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 05, 2017Entering its 10th year, the Luverne Backpack Program is experiencing growing pains and needs renewed financial support from the community. The program gives preschool through 12th-grade students foods they prepare and serve themselves each weekend during the school year. The volunteer-led organization provided food for 206 students during the 2016-17 school year. “For some of these kids, this is…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017A new option for senior housing is now available in Luverne with the recent opening of the Oasis Care Home at 514 Britz Drive in the Evergreen Addition. An open house for public viewing will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. The 3,500-square-foot house offers six bedrooms and three bathrooms on the main level, with common living room and kitchen areas. The half basement has a meeting area…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017Plans are underway to develop a bike share program in Luverne that would allow people to “borrow” and return bicycles around town. The Luverne Chamber Office last summer requested state funding to purchase bikes for a loan program, but it didn’t qualify. But last month the Statewide Health Improvement Program offered Luverne $3,000 for bikes — if they could be purchased and invoiced prior to Nov…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017For years Rock County residents could count on the public transportation network for a ride. For rides outside the network area, United Community Action Partnership would rely on a group of volunteer drivers. However, a federal law has caused the volunteer drivers to quit in the past two months. “We know rides are not happening,” said Shelly Pflaum, UCAP’s access coordinator. “The main reason we…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 05, 2017Community consultant Roger Brooks recognized the nutcracker collection at Luverne’s History Center as a tourism draw for the community. “This is flat-out amazing,” he said in his June 9 assessment of the town. “This is worth getting off the interstate for.” He showed an artist’s rendering of an I-90 billboard, “Luverne: Home of the largest nutcracker collection in the Midwest.” It sounds far-…
- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 05, 2017Allison Eitreim’s passion for teaching is extending beyond the school’s walls. As autism specialist at Worthington Public Schools, Eitreim started the Regional Autism Networking Group late last year and now the group regularly draws 30 or more people to its quarterly meetings. “If we stop at our school doors, we are missing the boat,” the 1992 Luverne High School graduate said. Autism Spectrum…
- September 05, 2017Firearms and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as lottery this hunting season are reminded they must purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 7. Hunters who purchase their license before this date are automatically entered into the lottery for the deer permit area or special hunt area they declare. This season, antlerless deer permits are…
- September 05, 2017Luverne High School students Jacinda Hustoft and Lindsey Roemeling attended a week of BestPrep’s Minnesota Business Venture (MBV) this summer, thanks to sponsorship from the local K.A.H.R. Foundation. MBV is a business and career skills camp held each summer in partnership with the Herberger Business School at St. Cloud State University and the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship at St.…
- September 05, 2017Almost $5 million dollars is now available to support landowners in meeting the requirements of Minnesota’s buffer law. Funds distributed to soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) are to be used for cost-sharing contracts with landowners or their authorized agents to implement riparian buffers or alternative practices on public waters and public drainage ditches. The 2017 legislation also…
- September 05, 2017On Sunday, Aug. 27, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, along with Luverne and Rock County officials, toured the construction underway on the 4-million-gallon reservoir being constructed southwest of Luverne. Pictured are (front from left) Red Arndt, Klobuchar, Rock County Commissioner Sherri Thompson, Lewis and Clark’s Troy Larson, (back) Luverne City Councilwoman Caroline Thorson and County Commissioners Stan…
- September 05, 2017Minnesota waterfowl season opens Saturday, Sept. 23. “Habitat conditions look good in most areas, wild rice reports are good for hunters in the northern portions of the state and waterfowl numbers are favorable,” said Steve Cordts, waterfowl specialist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The waterfowl season will open with similar bag limits and season dates that were in place…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 29, 2017The newest addition to local law enforcement weighs 40 pounds, speaks Dutch, and loves his job. King is a 1½-year-old German shorthair pointer who works with Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Austin Christensen, Luverne. “When it’s time to work, he can’t wait to get in the squad,” Christensen said. “He thinks work is playtime; he loves to go to work.” King and two other new State Patrol canines came…
- By Lori SorensonAugust 29, 2017Luverne’s tru Shrimp Bay Harbor is coming into focus as company officials work with engineers, attorneys, financiers and scientists. Tru Shrimp CEO Michael Ziebell shared some details with Rock County Farm Bureau members at their annual meeting Monday night in Luverne. For those who hadn’t heard the presentation before, he spoke about the global shrimp market and the fact that 80 percent of U.S.…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 29, 2017A familiar face will lead renewed efforts to offer vocational medical classes to high schools when the 2017-18 school year begins Sept. 5. Sanford’s Tammy Loosbrock has been a leader in the medical field for more than 20 years, but she said classroom teaching is a new venture. “I’ve dabbled in teaching,” she said of the mentoring she has done. “This will be the first time in the classroom.”…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 29, 2017Laughter was included in Monday’s message to almost 200 Luverne Public School staff as they kicked off the first of four in-service days to prepare for the 2017-18 school year. Luverne Superintendent Craig Oftedahl built on previous in-service messages by sharing a video of motivational speaker, comedian and author Steve Gilliland. “He will make you laugh, he will make you cry — but most of all,…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 29, 2017Nineteen new teachers will be greeting students in the Star Herald coverage area when the 2017-18 school year gets underway Sept. 5. Luverne welcomed nine new instructors, with Ellsworth welcoming two, and Adrian five teachers and one new administrator (see separate story) during this week’s in-service meetings. Hills-Beaver Creek Public Schools has three new teachers. (See separate story.) …
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