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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- December 27, 2022Wade Sand of Missouri River Energy Solutions presents a check for $22,429 to Rich Dreckman representing Greensmith Holdings as part of the MRES Bright Energy Solutions Rebate Program, which incentivizes businesses to make qualified energy-efficient improvements through rebates and 0-percent loans. Greensmith built Luverne’s PrairiE Loft I and II apartment buildings on South Highway 75. The…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 27, 2022A Dec. 20 house fire near Steen destroyed a kitchen and left two people temporarily displaced, according to Luverne Fire Chief David Van Batavia. The 911 call came in shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, of a kitchen fire above the stove. Two occupants, including Kris Van Der Brink, were out of the house and at the end of the driveway when firefighters arrived. A grease fire on the stove had…
- December 27, 2022The Rock County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) announced on Tuesday a break in a cold case homicide. A murder victim whose remains were found 41 years ago in Rock County has been identified through genetic genealogy and DNA. Louis Anthony Gattaino of Omaha, Nebraska, had been missing since October 1971. He was 25 at the time. On March 13, 1981, a highway…
- December 27, 2022The following is a list of the obituaries that appeared in the issues of the Rock County Star Herald in 2022. December 2021 Dec. 18: Jean Wallenburg, 66, Inwood, Iowa. Dec. 20: Randall Morgan, 72, San Clemente, Calif. Dec. 28: Thomas Feit, 70, Rushmore. January 2022 Jan. 4: Randy Aanenson, 69, Garretson, S.D. Jan. 6: Kenneth Husen, 76, Alexandria; Johnny Jonas, 55, Ellsworth. Jan. 7: Lee…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 20, 2022Maureen Helgeson likes to decorate her rural Beaver Creek home for the holidays, and this year she put up 13 Christmas trees. “I think it is so much fun to decorate — especially for Christmas,” she said. “I’m really into snowmen. … I can leave them up longer.” Typically, the holiday decorations stay in place until the end of January, when everything is packed up but one tree, which is redecorated…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 20, 2022When Barb Berghorst was hired to run Luverne’s city finances in 1991, she was asked to plan long-range purchases and help with budget forecasting. “We wanted everyone to anticipate what they’ll need over the next five years, and I put that all on a big spread sheet,” she said. “It all had to fit in and be financially feasible. … I listened. I planned. I calculated. And I worked with everybody.”…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 20, 2022Luverne’s longtime water and wastewater supervisor Al Lais started his city career in 1972 after losing his AR Wood job when the company closed. He and AR Wood co-workers Jim Van Maanen and Bruce Kurtz found employment in the city’s water department which had openings at the time. “Our first job was to climb in a tank and clean out a water filter at the plant,” Lais recalled. Little did he know…
- December 20, 2022Adult and youth members of Grace Lutheran Church assembled for the congregation’s annual “Live Nativity” Sunday in the church parking lot in Luverne. The recreated Biblical nativity scene featured Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in the manger, three wisemen and shepherds with live donkeys, goats and camels, and an angel overlooking the manger. Participants warmed up in the church with craft…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 20, 2022Rock County residents seeking mental health services through state and federal assistance programs will have a choice about where to continue counseling after Jan. 1. Southwest Health and Human Services, based in Marshall, is developing a unique program for Rock and Pipestone counties where multiple third-party counseling services would be available to income-eligible residents. Beth Wilms, SWHHS…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 20, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board will decide Dec. 27 whether or not to move forward with building a new $26.1 million elementary school. Board members met in a workshop session Monday night, where recommendations from the stakeholders facilities committee, who met Dec. 14, were presented. The board took no formal action as they decide long-term facility needs in the district. The stakeholder…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 20, 2022Residents in the Sybesma Addition may be connected to the Luverne Loop trail, thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The Luverne Economic Development Authority is applying for the “Active Transportation Infrastructure Program” trail connection grant in the amount of $258,000 The project would entail a paved 10-foot-wide trail connecting the Sybesma Subdivision…
- December 20, 2022Second-graders at Luverne Elementary School made gingerbread houses Monday afternoon under the supervision of teachers Laura Louwagie, Kelly Bergan, Lori Nath and Kristin Schomacker. Students were given a variety of building materials including the staples of graham crackers, M&M’s, white frosting, candy canes, marshmallows and pretzels. Using an empty milk carton, students built their houses…
- December 20, 2022Marie C. (Dunn) Schroeder shared this clipping about Christmas 150 years ago with for reprint in the Rock County Star Herald. ‘Christmas in Rock County 60 years ago’ From the Rock County Herald dated Friday, December 23, 1932 Christmas in the ’70’s (1870s) meant little to the pioneers in Rock county’s sod houses. It brought no romance to those early settlers as they sat around a wood stove…
- December 20, 2022Rock County’s newest deputy, Zachary Keesey, repeats the service oath delivered by Sheriff Evan Verbrugge Dec. 13 in front of county commissioners at the courthouse. Keesey, who grew up in Randolph, Minnesota, graduated from Riverland Technical College in Albert Lea. Since his graduation he’s served with the Eagan Lake, Mapleton and Mankato police departments. He moves to Luverne with his…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 20, 2022Members of the Luverne Fire Department rescued a cow from a frozen pond Friday with equipment borrowed from Cleveringa Construction. According to Luverne Fire Chief David Van Batavia, the call came in at 10:50 a.m. of a cow struggling to get out of a hole in the ice. The 1,200-pound cow, belonging to Don Renken, was in the pond south of the Arne and Gloria Vink home near the interstate, and a…
- December 20, 2022Luverne High School Honor Roll Quarter 1 A Honor Roll Seniors: Justis Ahrendt, Mariam Alinzi, Abigail Anderson, Brock Behrend, Ross Bergman, Emma Beyer, Parker Carbonneau, Zachary DeBoer, Marcus Feit, Egypt Forrest, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Jacie Graham, Jadyn Hart, Jocelyn Hart, Tori Hemme, Camden Hoven, Camden Janiszeski, Anja Jarchow, Ashlyn Johnson, Isabella Lanoue, Reese Louwagie, Lacey…
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