Guilty plea entered in vehicular homicide case
Twenty-three-year-old Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, entered a guilty plea Monday morning in Rock County District Court to the charge of criminal vehicular homicide.
Murder case proceedings on hold
Legal proceedings for Luverne murder suspect Melvin Frazier are suspended following a Rule 20 motion that was granted in Rock County District Court Monday.
Administrator announces retirement
After 33 years on the job, Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre officially submitted his notice of retirement during the Aug. 18 county board meeting.
Oldre’s final day of service will be Feb. 28, 2027.
Charter amendment measure advances
Luverne voters will be asked in the Nov. 3 general election if they support an amendment to change their city’s government charter.
Peterson wins election for county commissioner
Rick Peterson won the special election for Rock County’s District 3 and is set to join the county board of commissioners early next week.
PowerOn Midwest narrows routes
PowerOn Midwest has narrowed its preferred route for a proposed high-voltage transmission project, and one of its choices would cut through Rock County within one mile of the Blue Mounds State
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- By Lori SorensonNovember 10, 2020Rock County’s Dick Kramer hosted his fifth annual Plow Day Saturday, Nov. 7, with nearly 10 vintage tractors and plows that turned dirt on 20 acres of soybean stubble on his Springwater Township farm. When asked about the event’s purpose, Kramer said, “It’s just because we like to play with our two-cylinder John Deeres.” The event attracted 30 people, which included spectators and drivers.…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 10, 2020A lot of mental energy was exerted Nov. 4 when beginner chess players learned the game through Luverne Community Education. Two experienced players, high school sophomores Parker Carbonneau and Ethan Nath, shared rules and tips about the two-person board game with the participating second- through sixth-grade students. “You’ve got to think four steps ahead,” Carbonneau said. He also learned how…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 10, 2020The Rock County Star Herald is again facilitating a holiday campaign to send Christmas greetings to deployed military men and women serving the United States around the world. After the first campaign in 2019, more than 600 letters were mailed through the Star Herald’s lighted display in the city park. This year the display has moved to the Star Herald’s Main Street office garage door, and…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 10, 2020A small college community in Zambia, Africa, continues to expand its electrical power options, thanks in part to Rich Opsata in Luverne. A year ago in October he loaded a refurbished generator onto a trailer and drove to Orphan Grain Train in Norfolk, Nebraska. The volunteer logistics organization sent the heavy piece of equipment overseas, and four months later the generator arrived in Africa.…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 10, 2020Luverne Middle and High School students returned to distance learning Monday as positive coronavirus case numbers within the school district doubled in a week’s timeframe. Elementary students met in-person through Wednesday in preparation for hybrid learning to begin on Monday, Nov. 16. The change in learning models, effective through Nov. 27, is meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. When the…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 10, 2020Luverne High School students are attending classes via distance learning, but in-person sports and activities will continue, according to decisions at a Friday emergency School Board meeting. After lengthy discussion, the board voted 5-1 to continue varsity activities for high school students. Under the state’s safe learning plan, schools who voluntarily move to distance learning can decide…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 10, 2020Rock County’s voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election was 94.94 percent, a record as far as chief election official Ashley Kurtz can recall. “This has been the highest voter turnout since I’ve been with Rock County,” Kurtz said. “The next closest was 2012 where we saw a 94.44 percent turnout.” She said Rock County was the second county in the state to be 100 percent reported on Election…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 10, 2020Rock County commissioners granted a five-year property tax abatement to a new business to Luverne, A-1 Jet, during their regular meeting Nov. 3. Scott and Trisha Viessman of Luverne started the water jet cutting and product design business in Sioux Falls in 2005 and are in the process of moving operations to Luverne. The property at 401 Edgehill St. in Luverne, at one time Hanson Silo Co., was…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 10, 2020The Schomacker family is buying the Sewing Basket to operate as part of the Schomackers Home Galleries business in Luverne. In a statement released Friday, Sharon Schomacker said the Sewing Basket will be a good addition to the family business (mattresses, appliances, flooring and cleaning services). “Being next door for the last three years, we see the traffic that the Sewing Basket brings to…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 10, 2020Luverne firefighters were called to a house fire south of Luverne around 2 p.m. Sunday and discovered it was already engulfed in flames. According to Luverne Fire Chief David Van Batavia, the fire was called in by a farmer in a nearby field who noticed flames coming from the house. “The northeast corner of the structure was already engulfed,” he said. Bryanna Cobler and her 2-year old child had…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 10, 2020While the rest of the region struggles with rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills is seeing a return to normal after an outbreak took the lives of nine residents and sickened many others. In all, there were 39 confirmed cases among residents over the course of several weeks, and 19 confirmed staff members. “Families were very understanding of the situation and we tried…
- November 10, 2020The Rock County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release Monday morning: “At approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, the Rock County Sheriff's Office received a call of a missing person. A member of the Rock County Sheriff's Office would locate a body floating in the water in the southwest corner of The Lake. The Luverne Fire Department and Rock County Ambulance were called […
- November 10, 2020U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that in the first month of the application period, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) approved more than $7 billion in payments to producers in the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. CFAP 2 provides agricultural producers with financial assistance to help absorb some of the increased marketing costs associated with…
- November 10, 2020The Luverne City Park will again be lighted for the month of December with holiday displays set up by local businesses, families and organizations for the annual Love the Lights celebration. Pictured here, sales director Chantel Connell (left) and production director Heather Johnson work on the Rock County Star Herald’s park display, a lumberjack to carry Luverne’s Flannelfest 2020 theme. This…
- November 10, 2020Minnesotans will encounter some limited services as the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services division (DPS-DVS) prepares to launch the new MNDRIVE computer system on Nov. 16. DPS-DVS online services are currently unavailable. Services at DVS exam stations, deputy registrar and driver’s license agent offices statewide will also be limited Nov. 11 through Nov. 14 ahead…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 10, 2020“A Year to Remember” was the theme of the 2020 virtual awards and recognition night for Rock County 4-H on Nov. 2. “Even though it wasn’t in person this year, we still had around 100 people attend,” said Kelsey Maeschen, 4-H program coordinator. “Rock County 4-H would like to give a special thanks to all of the local businesses that sponsored awards and door prizes this year.” Clubs, individual…
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