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By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerAugust 16, 2016Rock River Beerfest is this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Blue Mound Ice Area. If you buy a ticket for the event before Saturday, you can save yourself five bucks. Advance tickets are $25 and available at the Luverne Chamber office, Take 16 and the Blue Mound Liquor Store here in Luverne. Time is running out to get your ticket in advance, so I would suggest you do so no later than Friday. The…- By Brenda Winter, columnistAugust 16, 2016Teaching a class of Sunday School students many years ago, I asked my little scholars to look up and say the first book of the Bible. An energetic young boy found the page and yelled, “Preface!” One of my relatives, (then age four), upon learning that Noah lived to be 950 years old told his Sunday School teacher, “I don’t think that’s true.” Another time I wrote the name of the book Exodus on the…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 16, 2016The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on July 18, 1924: ROCK COUNTY AS IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO The ill-fated year 1873 began with the most violent storm in the history of the state from the time of the first settlement to the present date. For three days beginning January 7th, the blizzard raged, extending over the whole northwest. Seventy human lives were lost in the storm in…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 08, 2016In November 1867, Mr. Hawes brought with him John Lietze and family who were to maintain a stopping place, or half-way place, as it was called on the mail route. Although both the Estey and Lietze families spent the winter of 1867-68 on the Rock river within ten miles of each other, neither knew of the presence of the other, each family believing itself to be the only one in Rock county. At…
By Troy Christianson, Minnesota State PatrolAugust 08, 2016Question: I read a recent study by the AAA Foundation for traffic safety that nearly 80 percent of drivers expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel at least once in the previous year. How many “road rage” incidents are reported to the State Patrol on a yearly basis? Answer: Troopers respond to a number of calls on a daily basis based on driving conduct and many other…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterAugust 08, 2016In my completion of daily horse chores, I often hear the familiar honks of Canada geese as they pass overhead. This spring, however, there was one honk that sounded a little different from the others. I am fairly certain it was Gary greeting me. Two summers ago my family unknowingly fostered a Canada goose into adulthood. What was then a gray and yellow fuzzy ball grew up to be a beautiful black…
By Lori Sorenson, editorAugust 01, 2016Snag, the family cat, enjoys a relative life of leisure, existing both indoors and out, depending on her mood and the weather. Mostly, she’s been queen of the jungle, commanding respect of the local birds, bunnies and pocket gophers. But lately she’s been challenged by a stray Tom who travels from the neighbors but is anything but neighborly. We figure he’s a bully, given his embattled appearance…
By Rick PetersonAugust 01, 2016Wow! Hats off to the Rock County Fair Board for a very successful 2016 fair. The weather was perfect and the crowds certainly reflected that. The Star Herald staff is busy putting together a special section featuring all of the 4-H winners. Look for that in next week’s paper. Next on the community celebration calendar is the Rock River Beerfest Aug. 20 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Blue Mound Ice Arena…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistAugust 01, 2016Last week I wrote about working on my bearded iris to address the iris borer issue. I lifted the entire clump of each variety and found borers in just one of the three, and that clump had just a few of the rhizomes affected. I found three of the critters, and they are ugly. Getting to that task as soon as I discovered the symptoms of spots on the leaves hopefully eliminated the other borers…
July 25, 2016Question: I own a 1994 BMW. Last time registration was due, I purchased a collector plate and joined the BMW club. I know you're not supposed to drive the car for everyday use, such as driving to the grocery store or running errands. I have a friend who told me I can only drive the car to club meetings or auto shows. True or not true? If not true, what are the restrictions to driving the car…
By Jason Berghorst, reporterJuly 25, 2016Remember the movie, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop?” In the 2009 comedy, the main character takes a job as a mall security guard and patrols on a Segway making sure the mall is safe and clean. Of course the humor in the movie is that, although he takes his job very seriously, the “mall cop” has little actual authority. I can’t help but feel a little like Kevin James’ character in the movie sometimes. In…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistJuly 25, 2016Today my flower gardens are absolutely glorious! This is the color I envision and plan for all through the cold, dark days of winter ... so enjoy every moment while it lasts. If you are feeding your planters, they should be at their peak of color now. If you have one or two plants that seem to be determined to take over the space, prune them to keep them in bounds. Sweet potato vine is one that…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerJuly 19, 2016I have one final thought on the tremendously successful Fourth of July celebration at The Lake in Luverne. That thought is, before we get too attached to calling the lake “The Lake,” let’s change the name. I know we had chances to throw a few name ideas around, but here is my thought: Seeing how Luverne’s Fourth of July celebration has found a home currently known as “The Lake,” why not pay…
By Brenda Winter, columnistJuly 19, 2016“I, Brenda, take you, Jim, to be my wedded husband. And, I do promise and covenant before God and these witnesses to be your loving and faithful wife, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.” It was thirty years ago on Tuesday that I said those vows to my husband at the Presbyterian Church in Luverne and he said them back to me with…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 19, 2016The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on July 18, 1924: Continued from last week: ROCK COUNTY AS IT WAS FIFTY ODD YEARS AGO During the Autumn of 1866, Nathan C Estey and James Johnson, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, visited the county for the purpose of selecting claims on the un-surveyed lands for themselves and for Mr. Estey’s younger brothers, also having a few goods to barter with the…- By Troy Thone, Luverne volunteer weather recorderJuly 11, 2016After a brief respite of cooler-than-normal weather in May, June returned to this year's pattern of above-normal temperatures with average highs breaking the 80-degree barrier and average lows nearing the 60-degree mark. Overall, temperatures were nearly 3 degrees above normal with one particular stretch of four days where the mercury breached 90 degrees, rising as high as 95 on a couple of…
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