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By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistSeptember 08, 2020I recently welcomed home my new puppy Ghost, a 7-week-old black Labrador puppy who is the son of my oldest dog, Tracer. Many people told me just how bad the first few weeks with a new puppy are. They are not totally off base. A new puppy that has spent the past seven weeks with his six other brothers and sisters now has to find out what being all alone is like. The reason that most puppies are…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterSeptember 01, 2020As reporters, we routinely convey stories on a wide variety of topics. This week I’ve chosen to tell a high school classmate’s story. However, this one doesn’t have a happy ending, but maybe you can help write a positive chapter in the story. Doctors told Curt Thorson on Aug. 10 that the sharp abdominal pain he has suddenly begun to experience was the Stage IV pancreatic cancer spreading through…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 01, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 8-27-20 edition of the Star Herald. Beaver Creek On the banks of the “roaring” Beaver creek, eight and one-half miles southwest of the capital city of Rock county, is the little village of Beaver Creek, a village which has played an important part in the history of Rock county. Excepting Luverne,…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistSeptember 01, 2020When I wrote about this subject matter 15 years ago for the first time, I almost got my head ripped off. Letters to the editor were a regular occurrence. Minnesota had not had a morning dove season for many decades, and in 2014 that opportunity was made available again by the Minnesota legislature. I had watched my dad hunt these plentiful birds in South Dakota as a kid, and I made a great bird…
By Lori Sorenson, editorAugust 25, 2020My grade school report cards surfaced during a recent cleaning at my childhood home. The yellowed paper told the story of a good student, with mostly As and some Bs, but she had trouble following instructions. In the section for teacher observations, the line, “Listens well to instructions,” sometimes was noted with a minus sign rather than a satisfactory plus sign. It used to annoy me, but it…
By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota Highway PatrolAugust 25, 2020Question: I was told the fine for passing a school bus, when the red lights are activated and the stop arm is extended, had recently increased. Answer: State law requires all vehicles to stop for school buses when the bus driver activates the flashing lights and has the crossing arm fully extended. Red flashing lights on buses indicate students are either entering or exiting the bus. In 2017, the…
By Rick Peterson, general managerAugust 25, 2020As I ponder today’s current events, I was wondering what was consuming my thoughts last year at this time. With a quick look back at my late August 2019 column, I discovered that turning Social Security age was my topic of the week. So that got me to thinking what was on my mind the year before that and the year before that and so on. So the topic back in 2018 was about hosting the Minnesota…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 25, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 8-20-20 edition of the Star Herald. Hardwick The Lodges Four lodges have active organizations in Hardwick, the Modern Woodmen of America, Royal Neighbors of America, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. The oldest of these is Hardwick Camp No. 3851, M. W. A. It was instituted May 11, 1896, by M. H.…
By Jason Berghorst, reporterAugust 18, 2020The official publication date of this newspaper is Aug. 20. Each year on Aug. 20, I think about Aug. 20, 1997. That was the day, 23 years ago, that I moved into my freshman year dorm at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. It was a big day for me, to say the least. I was the first member of my family to attend a four-year college. I didn’t have a car, there were no cell phones,…
By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota Highway PatrolAugust 18, 2020Question: Can you talk about boat trailer safety with all the traffic we see pulling these things? Answer: State Troopers often encounter motorists pulling trailers that are experiencing breakdowns. Most often it involves a flat tire or trailer wheel bearing. Basic trailer maintenance involves greasing the wheel bearings. Wheel bearing failure can occur when maintenance is neglected. A trailer…- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 18, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village, continued from 8-13-20 edition of the Star Herald. Hardwick With the prosperous times in the country a decade ago, Hardwick kept pace and made rapid strides forward. The town’s second railroad — the branch from Worthington — was completed in 1900. The federal census of that year gave the village a population of…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistAugust 18, 2020When I need a “pick me up,” I just go for a wildlife ride and look for God’s creatures. They seem to have made it through thousands of years of ups and downs, and last week they got a really, really big surge upwards. Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act. I will provide a little background story first. In 1964 Congress passed the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This fund needed to be…
By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystAugust 18, 2020The August 12 USDA Crop Report projected a record U.S. corn yield and record production in 2020, as well as a record 2020 soybean yield and the second highest U.S. soybean production level in history. The yield and production projections were based on conditions as of Aug. 1. Normally the record crop yields and high production levels would be quite “bearish” on grain markets following the report…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing general managerAugust 11, 2020I have a coronavirus activity challenge for you that doesn’t include wearing a mask, and if you do this as a family, social distancing can be set aside momentarily. In today’s Star Herald you’ll find a “Kid Scoop” ad sponsored by our hometown Sunshine Foods store. The message of the ad is to encourage kids to scrub their hands and help them understand the importance of doing so. The ad offers a…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterAugust 11, 2020While removing the leaf from the kitchen table one day, my thoughts landed on how a simple piece of furniture reflects the changes in our empty nest household. In our 30-plus years of marriage, Bryan and I always had a kitchen table and a dining table in each of the half dozen or so homes we’ve lived in during our time together. The duo tables are the result of an auctioneer husband who couldn’t…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 11, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 8-6-20 edition of the Star Herald. Hardwick Hardwick became a municipal corporation in 1898. So early in its history as 1893, however, the first attempt to bring about this desired condition was made. On July 20, 1893, a petition was presented to the board of county commissioners, asking it to take…
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