Hardwick celebrates annual Jubilee Days
Hardwick residents and visitors celebrated the town’s annual Jubilee Days Saturday and Sunday.
Rock County among 21 included in presidential disaster declaration
Rock County is among 21 counties included in a major disaster declaration approved Friday by President Biden.
Local Soil Health experts brainstorm for options as farmers consider next steps for flooded fields
As the realities of flood damage to crops come into focus, area producers are considering options for soil that was supposed to grow corn and soybeans.
Carson's Cause Truck Meet and Classic Car Cruise attracts over 120 and raises $27,000 Saturday
The second annual Carson’s Cause Car and Truck Meet at the Verne-Drive-In attracted more than 120 vehicles and raised $27,000 for local efforts to improve brain he
Disaster declared in Rock County
Preliminary estimates are over $2 million in public infrastructure damage as a result of the June 21-22 flood event.
Some areas receive 12+ inches of rain
Multiple rounds of torrential rain in Rock County and the tri-state area created significant flooding over the past week, wreaking havoc on properties and public infrastructure.
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- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 01, 2020Two teachers are joining the staff at Hills-Beaver Creek elementary and secondary staff as classes begin Tuesday. Cloey Anderson and Dylan Gehrke replace agricultural and fifth-grade instructors, who left for different positions. Anderson grew up in Gaylord and graduated from Sibley East High School in 2016. She will teach ninth- through 12th-grade ag classes and assume the FFA chapter adviser…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 01, 2020Four new instructors and two full-time substitutes will join the teaching staff of Luverne Public Schools as classes begin Tuesday for the 2020-21 school year. At Luverne Elementary, Madeline Jones will begin her second year of teaching with first-graders. She spent her first year teaching at Tri-City United Schools in LeCenter. The New Prague native graduated from high school in 2015 before…
- September 01, 2020The sidewalk under the Luverne High School canopy looked like a rummage sale Thursday when surplus school equipment was set out with a price tag on each item. Included for sale were ranges (gas and electric), chairs, mailboxes, weight room equipment, Smart Boards with projectors, projectors, filing cabinets, desks, an ice cream machine and a piano.
- September 01, 2020Workers with Duininck Inc. pack the road base Thursday afternoon, Aug. 27, on Broadway Street in Magnolia. The main street in Magnolia will be narrowed, receive new curb and gutter and new asphalt. The $2.049 million project is part of a series of county road improvements being completed in Hardwick, Steen, Beaver Creek and Hills. Work is expected to be completed by Oct. 1.
- September 01, 2020After several years of dwindling soccer participation in Luverne, the sport is back on track with the fields west of school hosting players and families on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. According to the Community Education Fall Soccer Facebook page, “Luverne Soccer — It’s a Kick,” 99 players were signed up as of Aug. 4 when the fall season started. The program is for ages 4 through fifth grade (…
- September 01, 2020Jason Oye (center in the striped shirt) hands the keys of a new Can-Am side-by-side all-terrain vehicle to Luverne Middle-High School Activities Director Todd Oye Thursday night, Aug. 27. The presentation took place before the regular monthly school board meeting. Jason Oye won the vehicle in a raffle drawing, a fundraiser sponsored by the Luverne Area Chamber and Visitors Bureau earlier this…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2020After not being offered for years, Luverne Community Education brought back a time-honored tradition operated by the National Football League for 56 years. The punt, pass and kick competition returned to Cardinal Field Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 19. In a local twist, the second- through eighth-grade students competed to see who could throw, punt and kick a football the greatest distance. Winners…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 25, 2020Nearly 500 cars, hundreds of dogs and an untold number of people descended on the tiny town of Beaver Creek over the weekend for AutoMania at SpringBrooke Events and Golf and Grille. SpringBrooke owner Rick Gourley bought the AutoMania brand when it didn’t return to Brandon after the last show two years ago. He staged the 2020 event at SpringBrooke as a way to revive AutoMania and call attention…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 25, 2020It was a moment for the history books Monday night when members of the Rock County Historical Society Board put a flame to the History Center mortgage. “I loved it,” said President Betty Mann, 90, who has been pushing for the past 20 years to find a respectable, adequate and accessible space to tell Rock County’s story. “We were all so excited.” When the Rock County Museum moved in 2016 from the…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2020Aug. 23 marked the end of a 10-year journey for Kevin Aaker and the start of a new path of serving people in a more spiritual way. “Deacon Kevin” and 10 others were ordained at the Basilica of St. Stanislaus in Winona in front of a smaller-than-usual group of friends and family members. Due to pandemic social distancing, church occupancy was limited to 250. Many parishioners and clergy, like…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2020Increasing coronavirus cases in Rock County are driving decisions for the fall learning setup in Luverne Schools for elementary and middle-high school students. Ninety-one percent of roughly 1,200 Luverne students indicated in a recent survey that they want to return to classes for in-person or hybrid learning, and school officials are considering these sentiments. Luverne Elementary will begin…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2020With the coronavirus still circulating within the community, Hills-Beaver Creek School District officials announced Monday school will open under a hybrid learning plan. It calls for in-person learning at the elementary and secondary schools with social distancing protocols implemented between staff and students. Face coverings on buses and in schools are required. H-BC school board members…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 25, 2020The water tower in Beaver Creek may be repainted next summer, and council members met Wednesday night with Chad Edwards of McGuire Iron to discuss details of the project. According to information he pitched to the council, the 50,000-gallon tank exterior would be repainted in 2021 at a cost of roughly $64,000. Included in that cost would be safety upgrades and replacing a navigation light at the…
- August 25, 2020The Aug. 20 Star Herald story about candidates filing for election incorrectly stated that Doug Bos is stepping down from his position as Martin Township clerk. He does indeed intend to continue in his role as clerk, and the Star Herald regrets the error. Rock County Auditor Ashley Kurtz offers the following clarification for why the Secretary of State website listed the clerk’s position as open…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2020With 75 tractor “masks” in hand, organizers of the fifth annual Luverne Tractor Ride are ready for the Friday, Sept. 4 event. Special to the 2020 event is a white “facial” covering meant to be tied in front of tractors to recognize the coronavirus pandemic. Quality Printing, Luverne, came up with mask design that features a graphic of a tractor pulling a wagon and the words “Luverne 2020 Tractor…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 25, 2020Ellis & Eastern Railroad representatives thanked federal, state and local officials for public support during an Aug. 20 outdoor gathering in Magnolia. Many of the 50 in attendance were meeting each other face-to-face for the first time after working to secure a $14.4 million federal grant to improve 41 miles of the Buffalo Ridge Railroad. The BRRR runs through the southern third of Rock and…
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