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By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistOctober 12, 2021According to the weather forecast, our growing season is about finished. If you have tender bulbs like cannas, gladiolas or dahlias, a light frost will kill the tops but not harm the bulb itself. When the top growth is dead, it’s time to dig the bulb. I use a potato fork to loosen the soil and lift the bulb or clump of bulbs from the soil. In the case of “clump” bulbs, I leave the adhering soil…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistOctober 12, 2021It happens all the time. A good idea gets a little traction and then, for a whole host of reasons, dies on the vine. This was what just about happened in the Adrian community when an Eagle Scout started a project to open an archery range about two years ago. The required approvals were received from the necessary government entities, but over the next few months the project was not completed, and…
October 05, 2021It’s time to organize my Star Herald plans for 2022. I know this because our month-at-a-glance, 14-month spiral-bound 2022 calendar planners were distributed this week at the office. Did I prefer a teal- or raspberry-colored plastic cover? I didn’t care. My planner is propped open on my desk so the cover is never visible. “Pick one.” I chose raspberry, but it looked more like cranberry. Not that…
By Rick Peterson, general managerOctober 05, 2021You may not have noticed it, but last week hell froze over, a cow jumped over the moon, and Mary and I won a golf tournament. The chances of hell freezing over and a cow jumping over the moon are more probable than Mary and I taking home the championship trophy in a couples’ golf tournament. The tournament field is comprised of just four couples, and I believe this is the ninth year the four…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 05, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on April 6, 1923. Beaver Creek Leads in Alfalfa Acreage County Agent Roske Finds That Acreage in County is 1560 Acres, With 350 Acres in Beaver Creek “Rock county doubled its acreage in alfalfa the last two years. In 1920 there were but 850 acres in the county. In 1922 there were 1560 acres in the county,” contends county agent Roske. “The…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistOctober 05, 2021When I came home way after sunset a few days back, I asked my gal Cindy Scott why I was always so beat every night. I knew the answer, but she added that if I ever stopped long enough to let my engine cool off, it might help. The past two months were great, and the upcoming two months are going to be great, but it means a lot more nights coming home beat. Opening Pheasant Hunting weekend starts…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterSeptember 28, 2021Friday night I pinned a large, light blue-colored ribbon on my home office bulletin board. I had won the ribbon hours earlier at the WSCA Championship Show at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for horsemanship, placing 10th. Receiving the ribbon marked the end to what I dubbed the “Big Adventure” I embarked in earnest back in January. The ribbon brings forth a lot of emotions and a lot of people I…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 28, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 9, 1923. Public Health Nurse For Luverne Schools Board of Education Votes to Add Trained Nurse to Regular Staff of Luverne Public Schools Action Hastened by Big Epidemic of Bad Colds Mrs. Clara Herm Engaged to Fill Position and Will Enter Upon Duties Early Next Week In order to further safeguard the health and physical welfare of…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistSeptember 28, 2021The public lands in Minnesota are the heart and jewel of the Minnesota way of life. Many people move to Minnesota to immerse themselves in this way of life. Others wouldn’t consider living anywhere else because of it. Minnesota has great hunting, fishing, bird watching, canoeing and a lengthy list of other outdoor pursuits. At the heart of this lifestyle is our public lands. I call them citizen-…- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, LuverneSeptember 28, 2021For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. (2 Corinth. 4:6) When the author and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, was 12 years old, he found himself one evening looking out into the dark from his upstairs window, watching a man light the streetlamps. When his governess…
By Brenda Winter, columnistSeptember 20, 2021Our homeschool, 1994-2012, was not without its shortcomings. We had a school shooting the day a rabid raccoon climbed a tree outside our son’s bedroom during math class. Blam. We had a stabbing the day one student became so blazing furious with her brother that she plunged the tip of her pencil into his arm. Strife among the staff (Mom), the administration (Dad), and the student body (the…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald general managerSeptember 20, 2021You may or may not be aware that Page One in Slayton is where we print the Rock County Star Herald and Luverne Announcer. We send our pages online to the Slayton printing plant, and a driver delivers our papers to the post office for mail distribution and to our office for news stand distribution. Last week a fire broke out in the warehouse area of Page One, where many of the advertising inserts…- By Scott RallSeptember 20, 2021I have been so looking forward to this week. For about the last 10 years I have wanted to head west to hunt a very unusual bird called a sage grouse. These are big birds that live in the sage brush country of Wyoming, Montana and other places west. The season is only three days long, and bag limits are very low. Like many other open lands species, the sage grouse has been having a hard time…
By Lori Sorenson, editorSeptember 14, 2021Don’t tell anyone, but I miss our old sports guy. By old, I mean he was the only one left there who’d been there longer than I had. I’ve been at the paper for 28 years if that tells you how old he is. I used to tell people we were like an old married couple. Our desks were next to each other with a short divider wall between us. He could hear me munching on snacks, and I could smell cigarettes…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 14, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Aug. 12, 1892. Everything Booming This is The Condition of Things Generally In Luverne And The County at Large The present year will go into history, if present indications may be trusted, as the most prosperous ever known in the county. The fame of this county as the richest agricultural country in the west, has steadily been reaching…- By Pastor Walt Moser, First Baptist Church, LuverneSeptember 14, 2021Thankful thoughts and godly thoughts will change your day. “Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make know his deeds among the peoples.” 1 Chronicles 16:8 “Complaining not only ruins everybody else’s day, it ruins the complainer’s day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get.” (Dennis Prager) The focus of our thoughts will affect our day and those around us. When you slip…
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