World's largest nutcracker dedicated
The World’s Largest Nutcracker, “Verne,” was dedicated and named Saturday morning with a ribbon-cutting celebration at the nutcracker’s base on South Highway 75 in Luverne.
'On Golden Pond' coming to Luverne's Palace Theater July 24
A classic play centered on the complex relationships of families, the realities of aging and finding acceptance and reconciliation is coming to the Palace Theater in Luverne.
What should we do about e-scooters?
Luverne recently launched a civic assembly group for residents to help shape local decisions about electric scooters.
Luverne's Bull Pen Sports Bar and Grill featured on America's Best Restaurants
The Bull Pen Sports Bar and Grill in Luverne will host national media and marketing company America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) for an on-site visit next month as part of an upcoming ABR Roadshow.
This young pro became a licensed operator at age 18
Ryker Johnson became one of Minnesota’s youngest wastewater operators when he earned his Class D license at age 18.
Wiener dogs highlight Luverne's Hot Dog Night
Dozens of wiener dogs and their proud human companions gathered in Luverne Thursday night for the 23rd annual Wiener Dog Races and 18th annual Wiener Dog Beauty Contest.
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- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015Rock County Commissioners formally approved the 2016 county tax levy at $5,153,362, which is 2.88 percent more than last year’s levy. The county’s preliminary levy had been set to increase 3.88 percent, but at their Dec. 22 meeting, commissioners decided to allocate $50,000 from the county reserves of $105,000 in order to keep the levy lower. No programs were affected by the reduction, and…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 28, 2015A glance at the Star Herald headlines in 2015 shows Rock County residents enjoyed a relatively stable year in terms of breaking news. There were highlights of a bumper harvest, new school superintendent and the Palace turning 100, but the story of 2015 unfolded in recurring themes. Headlines repeatedly shone light on soil conservation, Lewis and Clark water, fiber-to-the-home Internet access,…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 28, 2015A white Christmas arrived in Rock County Friday evening, Dec. 25, blanketing the area with roughly 7 inches of fresh snow. Just to be thorough, Mother Nature followed up with another 6.5 inches Monday night into Tuesday morning, prompting a whole new round of cleanup. The combined 13.5 inches in only a few days transformed the area into winter wonderland of snow-laden tree branches, porches and…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015Drivers in the east- and westbound lanes of Interstate 90 may have been startled by a two-story house being transported over the bridge between Luverne and Magnolia Wednesday morning, Dec. 23. No one was more apprehensive of the travel than the home’s new owners, Scott and Lisa Remme of Luverne. “It was very nerve-racking, exciting and scary all at the same time,” Lisa said. Since August the…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015A Sioux Falls couple received non-life-threatening injures in a rollover accident on Interstate 90, three miles east of the state line at 1:42 p.m. Friday, Dec. 25. Fred Bryner, 87, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was driving westbound in a 2014 Mercedes when it traveled into the median and rolled, according to the initial Minnesota State Patrol accident report. Roslyn Bryner, 79, also of Sioux…
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- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015More than 70 handmade cards decorated this year’s winner of the Carnegie Cultural Center Festival of Trees contest. Winner Lorraine Stoel earned the first-place award of $50 for her tree design called “Got Mail.” Her tree displayed her handmade paper cards using iris folding, a paper folding technique. According to information displayed with her tree, the iris folding technique originated in…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 22, 2015"As one person, I cannot change the world, but I can change the world for one person.” Greta VanDerBrink said this quote by Paul Shane Spear captures the essence of her work matching volunteers with people who need help. “This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made,” said VanDerBrink, about her retirement Dec. 31. “It’s all about the people; I’ll miss them.” Since she took the…
- By Glenda McGaffeeDecember 22, 2015The first-place winner of the Light ’Em Up contest sponsored by the Hills Lions Club in Beaver Creek is Sterling Shaffer who lives at 402 East 1st Ave. Shaffer, 76, describes himself as one of the elite seniors in the town of Beaver Creek. He has a passion for Christmas and decorates both the outside and inside of his house. He and his wife, Lois, moved from Sioux Falls to Beaver Creek in 1975…
- December 22, 2015Luverne Area Chamber and the community celebrated Southwestern Mental Health Center’s ribbon-cutting and open house Friday afternoon. In late October, SWMH staff moved into the 9,700-square-foot facility just off East Main Street in Luverne on South Spring Street. The $1.2 million renovation of the former Lewis Drug building was financed through the USDA’s Community Facilities Loan Program.
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 22, 2015This spring readers in Rock County will have four additional locations to pick up or drop off a book. Each will be a part of the Little Free Library program that allows people to take books and return them once they’re read. The Rock County Early Childhood Initiative is coordinating the project with the help of the Luverne Area Chamber and Rock County Community Library. “The whole idea is to…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 22, 2015Magnolia area residents will now have access to 24-hour library materials in their hometown, thanks to the Southwest Area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange (SAMMIE). A Little Free Library has been set up in front of the post office in Magnolia to allow people to take books and return them when done. The small outside structure has books that are donated by users under the motto, “Take a…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 22, 2015Steen’s Marilyn Van Wyhe used three simple words to describe her granddaughter Ella’s feelings toward her Big Buddy Stephanie Pierce. “She loves her.” In addition to the feelings from the Luverne Elementary fourth-grader, those within the Big Buddies of Rock County Program think so too and recently named Pierce the program’s 2015 Big Buddy of the Year. For the past seven years, Pierce has…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 21, 2015Morgan Sommers returned to Luverne Friday morning armed with more than 80 white pillowcases. Sommers, an LHS Class of 2011 graduate and local disaster program specialist with the American Red Cross, instructed fifth-graders at Luverne Elementary School about preparing for emergencies. Being ready for emergencies is similar to learning a sport, Sommers said. “Learn, practice, share,” she said. The…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 21, 2015As Greg and Patti Aubert celebrate Christmas, the Luverne couple hopes to meet the individual who gave a special gift to Greg almost seven weeks ago. On Nov. 3 Greg received a kidney from a living donor while on the same day Patti donated one. The transplant, however, wasn’t between the two of them. The Auberts were the first paired-match kidney donations between Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls…
- By Lori Sorenson, editorDecember 16, 2015Eighty acres of land near Steen sold for $19,000 per acre Thursday morning, topping Rock County’s previous land sale record of $16,200 in November 2012. “It just blew me out of the water,” said Tom Houselog of the Rock County Land Records Office. “The bidding started at $12,000 and went to $19,000 in a matter of a few minutes.” The successful bidder was Steen farmer Matt Boeve, who lives directly…
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