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 Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021Cleveringa Construction will build a twin home at 101 West Brown on a lot the city had previously cleared of residential blight. On the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Luverne Council approved a conditional use permit for the project, and construction will begin this fall. The property previously faced east with a North Freeman driveway, but the twin homes will face…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 28, 2021Residents in Hills face a $500 fine if they are found in violation of the city’s nuisance junk ordinance after Oct. 1. Council members unanimously adopted the fine for the misdemeanor offense at their Sept. 14 meeting. The fine is in response to the council’s ongoing effort to clean up yards in the city limits. Two months ago, notifications were sent to 300 Hills residents, property and business…
- September 28, 2021Lowell Fick runs the combine through his soybeans west of Luverne Thursday morning, Sept. 23, along the north side of County Road 5. Fick is among many Rock County farmers taking advantage of ideal harvest conditions to make quick work of soybean harvest this week. Soybean yields around the area have been varied but still good, averaging 45 to 60 bushels per acre, depending on where drought…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 28, 2021Mike and Wanda Jarchow sold Grand Prairie Events to Generations on July 1, but they’re leasing it through December to honor bookings. As such, little has changed since ownership changed hands, but plans are brewing behind the scenes to prepare the facility for Generations and its associated programs. And funds are needed to see them through. Generations President George Bonnema laid out the…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 22, 2021Workers with Musch Construction, Pipestone, are removing and replacing sections of sidewalk, curb and gutter on Main Street in Luverne between Highway 75 and Blue Mound Avenue. The work so far is affecting the blocks west of the Freeman Street intersection, which is where the parade route starts for Saturday’s Tri-State Band Festival. “We’re doing what we can to minimize impacts to the band…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 21, 2021Saturday morning’s “Out of the Darkness” suicide prevention and awareness walk at Cardinal Field involved more than 300 people and raised more than $14,000. That far exceeded the initial goal of 75 people and $5,000. “ “It’s so exciting to see people come together for this,” said Angela Nolz, one of the event organizers. Funds raised will support research to prevent suicide, community education…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021Nicole Halverson was sitting at her dining room table early Friday morning, Sept. 17, when she heard a noise around 12:30 a.m. that caused her to move away from the table. “Thank God I did, because as soon as I was out of the way, that’s when the tree came down on my house — that was one of the loudest impacts,” she said. “As things calmed down, that’s when I noticed a tree (limb) resting on top…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 21, 2021Allan is a 3-year-old lab-retriever mix who’s lighting the way for Kimberly Schoneman’s ever-darkening world. Schoneman, Luverne, was diagnosed in 2009 with retinopathy uveitis. “My retinas are dying,” she told a roomful of Luverne Lions Club members last week. The autoimmune disease has taken her night vision, peripheral vision and many of the freedoms she previously enjoyed. By 2012 Schoneman…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021Rock County and developers of the future Elk Creek Solar Farm near Magnolia signed a development agreement Sept. 7. Commissioners were the last entities to sign on to the agreement for the 700-acre solar farm located between Vienna and Magnolia townships. Officials of both townships reviewed the document that stipulates various responsibilities, specifically the use and maintenance of county and…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021In an emergency meeting Sept. 16, the Luverne School Board unanimously supported dropping the mask mandate that was instituted Sept. 14. The emergency meeting had one agenda item: “Due to the lack of community support, the Luverne School District is not able to institute the mask mandate at this time. The administration recommends returning to CDC and MDH guidelines effective Sept. 17, 2021.”…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 21, 2021Luverne’s 70th Annual Tri-State Band Festival returns to Main Street and Cardinal Field Saturday after a pandemic year off in 2020. The 2021 lineup features 23 participating bands, with 17 competing in parade performances and 11 marching on the field. The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. with the route heading east on Main Street and judging at the corner of Main Street and McKenzie. Parade Marshal…
- By Lori Sorenson, editorSeptember 21, 2021A fire Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 15, at Page 1 Printers in Slayton caused damage to the warehouse portion of the building and sent four people for medical treatment for smoke inhalation. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the warehouse, sparing the facility’s printing operations. The Rock County Star Herald and Luverne Announcer are printed at Page One in Slayton, and publications…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 21, 2021Fifty years after his grandfather, Steve Sehr, was crowned LHS Homecoming King, his grandson, Casey Sehr, followed in his footsteps Monday night as Casey and Brooklynn VerSteeg were crowned LHS Homecoming King and Queen respectively in the new performing arts center. Steve said he was crowned homecoming king in the fall of 1971 and the late Kim (Dougherty) Larson was crowned queen. He considered…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 20, 2021Rock County Commissioners will consider an ordinance change to include storage units as a conditional use on zoned agricultural land during an Oct. 5 public hearing. The hearing begins at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ room of the courthouse. Land Management Director Eric Hartman brought the proposed zoning change to commissioners Sept. 7 as a recommendation from the County Planning Commission.…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 20, 2021Seven Rock County 4-H’ers participated in the Minnesota State 4-H Horse Show Sept. 17-20 at the state fairgrounds in St. Paul. Local riders included Kallie Chapa, Kennedy Safar, Kellie VanDerBrink, Ayden Bonnett, Morgan Bonnett, Mallie Fick and Cash Bonnett. Chapa represented Rock County in the grand entry event by carrying the county 4-H flag. In the show, ribbons are awarded to the top…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 14, 2021A busload of state and local leaders with Minnesota’s Clean Water Council took a field trip Monday through the Blue Mounds State Park. It was part of the council’s southwest Minnesota tour of projects funded by the state’s Clean Water Legacy Act. Of particular interest was the former Lower Lake of the park that drained in 2014 when flood waters destroyed the dam. In the years since then, the…
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