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By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJanuary 28, 2020The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 20, 1905. Petition for Cement Walk On North Side Luverne St. Common Council Grants Petition for Four Blocks of New Walk — Action Taken in Public Rest Room Matter — Plans and Estimates to be Made The common council met January 17, 1904, pursuant to adjournment and was called to order at 8 p.m. with all members present except Mr. Leet. A…- January 14, 2020On Monday, Minnesota Senate Republicans announced their agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Known as “Vision 2020,” it will guide public policy work during the 2020 legislative session, which is expected to include capital investment bill, a supplemental budget, tax relief, health care, public safety, roads and bridges, public infrastructure and more. Sen. Bill Weber, Luverne, shares his…
- December 22, 2019To the Editor: (How good are you at Christmas trivia? Bill Preuss, Luverne, submitted these questions.) Christmas Trivia 1. Mary and Joseph left what city to go to Bethlehem? Jerusalem Nazareth Tel Aviv Kanaranzi 2. What were the names of the three wise men? Shadrach, Meschach, Abednego Gaspar, Balthasar, Melchior Abdul, Obadiah, Jeremiah Larry, Curly, Moe 3. How many miles did Mary and…
- December 03, 2019Ron Mehl tells the following story in his book, “The Ten(der) Commandments.” I love the story I heard about an eight-year-old boy who sat in class, taking a test. He became so nervous and distraught about completing the test on time that he suddenly wet his pants. Horrors! He looked down and saw a little puddle there beneath him. Sick with worry and embarrassment, he looked up just in time to…
- November 25, 2019Thanksgiving Trivia 1. The pilgrims fled a country to England. What was that country? Germany The Netherlands Italy Canada 2. What was the name of the ship they sailed on? The Explorer The Expedition The Peterson The Mayflower 3. Hoy many sailed on that ship? 52 102 158 4,567 4. What was the role of Miles Standish? The leader of the military A preacher A lawyer A cousin to Bill Frakes 5…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 25, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on November 6, 1931. Capone Men Visit Luverne? Smooth Strangers Pass $10 Counterfeit Bill on Local Café; Almost Make It $20 Federal Investigators Raid Gangers’ Den In Chicago and Find Set-Up For making Spurious Currency — Being Distributed in Rural Communities The activities of Al Capone, master gangster and criminal, may have included Luverne…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 19, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on November 6, 1931. Luverne Cuts Employees’ Salaries $2000 Ten Per Cent Reduction To Lower Tax Levy One-Fifth; Every Office Is Affected George DeLate, Superin-tendent of Light Plant, Takes Biggest Loss — Town Police to Receive $90 Per Month The Luverne city council made a 10 per cent wage cut for every employee on the town payroll at the…- October 22, 2019To the Editor: The sponsors who made the “Senior Years Spotlight” page possible in the Oct. 17 “Star Herald” deserve a sincere thank you! The review of each person’s life, past and future, including their stay at Mary Jane Brown Home was honest and heartwarming! I would appreciate this type of feature be printed again, in the future, with several more residents featured. Thank you to all who made…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on October 11, 1929. House Snow Plows Here Minnesota Highway Department to Erect Building in Luverne to House two Snow Plows Plans to erect a building here, to house two of the Minnesota Highway Department’s new motor truck snow plows, were made known yesterday by H. E. Chard, district engineer of the department and J. F. O’Meara,…
By Jennifer Lindsey, Southwest Crisis Center, LuverneOctober 01, 2019October is often a busy month with school sports, fall festivals and harvest season upon us. Easily forgotten is that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. In the past year, the Southwest Crisis Center in Rock County has provided services for 88 individuals who experienced domestic and sexual violence. To help bring awareness that domestic violence does happen here in Rock County, the…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistSeptember 10, 2019So here we are in September, the best time to do lawn seeding — renovation, if necessary — and the best time to rid your lawn of weeds. If you are seeding a new lawn, as the ground temperature drops, most weed seed will not germinate; however, the grass seed germinates better in cool soil so the weeds are not competing with the grass. The new grass has plenty of time to get established before the…- August 06, 2019To the Editor: Oh boy! Here we go again! A few people get murdered over the weekend and I bet they’re going to want to take our guns away. I know everybody here in Rock County is with me when I say I’ll defend myself and my property to the max. If some jerk would break into my house and attempt to pilfer my cold 12-pack from the spare fridge in the basement or steal my pocket change from the…
- July 16, 2019To the Editor: My family and I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the genuine kindness and support we received by Herman Motor Company. When our rental RV transmission chose to fail on us, and we tried every Ford dealer from Austin to Luverne, it was Kelly Herman and her team (Amy Kroon, Travis Dunn, and several others) that treated us with compassion and went above and beyond their…
- July 09, 2019To the Editor: The Luverne and Rock County community is fortunate to have generous organizations like the Luverne United Methodist Church and ATLAS of Rock County. The Methodist Church hosts the Rock County Emergency Food Shelf, every week providing free nutrition to local families and individuals who struggle to put food on the table. The same congregation has generously reached out to help…
- July 09, 2019Submitted by Dale Moerke, Luverne, field staff West Area Labor Council- Red River Valley/AFL-CIO In 2018 CEOs of Standard and Poor’s 500 companies made on average $14.5 million, up from the $500,000 dollar raise from 2017. Compare that to the average rank-and-file worker who received barely more than a $1,000 raise, bringing total take-home pay in 2018 to $39,888. Even with the extra cash, wages…
- July 01, 2019Editor’s note: This editorial by editor Alan C. McIntosh first appeared in the Nov. 9, 1967, edition of the Rock County Star Herald. It was reprinted in the Feb. 27, 1969, edition after it had received the George Washington Honor Medal Award of Freedoms Foundation. ‘Just a Rag’ “I am the American flag. “Most of the time they call me ‘Old Glory.’ Which is ridiculous. I can’t regard myself as…
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