Minnesota
- By DNRSeptember 27, 2023Minnesota’s youth deer season will take place statewide Thursday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 22. The season coincides with statewide teacher workshops, so many Minnesota students don’t have school during the youth season. To participate, youth must be 10-17 years old and have a deer license. Participant numbers are not limited, and there is no special permit, so parents should purchase or…
September 13, 2023As drought conditions continue to expand in Minnesota, some areas of the state are now experiencing exceptional drought conditions for the first time since 2021 (portions of Freeborn and Mower counties in southeastern Minnesota, as well as in portions of Aitkin, Carlton and Pine counties in east-central Minnesota). At this time, the U.S. Drought Monitor classifies more than half of the state in…- September 13, 2023Louis Leroy Laackmann, age 91, of Doon, Iowa, passed away peacefully with his loving family at his side on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, Minnesota. A Mass of Christian Burial for Louis will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. A private burial…
- By Minnesota DNRSeptember 13, 2023Southwest region pheasant numbers saw significant, triple-digit increases in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ annual roadside pheasant survey. “Pheasant hunters certainly have reason to cheer in the southwest region this year and we also saw increases in the west central portions of the state,” said Tim Lyons, Minnesota DNR upland game research scientist. “Other regions saw…
September 06, 2023Ardath Schmidt, age 91, of Luverne, died Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born July 24, 1932, in Jasper, Minnesota, to Howard and Eloise (Drew) Wohlford. She was a member of St. Catherine Church in Luverne. She enjoyed knitting and sewing. She also loved traveling and adventure. Ardath is survived by her children, Terry Schmidt, Douglas…- September 06, 2023Vernon Walsh, age 90, of Worthington, died with his family by his side Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. Visitation will be Saturday, Sept. 9, from 9:30-11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, in Sioux Valley, Minnesota. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux Valley, with Pastor Jacobsen officiating. Military honors will be held…
September 01, 2023Gertrude “Gert” Hup, age 94, of Steen, Minnesota, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minnesota. A visitation was Monday, Aug. 28, from 5-7 p.m. at the Reformed Church of Steen in Steen. A funeral service was Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 11 a.m. at the church, with a private burial prior to the service at Eastside Cemetery. To view Gert’…
September 01, 2023Robert “Bob” S. Anderson, age 76, of Tracy, passed away suddenly Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Marshall, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at a later date. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service –…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 11, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 4, 1943. One of Luverne’s oldest residents, Thor Berg, who will be 90 years of age next January 3, is the only Diamond Club member thus…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 11, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on September 16, 1943. The Civil War to most of the residents of Rock county was another war fought in the south over the question of slavery. Only a…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 10, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on July 22, 1943. Whenever you feel you’re working too many hours a day, at too small a salary, think of Mr. and Mrs. William Schuldt, of Hardwick. When…- June 21, 2022James “Jim” Vander Lugt, 84, Edgerton, died peacefully on Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Pipestone County Hospice House in Pipestone. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Edgerton. A funeral service will be at 10:30 Saturday, June 25, at the church. Burial will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Edgerton. Arrangements are provided by the…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistJanuary 12, 2021When is the last time you bought a lottery ticket? For some it is at least a weekly occurrence and for others the answer might be never. I am not a big gambler by any means, but I do buy a Powerball ticket every once in a while. I have no doubt that I will never win any money, but the Minnesota lottery does do some very good things with the money I spend. When the lottery started in Minnesota,…- August 25, 2020The Minnesota Department of Transportation is thanking thousands of Adopt a Highway volunteers across the state and encouraging others to clean a section of roadway in celebration of the program’s 30th anniversary. More than 3,800 volunteer groups, ranging from four to 25 people, spent an estimated 272,000 hours cleaning roadway ditches in 2019, picking up 40,000 bags of trash across Minnesota.…
- June 30, 2020To the Editor: As I never received the email from the Star-Herald last week for comments on what happened in Special Session, I thought it would be good to share with you some of the events which led to the Senate adjourning on Saturday morning, June 20. A number of days prior to that, the Minnesota Senate passed the bill which distributed the federal Cares money to local government…
- April 07, 2020To the Editor: Thank you, Kat Dahl, for your thoughtful, intelligent editorial. Tragically, our dangerously inept commander in chief ignored experts on the science of contagion and didn’t take the steps necessary to attack its spread. Now his missteps are affecting us here in Rock County, and we are paying the price for his lack ofintelligent leadership in the form of human lives.…
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