July 2024
By Lori SorensonJuly 17, 2024After 10 years in operation, Sterling’s Café and Grille closed at the end of its business day Saturday, July 13. “It’s with a heavy heart and one of the most difficult decisions to tell everyone that Sterling’s is closing after tonight,” Brian Sterling wrote in a Facebook post Saturday. He thanked the community for supporting the business over the past 10 years. “We extend our sincerest…- July 17, 2024Meetings Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, July 22, at Good Samaritan Society Mary Jane Brown Chapel. All are invited. Call 507-935-8173. Grand Prairie Cemetery Association will meet at 6:3o p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at the Grand Prairie Cemetery. In case of rain the meeting will be held in the office room of Orv and Sons Plumbing in Ellsworth. Compassionate Friends will NOT…
- July 17, 2024This is the week, folks, the “be a george week” in honor of the late George Bonnema who would have turned 75 on July 18. The T-shirts have been distributed, and if you bought one (or three), now’s the time to wear it. If you committed to the mission, now’s the time to ‘be a george.’ It’s an exciting week in Luverne and Rock County, where people are already known for their generosity. If you…
- July 17, 2024Lehman: Do the research Letter to the Editor: Mr. Hudson (in a July 11 Star Herald letter to the editor) emphasized the importance of asking questions, with which I agree, but I also believe in research. I haven’t the temerity to speak for the mayor or City Council, but I can share my own experiences. My wife and I moved here from Brandon in 2022. Full disclosure, I lived in Luverne…
- July 17, 2024Dispatch report July 6 •Complainant westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 4, Beaver Creek, reported a road and drive law issue. •Assistance from another department was provided. •Complainant east-bound on Interstate 90, mile marker 7, Beaver Creek, reported a road and drive law issue. •Complainant on S. Donaldson Street provided information to law enforcement. •Complainant on S. Kniss…
By Mavis FodnessJuly 17, 2024Friends of the Rock County Library typically support activities and special projects inside the library. However, an outside project was completed last week, allowing patrons to take reading outside. Friends of the Library board members Elaine Harms, Kristi Groth and Cindy Arends took the lead to design a project that would create a welcoming outdoor area on the east side of the library…- July 17, 2024Monday, July 22: Sloppy Joe on a bun, California vegetable blend, Italian pasta salad, fresh fruit. Tuesday, July 23: Beef pepper steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas and carrots, bread, oatmeal raisin cookie. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Christian Reformed Church. Wednesday, July 24: Pork loin, diced potatoes, green peas, bread, chocolate chip bar. Thursday, July 25: Taco salad with…
- July 17, 202410 years ago (2014) •Luverne City Park is closed for the rest of the year. So is Riverside Park and its softball diamonds. That’s according to Luverne Public Works Supervisor John Stoffel, who said the parks will need to be reseeded due to extensive floor damage last month. “We’ve had other floods where we were able to get the water levels down soon enough, but this time was long term and…
By Greg Hoogeveen and Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team completed a 9-4-1 regular season campaign and won its first two playoff games during a busy week. Post 123 defeated Edgerton 9-1 and Worthington 11-3 during home games July 9. The team then opened up sub-sub state playoff action by defeating Edgerton 10-0 and Minneota 7-3 on Friday and Saturday, respectively, in Pipestone…- By Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024The Luverne Redbirds completed a 15-2 regular season Sunday and earned the No. 1 seed in the Region 13C playoffs. The team was 13-2 in league play and finished first in the Gopher League. Region 13C is made up of 11 teams from the Gopher League and the First Nite League. The Jackson Bulls (12-3 in the league games) won the First Nite League and earned the No. 2 overall seed in Region 13C…
By Jason BerghorstJuly 17, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team won two more games this week, defeating Minneota 10-0 and Fairmont 13-1. Luverne, now 13-2 on the season, was scheduled to complete the regular season in Edgerton Tuesday, July 16. Post 123 will open playoffs by hosting a four-team double-elimination tournament this Sunday and Monday, July 21-22, at Redbird Field. Junior Legion teams from Luverne,…- July 17, 2024St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/videos/. Visit www.stscl.org for more information. …
By Lori SorensonJuly 10, 2024Following flood damage to local crops, farmers are considering options for soil that was supposed to grow corn and soybeans. Large areas of corn and soybean fields are dead, and the resulting black soil will soon grow weeds and lose nutrients if no action is taken. Recognizing these pressing concerns, a group of farm organizations and soil health experts met in Luverne Wednesday, July 3, to…- July 10, 2024Meetings Battle Plain Township Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 15, at the Edgerton Ag conference room. Grand Prairie Cemetery Association will meet at 6:3o p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at the Grand Prairie Cemetery. In case of rain the meeting will be held in the office room of Orv and Sons Plumbing in Ellsworth. Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, July 22, at Good…
- July 10, 202410 years ago (2014) •Stetson Gath, a 2014 graduate of South Dakota State University, Brookings, traveled this spring with other SDSU students to China, where he studied agriculture, infrastructure, and their cultural way of life, along with changes in their growing population. Gath, son of Mark and Leah Gath, visited the cities of Beijing, Xi’an, Hong Kong and Guangzhou. While in Beijing, he…
July 10, 2024Johnson earns recognition at foundation conference Luverne’s Heather Johnson was recently recognized with Ciara’s Spirit of Hope Award for her volunteer efforts with the Dravet Syndrome Foundation. Johnson operates a hobby baking business, Embellished Luv, and donates decorative cakes through her annual DSF fundraiser for the past 11 years. With her “Cake 4A Cure,” she encourages donations,…
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