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By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota Highway PatrolJuly 30, 2019Question: With the upcoming new hands-free law that is effective August 1, can a teen that is under 18 years old and has a driver’s permit or provisional driver’s license use their phone in hands-free mode? Answer: The new hands-free law does not change anything for teens under 18 with a driver’s permit or provisional driver’s license: They cannot make or answer calls while driving (hand-held or…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 30, 2019If you watch any baseball on television, you may have heard from time to time the announcer will talk about the unwritten rules of baseball. One of those rules is you don’t steal a base when your team is up by 6 or 7 runs late in the game. The same holds true for bunting for a base hit to break up a no-hitter late in the late inning of the game. That got me thinking about the unwritten rules of…
By Brenda Winter, columnistJuly 30, 2019“How hard can it be,” is a phrase that has allowed me to stay married, to have kids, to buy rental property, to homeschool, to direct a play, to travel in China, and last week it allowed me to serve as the camp chaplain at a camp for kids in foster care. How hard can it be? It got hard when all 52 of them stepped off the bus. They were not the mini-thugs I was expecting. Some of them were little…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 30, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 1, 1965. Record Crowd Attends Hills 75th Jubilee Biggest crowd to gather in Hills during its 75-year history was on hand for the Diamond Jubilee cele-bration Tuesday night. Parking space for late comers could be found only at the village’s extreme limits. Weather cooperated, and now it was a day of fun and interest…
By Lori SorensonJuly 23, 2019Pain is part of being human, and the hard lessons we learn from pain often help shape us into better people. There are entire Pinterest pages of inspiring quotes about living and growing through pain, and most of them — most of the time — make sense. “At the end of every dark storm there is a bright rainbow,” for example. But what does this mean for those who live with chronic physical pain?…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 23, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 1, 1965. No Outgoing Mail After 6 P.M. Service on Night Mail Cut Tuesday Beginning Tuesday night, there was no outgoing mail service for any mail dropped in the outside collection box at the postoffice after 6 p.m. The announcement was made by Assistant Postmaster Arlo Bier-Bierkamp after receipt of a letter from…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 16, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on June 17, 1965. Odd Jobs Club Now Open From 9-11 On Week Days A plan to operate the Odd Jobs Club from the Luverne Community Center was announced this week by Rev. Wayne Hoffman, chairman of the Center. A telephone and desk, to be manned by volunteer help, has been installed for coordinating work with employers and…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterJuly 09, 2019Thousands of students — including me — have received diplomas from Luverne High School since it was built in 1956. The LHS Class of 1983 celebrates its “35th plus one” class reunion this weekend. The reunion comes on the heels of the June 20 groundbreaking ceremony that honored the changes coming to the 63-year-old facility. For days leading up to the groundbreaking, I watched two excavators…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 09, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on June 10, 1965. Three Stores Hold Grand Openings New Fronts Give Main St. New Look Grand opening days will be held this week at three Luverne businesses with more than a thousand dollars in free merchandise prizes to be given away Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Along with this issue of the Star-Herald is a special commemorative…
By Brenda Winter, columnistJuly 01, 2019July 4, 2019 As a teenager growing up in Luverne I noticed The Fourth of July divided people into two groups: those who had “a lake place” and those who did not. I was among those who did not. As a small child growing up on a farm southwest of Luverne, a Fourth of July highlight might be my going outside to pet one of five or ten kittens. As an older child, the day might be spent waiting for the…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 01, 2019Wow, July 4 already! Where has the summer gone? The Fourth is the unofficial midpoint of summer, and for me it’s going to be over with before I know it. Buffalo Days is over, tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and after next week Hot Dog night will be in the books for another year. Again, where has the summer gone? The one date that I have had marked on my calendar for some time is Friday, July 12.…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 01, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on May 27, 1965. OLD GN RESERVOIR IS: Hills’ Recreational Area Give the people of Hills a worthy project for the community and you need not search far for helping hands. Such is the unanimous opinion of Bud Bush, Dennis Ronning or Fred Nuffer, who comprise the members of the Hills Village Council. The three members of the…
By Lori Sorenson, editorJune 25, 2019From my seat in the machine shop, I observed the turkey fryer a safe distance away with one recurring thought: There’s got to be a column in here somewhere. It started five days earlier when I found a Butterball turkey in the bottom of the chest freezer. It was a holiday gift from a farm supplier just last year, so the bird was still fresh and, better yet, free. Several days later, the husband…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 25, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 13, 1967. Ordinance Gives City Authority To Remove Trees Under authority given by an ordinance adopted by the city council Tuesday night, city workmen yesterday began removing the elm tree at 516 N. Cedar, diagnosed as having Dutch elm disease. The ordinance, passed under emergency powers provided by the city…
By Esther Frakes, copy editorJune 18, 2019Eye am the proofreader, the won whose hear at the sight of the Star Herald every weak to peak at the articles that are already too go. I don’t get complements two often because eye don’t get things write all the thyme. Ewe mite all ready sea there are two many weighs to spell write. Eye can’t bare to miss things because won or to of my coworkers peel with laughter when things are mist. Their are…
By Jason BerghorstJune 11, 2019Well, it must be June. June means I'm back working part time at the Star Herald during summer break from my real job. Each June I start by filling in for vacationing sports editor John Rittenhouse for a couple of weeks. And that means each June I step out of my comfort zone. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy writing and I'd say I follow high school sports pretty closely. Until it…
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