obituaries

Rosemary Moerke
May 21, 2025

Rosemary “Rosie” Moerke, age 73, of Luverne, died Monday, May 19, 2025, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A time of fellowship will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, May…

Alida Ver Berg
May 21, 2025

Alida Ver Burg, age 90, of Brandon, South Dakota, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at her home, surrounded by her family.

A funeral service was at 3 p.m.,…

Carol Stroh
May 14, 2025

Carol Lou (Roberts) Stroh was born October 28, 1940, to J.W. “Buddy” Roberts and Elizabeth Ann (Wright) Roberts at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas, Texas.  She graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas, and worked at Dallas Title, Titche Goettinger, Republic…

Audrey Green
May 14, 2025

Audrey Madison Greene, age 82, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Audrey was born on Aug. 4, 1942, in Luverne, Minnesota.

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