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.
News
- February 11, 2020At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the third and final tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will begin to show up in farmers’ bank accounts by the end of this week. “It’s been a great…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 11, 2020Eleven ash trees located around the former Hills-Beaver Creek High School gymnasium will be removed and the other 15 trees examined for healthiness. The H-BC building committee recommended the action at their Wednesday, Feb. 5, meeting. Mike Davis of Luverne will remove the trees and the stumps for $1,195. “It will give the other trees a chance,” he said. The majority of the 11 trees to be…
- By Dave Bau, Extension Educator, Ag BusinessFebruary 11, 2020The Farm Resource Guide for 2020 is now available at many University of Minnesota Extension County offices across the state. This resource guide includes a wide variety of useful farm business management information including the following items: •Custom rates — what to charge for planting etc. •Average farmland rental rates by county from two sources with projections for 2020. •Flexible rental…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 11, 2020Luverne High School speech team captured the first-place team trophy Saturday at the Vikings Invitational in Minneota. Twenty-five Cardinals competed at the event with three students double-entered at the meet, which featured 200 other speakers in three rounds of competition. Categories, participants and awards are as follows: •Creative expression: Meagan Hansen, fourth. •Discussion: Alexa…
- February 11, 2020Be vigilant to avoid Tax ID theft The United States’ tax season is here, and so are the scammers. Con artists are using the Social Security numbers of unsuspecting Americans to file phony tax returns and steal their refunds. In honor of the Federal Trade Commission’s Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, be on the lookout for this and other tax season scams. How the scam works You file your…
- February 11, 2020Minnesota 4-H conducted the Southwest BLU leadership retreat Feb. 1 in Marshall for 86 youth from the region. Ten 4-H’ers from Rock County attended the event including Krista Burkman, Zach Uhl, Janica Oechsle, Dennie Sandbulte, Emma Deustch, Morgan Bonnett, Mallie Fick, Makayla Oechsle, Andrea Luitjens and Brianna Kinsinger. BLU — Building Leadership and Understanding — engages participants in a…
- By Lori Sorenson, editorFebruary 10, 2020Construction will begin this summer on the third phase of Luverne’s Loop path, according to discussion at the Luverne Economic Development Authority meeting Monday morning. EDA director Holly Sammons said a bid letting date has been set for March 4 and work will likely begin in June on the portion of the path that intersects at Main Street and Blue Mound Avenue. The next portion of the trail…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020Luverne’s fifth annual Get Hooked Ice Fishing Derby will be Saturday, Feb. 8, at The Lake in Luverne, and Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere said plans are shaping up for another successful outing. “I’m not real good at working with ice fishing people, and I’m not an ice fishing person, but I tell you, there are a lot of enthusiastic people and there are such generous businesses in this…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020Child abuse charges against a Luverne native in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are gaining national attention after an NBC News investigation last week referenced 15 medical experts who say there’s no proof. Dr. John Cox, a 1999 Luverne High School graduate, is a pediatric emergency room physician who accidentally fell asleep with his one-month-old adopted daughter in his arms last May. When he woke up to…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020Luverne High School graduate Matt Christensen is a student in Nanjing, China, not far from Wuhan where the deadly coronavirus broke out. He returned to Luverne in mid January for the Chinese lunar holiday and days later, the World Health Organization declared a global emergency. His flight left Shanghai on Jan. 12, and on Jan. 23 China imposed travel restrictions. By the end of January public…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020Hills-Beaver Creek High School students will take an avid interest in college basketball scores next month, thanks to a lesson in mathematics. Representatives from Dordt College met with the H-BC sophomores, juniors and seniors in Nora Wysong’s math classes and outlined the March Madness Data Analytics Battle. Mathematics associate professor Valorie Zonnefeld is in her third year of working with…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020During her quarterly report to the Luverne City Council Jan. 28, Luverne Area Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere made an announcement about the community’s long-running Buffalo Days celebration. She announced that she and local planners had decided to move Arts in the Park activities to the Rock County Courthouse Square for all Buffalo Days celebrations going forward. After flooding rendered…
- February 04, 2020The Rock County Star Herald received one group and two individual awards at the Better Newspaper Contest of the 153rd annual convention of the Minnesota Newspaper Association Jan. 30-31 in the Twin Cities. As a group the Star Herald staff received a third-place award in special sections for their work documenting the “Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener.” The 14-page special section…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020At the end of each semester since 2000, the Bookin’ Buddies at Luverne Elementary School share one last story and the second graders receive a free book as a parting gift. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the second-graders in Lori Nath’s and Laura Louwagie’s classes received an extra book provided by the Rock County Dementia Network that organizers hope will have a lasting impact with readers. “Grandpa…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020Luverne High School students broke up this week’s colder temperatures by embracing winter with the kickoff of Snow Week Monday. Coronation took place Monday afternoon in the LHS gymnasium. Vying for the queen title were Michelle Arevalo, Claire Baustian, Alexa Chesley, Anita Cole-Kraty, Madi Flom and Mela Jarchow. King candidates were Isaiah Bartels, Colby Crabtree, Graham Cunningham, Brody…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020The Luverne High School speech team opened the 2020 season with a second place team finish in Worthington on Saturday. Eighteen students competed with 200 other students from 16 different schools in three rounds of competition. Fourteen Cardinal speakers received individual honors at this event as listed: Creative expression: Megan Hansen, blue ribbon. Discussion: Alexa Chesley, second place. Duo…
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