Janice Marie Larson, age 79, of Beaver Creek, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at her acreage outside of Beaver Creek on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.

Louis Leroy Laackmann, age 91, of Doon, Iowa, passed away peacefully with his loving family at his side on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, Minnesota.

10 years ago (2013)

•The annual closing of the city pool for cleaning and maintenance this year includes a major roof replacement project over the pool area of the building.

“It’s quite an involved project,” said City Administrator John Call.

The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 13, 1944.

Monday, Sept. 25: Kielbasa, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, bread, dessert.

Tuesday, Sept. 26: Pasta with meat sauce, romaine salad with dressing, pears, Texas toast, cookie.

Luverne High School varsity gymnastics coach Phoebe Flom, along with current and former high school gymnasts, opened a four-day fall gymnastics camp Monday through Luverne Community Education.

We have come a long way in understanding the importance of taking care of mental health.

Although there have been many improvements in how mental health is addressed, there still is a stigma involved, especially when it comes to suicide.

A recent column of mine was about how I enjoy looking for things other people have lost.

A couple of Saturdays ago, while Mary and I, along with Gilbert, the dog, were on a Ranger ride, I got a phone call.

The call was from a frazzled mother from Redwood Falls.

With just a short distance to go, Blondie, pushing her bike up the last hill, looked accusingly at me and said, “I can’t even believe you are making us do this.”

Stirring together a bowl of flower petals and dill seed she collected from the garden, my 6-year-ol