Hardwick celebrates annual Jubilee Days
Hardwick residents and visitors celebrated the town’s annual Jubilee Days Saturday and Sunday.
Rock County among 21 included in presidential disaster declaration
Rock County is among 21 counties included in a major disaster declaration approved Friday by President Biden.
Local Soil Health experts brainstorm for options as farmers consider next steps for flooded fields
As the realities of flood damage to crops come into focus, area producers are considering options for soil that was supposed to grow corn and soybeans.
Carson's Cause Truck Meet and Classic Car Cruise attracts over 120 and raises $27,000 Saturday
The second annual Carson’s Cause Car and Truck Meet at the Verne-Drive-In attracted more than 120 vehicles and raised $27,000 for local efforts to improve brain he
Disaster declared in Rock County
Preliminary estimates are over $2 million in public infrastructure damage as a result of the June 21-22 flood event.
Some areas receive 12+ inches of rain
Multiple rounds of torrential rain in Rock County and the tri-state area created significant flooding over the past week, wreaking havoc on properties and public infrastructure.
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- By Mavis FodnessMay 19, 2020Three area students are members of the 2020 MSCA All-State Team for achieving a series of milestones established by the Minnesota Speech Coaches Association (MSCA) by their senior year. Nicole Hoogland and Alexa Chesley from Luverne High School and Maritza Beltran from Adrian High School are among the 117 speech competitors from 38 high schools who earned the award. The All-State Team for speech…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020The Rock County Sheriff’s Office has retained legal counsel through the Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust in defense of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. The suit, filed May 6 in U.S. District Court, names Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge and deputies Dallas Hamm and Shelley Douty in the case of Kelli Jo Torres v. Dallas Hamm et al. It accuses the county of…
- May 12, 2020Proceeds from February’s Get Hooked Fishing Derby raffle were used Tuesday morning to stock 725 hybrid bluegills in The Lake west of Luverne. John Chambers (right) with 10,000 Lakes Aquaculture of Osakis delivered the 4- to 6-inch fish to Luverne and placed the young fish into buckets for Dustin Aning to carry to The Lake. The hybrid bluegill is a hardy fish meant for repeated catching and…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020Despite high consumer demand for meat in the coronavirus economy, livestock farmers are receiving lower prices for their products than before the pandemic. Meanwhile, four companies — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef — control 85 percent of U.S. beef processing and are achieving sizeable profits. That’s why Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined attorneys general in 10 other states…
- May 12, 2020An excavator made quick work of the former wooden elevator at Chandler Feed Co. in Hardwick Thursday afternoon, May 7. According to manager Miles Brown, the small grain storage structure hadn’t been in use recently and its age (estimated to be one of the early structures built at the city’s founding in 1892) and small size made the structure obsolete. Now the open area exists between the feed…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 12, 2020Area high school seniors are graduating on their original commencement dates, but the ceremonies won’t be in gymnasiums or on football fields. Instead graduation events will be conducted remotely as recommended by the Minnesota Department of Education in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within communities. “Remember that COVID-19 is a highly contagious virus that is fatal, especially for…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020Pork processing plants in Sioux Falls and Worthington closed a month ago when coronavirus outbreaks spread among workers. Meanwhile, Premium Iowa Pork has been plugging away at the $30 million overhaul of Luverne’s former Gold’N Plump facility to serve as its latest antibiotic-free pork processing plant. May 4 was the planned date for 250 workers to start processing 2,500 hogs per day, but…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020The Luverne Dollars for Scholars chapter hit a milestone Monday night during the Luverne High School awards program, which was shared via YouTube. Midway through announcing the list of 68 seniors who received scholarships, chapter president Don Klosterbuer paused to recognize that the program had awarded $5 million to 1,942 LHS graduates since it began in 1984. The video inserted animated…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020Flagged wooden stakes along road shoulders in western Rock County mark areas where soil borings are testing road quality for the upcoming Walleye Wind Farm construction. The 100-megawatt wind farm will have 36 turbines in Beaver Creek and Martin townships along with portions of Rose Dell, Springwater, Luverne and Mound. NextEra will focus on selecting turbine sites in the townships, and exact…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 12, 2020For the past decade, Luverne’s Kim Vander Poel found strength among the runners and other cancer survivors participating in the Avera Race Against Cancer in Sioux Falls each May. Since her successful fight against cancer in 2009, family members would form a team around Vander Poel and complete the 5K race. This year, however, due to the COVID-19 restrictions and to curb the spread of the virus,…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed 19 cases of coronavirus so far in Rock County as of Tuesday morning, up one from 18 a week ago. The numbers have leveled off somewhat in neighboring counties where outbreaks sickened hundreds in meat processing plants in Sioux Falls and Worthington. Minnehaha County has 2,978 (up from 2,195 a week ago) and Nobles has 1,269 (up from 1,069 last week).…
- By Lori SorensonMay 12, 2020The goal was $40,000, but by the weekend the “Share the Luv” campaign had raised nearly $45,000 for the gift card promotion. “It looks like it’s going to be an outstanding promotion,” said Rick Peterson, general manager of the Rock County Star Herald, which is teaming up with the Chamber and KQAD-K101 for the upcoming radiothon to sell gift cards. Nearly 170 Rock County businesses (see the back…
- May 12, 2020Southwestern Youth Services, Magnolia, will benefit from hand-me-down furniture and office equipment formerly used by the Luverne School District. The school is leasing storage space in the former Kawasaki building near downtown Luverne, and SYS stopped there Tuesday morning to load up some file cabinets, desks, tables and other equipment. Pictured are SYS education director Carol Naasz (left),…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 12, 2020Crop producers across the state are nearly a month ahead of schedule in corn planting, according to Monday’s crop progress and condition report. At 89 percent complete, corn planting is two weeks ahead of schedule, due to the continued mild weather conditions. Farmers had 4.8 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday. During the previous week there were 5.2 suitable days. Last year…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 12, 2020When the coronavirus pandemic canceled this year’s NCAA Men’s March Madness Basketball Tournament, it also canceled Hills-Beaver Creek High School’s participation in the data analysis competition. Or that’s what H-BC secondary mathematics teacher Nora Wysong thought. But she learned the teams of Whitney Elbers and Sadie Fuerstenberg calling themselves the “Fluffy Hedgehog” and Joslyn Birger and…
- May 12, 2020Due to Minnesota 4-H’s restriction not to conduct in-person events until July 1 to help slow the spread of COVID-19, organizers last week canceled all competitive Western Heritage events for 2020. “As we move forward, a team will be looking for potential ways to engage 4-H Western Heritage youth,” said Extension educator Renee Kostick. “We want to recognize all youth who have found mastery and…
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