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By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistNovember 19, 2025The news is always full of car crashes and other accidents. Some are farm- or work-related or others might be as simple as a guy falling off a ladder or crashing to earth from a tree stand. Almost all of these have one thing in common: The name of the person who died or was critically injured is a name I have never even heard of before. That changed on Nov. 8 when Luverne lost a community…- December 27, 2023The following is a list of the obituaries that appeared in the issues of the Rock County Star Herald in 2023. December 2022 Dec. 30: Charlotte Twito, 87, Luverne; Glenn Rye, 95, Sun City, Ariz. Dec. 31: Maria Korthals, 51, Luverne. January 2023 Jan. 1: Renita Schlegel, 64, Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 2: Benedict Blum, 73, Luverne. Jan. 3: Carol Haycraft, 82, Luverne. Jan. 5: Leonard “Shorty…
By Rick Peterson, general managerSeptember 08, 2020If you are like me, the events of Sept. 11, 19 years ago, will be at the forefront of your thoughts Friday. Officially the day is now called “Patriot Day” as a national observance to honor the memory of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. It was first observed in 2002 after the proclamation by President George W. Bush. In 2009, president Barack Obama rededicated it as “Patriot Day and…- September 05, 2017Thousands of preschool through 12th-grade students entered schools throughout the area this week. It’s a fresh start. A clean slate. A new way to start over with a positive focus on the tasks at hand. Most importantly, the new school year is a chance for young people to learn to communicate and understand that, while issues seem overwhelming, there are ways to overcome them. This summer the…
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