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The July 17 soil health field day will be at the farm of Eugene Halbur pictured Monday in no-tilled soybeans on his farm near Jasper. He’s been no-tilling crops for six years. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
The July 17 soil health field day will be at the farm of Eugene Halbur pictured Monday in no-tilled soybeans on his farm near Jasper. He’s been no-tilling crops for six years. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo

Field day to share latest in soil health

Area farmers will have an opportunity to learn the latest in soil health management at a July 17 field day near Jasper.

Students to attend home events free, adults pay $8

Luverne students will continue to attend home events and activities free of charge, thanks to recent action by Luverne School Board members.

County at a Glance July 3, 2025

Meetings

Blue Mound Cemetery Association Board will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the home of Randy and Kathy Remme.

Rock County Land Management Office urges producers to access soil health funding

Soil health improvement funding is again available through the USDA after several months of being frozen by the federal Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Hundreds attend annual event

Mother Nature offered a break in rainy weather Tuesday evening for the community’s annual Touch A Truck event in the Luverne Middle School/High School parking lot.

Holiday celebrates U.S. 'Declaration of Independence'

‘… these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES …’

Optimism prevails despite predictable fate of porch blooms

I rescued some clearance-priced begonias at Bomgaars a few weeks ago, despite completing spring planting in mid-May.

Voices of our Readers July 3, 2025

DeBoer shares meaning of freedom through eyes of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Bible

Letter to the Editor:

On the Record June 18, 2025

Dispatch report

June 18

H-BC robotics team earns 'motivate' award at national competition

Ten Hills-Beaver Creek middle school students recently returned from Massachusetts where they competed in a national robotics event June 13-15.

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