City of Luverne union employees are negotiating a new contract that will be in effect for the next three years.

Meanwhile, at their Dec. 18 meeting the City Council approved 2.25-percent step increases for eligible non-union, administrative and department heads.

Rock County Library Board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13. This meeting is open to all.

Blue Mounds State Park offers events

In the following, I am highlighting my “Top 5 Ag Topics for 2025,” based on issues that were discussed in my columns throughout the year.

Happy New Year, Star Herald readers. We in the newsroom find satisfaction in reviewing and highlighting the top stories of the year in our final December edition.

We feel it showcases our progressive local leadership and our resilient community residents. 

As Jim and I reviewed our personal highlights of 2025, we were amused to conclude the year's "best" was the wooden patio screen we built from repurposed hog barn lumber.

I really need someone to tell how much it is going to snow this winter. We got snow early on and in one weekend hunting pheasants in South Dakota it made it all the way to 12 below zero.

Dispatch report

Dec. 17

•Rock County Sheriff’s Department requested assistance from another department eastbound on Interstate 90 at mile marker 8 near Beaver Creek.

Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary secretary was honored last week by students, colleagues and the community for her 30 years with the district.

At their Dec. 22 meeting, H-BC School Board members accepted Scholten’s resignation, some of them remembering her when they were students at H-BC.

LSS meals at Generations

Monday, Jan. 5: 

Chicken and dumplings, green beans, diced pear cup, wheat bread, cheesecake brownie.

Half-Priced Day sponsored by Christian Reformed Church.