From parched to drenched
Harvest is in full swing for much of Rock County this week, marking the final stretch of what’s arguably been a challenging growing season.
Highway 75 project proceeds (almost) on schedule
Contractors have been given a five-day extension on completion deadlines due to September’s frequent rainy weather.
H-BC School Board Candidates share priorities
There are five candidates seeking election to four open seats on the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board.
The Loft after-school program helps kids find community
Starting at 3:20 p.m. on the dot, the quiet halls of First Presbyterian Church in Luverne start to fill with the noise of children.
Luverne preliminary levy set to rise 7.12%
Luverne City Council members are proposing a 7.12% levy increase for taxes payable in 2027.
Adrian reporter to contribute to Star Herald
The Rock County Star Herald is expanding its coverage area east toward Adrian, and Deb Kroon will be the face of those stories for the Star Herald news team.
News
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 08, 2022Rock County raised some of the best-yielding crops in the state in 2021, according to the recently released crop estimates by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services. Rock County landed in the Top 5 counties for corn yield, among the 17 counties who topped more than 60 bushels per acre for soybeans and was one of 19 counties that produced more than 20 tons of corn silage per acre in…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 08, 2022The Luverne mock trial team completed a practice dual Feb. 28 in front of friends and family in the middle-high school media center. No scores were kept during the two-hour contest between the prosecution and defense teams. The event comes after the team missed qualifying for the state contest last weekend. “It was a close contest — it could have gone either way,” said attorney coach Jeff…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 08, 2022Reker Construction, Adrian, will complete the final phases of the Luverne Loop trail after submitting the low bid for the construction work. Phase 4 is almost a mile long and will connect the existing Loop trail from the Highway 75 Economy Lodge area along Hatting Street to the existing trail that dead-ends at the Rock River near the Luverne wastewater treatment plant area. The most recent…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 08, 2022Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members approved the 2022-23 school calendar at their Feb. 28 meeting. Classes will begin Tuesday, Sept. 6, for the 2022-23 school year and end Friday, May 26, 2023. Graduation is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, May 26. The newly approved calendar outlines 10 early dismissals and holiday breaks, similar to the current school year calendar. In other business, the H-…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 08, 2022Luverne School Board members approved the 2022-23 school year calendar during their rescheduled meeting Monday night, Feb. 28. The calendar (like the current school year) changes the number of days during key holiday breaks. The 2022-23 school year begins Tuesday, Sept. 6, and ends Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Graduation is approved for Sunday, May 28, 2023. A third day was added to the Thanksgiving…
- March 08, 2022Larson Crane Services, Worthington, began the arduous task of demolishing the grain elevator in Beaver Creek Tuesday morning. The 125-foot-tall wooden elevator hasn't stored grain for over a decade; it was being used for only for its office and scale. New Vision Co-op put up three new bins — with a total grain storage capacity of 1.1 million bushels — 15 to 20 years ago. The old elevator…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 08, 2022The Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR) organized a Virtual Disability Services Day at the Capitol on March 8. The rally calls attention to a workforce crisis as the primary cause of the extended delays in access to employment and other day supports for people with disabilities. Adria Benson, co-director of Rock County Opportunities in Luverne, participated online. “…
- By Lori SorensonMarch 08, 2022Communities in southwest Minnesota are joining forces to address labor shortages in several affected occupations. Mayors in the cities of Luverne, Pipestone, Worthington, Jackson, Marshall, Canby and Granite Falls have organized as Southwest Minnesota Council of Mayors to work on issues affecting all their communities. The labor shortage is on top of their list, and they’re proposing a pilot…
- March 08, 2022Hog producers who sold hogs through a spot market sale during the COVID-19 pandemic now have until April 15, 2022, to submit their applications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP). SMHPP, which is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative, originally had a deadline to submit applications by Feb. 25, 2022. SMHPP assists hog…
- March 08, 2022Luverne’s Gordon Mulder is serving a term as Lions 5M3 district governor, which started on July 1, 2021, and continues until June 30, 2022. The district includes the 13 southwest Minnesota counties with 35 clubs and 1,036 members. As governor, Mulder is expected to visit each club, bringing the Lions International President’s message of “Service from the heart. Kindness matters.” Mulder said his…
- March 08, 2022For the 14th consecutive year, Buffalo Ridge Insurance achieved the prestigious status in the Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company’s President’s Club. The achievement recognizes outstanding continued service to customers and community and superior performance. Buffalo Ridge Insurance employees include Marilyn Bloemendaal, Cory Bloemendaal, Steve Smedsrud, Pam Haakenson, Lori Gruis, Dawn Trendt…
- March 08, 2022Luverne Middle School students spent last week participating in the Winter Olympics 2022, which included the scooter luge, scooter curling, bean bags and figure skating. Individual and grade medals were given out to the sixth- through eighth-grade students. The seventh-grade class earned the most medals with five.
- March 08, 2022As of Tuesday, March 1, turkey hunters can now buy their licenses for the spring 2022 season. Licenses can be purchased online at mndnr.gov/licenses/online-sales, by phone at 888-665-4236 or in person wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold. To help understand hunter distribution, license agents will be asking hunters which permit area they plan to hunt. The information is useful to the…
- March 01, 2022The Luverne-Adrian FFA Chapter hosted an appreciation pancake breakfast Friday at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. The first-time event allowed FFA’ers to thank the community for their continued support for the long-standing agricultural program.
- By Lori SorensonMarch 01, 2022There will be no roundabout at the Highway 75 and Main Street intersection, but there will be designated left turn lanes on Main Street and wider corners for truck traffic. That’s the compromise state and local leaders arrived at in response to what studies show to be increasing crash risks at that intersection. Luverne City Council members and Rock County Commissioners met in a joint Zoom…
- By Mavis FodnessMarch 01, 2022Saturday’s benefit at Rock Ranch in Hills is about more than raising money, according to Kris Van Der Brink, who is organizing the event to benefit two families. “I’ve been in both of those two families’ spots,” said Van Der Brink, Luverne. She was referring to cancer and a spouse’s unexpected death at a young age. In the years since, she found solace and an outlet for her horse-loving daughter,…
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