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 Lori SorensonJune 07, 2022Children of all ages will be able to don a hard hat and take an up-close look at trucks and heavy equipment in downtown Luverne Monday. The Plaza Committee of Luverne Initiatives for Tomorrow will host “Touch a Truck Night” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 13, in the Plaza lot near the History Center on Main Street. Main Street will close to make room for heavy equipment, and the Historical…
- By Lori SorensonJune 07, 2022Demolition crews removed the city-owned building at Main Street and Highway 75 on Wednesday, June 1, to clear the way for future development. The city purchased the property last year from the Dennis and Norma Remme family who opened Remedez Hair Salon in 2007 in the location, which also housed the business office for Remme Construction. Remedez closed in January 2021 and the 7,348-square-foot…
- By Lori SorensonJune 07, 2022Brad Finstad, New Ulm, will be the Republican candidate facing DFL candidate Jeff Ettinger, Austin, in the special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn. Finstad, a former USDA official for the Trump administration, and Ettinger a former Hormel CEO, emerged from the crowded Republican and Democratic primary races Tuesday, May 24. Voters in southern Minnesota chose from eight DFL…
- June 07, 2022In one of their final actions of the regular legislative sessions, the Minnesota House and Senate passed a mental health bill that will address some needs, especially for children. “We are facing a mental health crisis in our state,” said Sue Abderholden, executive director of NAMI Minnesota. “More people are needing mental health services and yet access is diminishing.” In 2019 a task force …
- By Lori SorensonJune 07, 2022The old concrete bridge near the Luverne City Park entrance has been removed, and River Road has its own entrance to County Road 4 farther east. Henning Construction demolished the bridge May 24, and by May 26, paving had begun on the new road that intersects directly with County Road 4. Luverne City Council members approved the project last summer, based on traffic safety and condition of the…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 07, 2022Each year Hills-Beaver Creek High School industrial arts teacher Chris Louwagie accepts projects for his Patriot Millworks class. One project helped a local nonprofit with a needed project. Rock Ranch, located outside of Hills, contacted Louwagie about improving the mounting blocks that the nonprofit uses for its riders to more easily mount and dismount the horses. Marie LaRock is the Ranch’s…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 07, 2022Three Luverne High School juniors are this year’s representatives to the upcoming American Legion Auxiliary Girls State and American Legion Boys State events. Selected for participation are Grace Ingebretsen, Isabella Lanoue and Parker Carbonneau. Grace is the daughter of Chris and Rebecca Ingebretsen of Luverne and is sponsored by the Hardwick Auxiliary. Isabella, daughter of Tom and Sara Lanoue…
- By Lori SorensonMay 31, 2022Neighbors have been helping neighbors in rural Rock County this week after tornado-like weather ripped through southwest Minnesota around 2:30 a.m. Monday. There have so far been no reports of injuries, but property damage has been extensive, with reports of trees falling on houses and vehicles, downed powerlines and outages, and livestock buildings and machine shops either collapsed or missing…
- May 31, 2022Friends and family gathered Sunday afternoon in the Luverne Elementary School gymnasium for the LHS Class of 2022 commencement exercises. Speakers encouraged the 81 graduates to achieve the impossible while remembering the years they spent together in elementary, middle and high school. They also remembered their late classmate, Daniella Rose Gacke, with a bouquet of rainbow roses displayed on…
- By Lori SorensonMay 31, 2022Luverne City Administrator John Call formally announced his retirement at the Tuesday, May 24, city council meeting. “The last 17 years in Luverne have been the highlight of my 35-year career in city management,” Call wrote in his resignation letter to the council. “With a progressive mayor and council and highly competent department heads and employees, we have been able to move the city forward…
- By Lori SorensonMay 31, 2022The Rock County Historical Society and Leicher family descendants celebrated the official dedication of the Luverne Automobile Saturday afternoon in the History Center showroom. The 1911 Luverne Thirty is one of only two known Luverne automobiles in existence, and one now resides — appropriately – in Luverne. Dan Anderson, Hills, and his cousin, Tanya Light, Luverne, worked with their Leicher…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 31, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek Education Association honored an H-BC alumnus Friday night as the 2021-22 Teacher of the Year. Samantha McGaffee graduated from H-BC in 2010 and returned seven years ago as the district’s secondary special education teacher. Her colleagues have noticed McGaffee’s dedication to her students. “Miss McGaffee shows genuine care and guidance to her students,” one nomination…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 31, 2022Luverne High School students will perform “Beauty and the Beast” Thursday, Friday and Saturday and three days next week, June 9-11, for a total of six musical performances. All six shows are at 7 p.m. in the school’s performing arts center. According to director Shawn Kinsinger, many of the main characters are played by more than one actor to allow more students in the show. “Many of the students…
- By Lori SorensonMay 31, 2022Luverne’s 38th annual Buffalo Days Celebration is on deck for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 3-5. The lineup includes all the weekend classics — the Friday Night Cruise-In, Saturday’s parade on Main Street and Buffalo Days Expo at the Courthouse Square. The Cruise-In is from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Friday with free vehicle registration (all collectibles welcome) and live music, food and beer garden.…
- May 31, 2022A series of thunderstorms Monday morning forced traditional outdoor Memorial Day services indoors. The event planned at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne moved to the school performing arts center where members of the Rock County VFW, American Legion Dell Hogan Post 123 and its auxiliary members presented the colors and conducted the service. On stage, Ed Stearns (at podium), post commander, leads…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 31, 2022Advice bestowed at the Hills-Beaver Creek High School commencement Friday night encouraged graduates to continue leaning on those who supported them during their school years. Three of those 2022 graduates will also rely on each other. Star Herald readers were first introduced to the Leenderts triplets — Donavon, Danette and Drew — in July 2003, a month before their births. For parents Dave and…
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