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By Rick Peterson, general managerMarch 23, 2021The St. Patrick’s Day parade that made its way down Main Street last week may pale in comparison to other event parades, but this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was the best parade of the year by non-traditional measures. The parade itself was kind of a coming out party for life having a little bit of normalcy. For 10 years or more, the Star Herald has participated in the parade, and I would say…
By Rick Peterson, general managerMarch 09, 2021Many of you probably have filled out the Minnesota Department of Health’s application on the Vaccine Connector website to get your name on the list to receive the vaccine. I did as well, and frankly the application is absurd. If you haven’t done it yet and if you want to get your name on the list, here are a few of the questions you’ll need to answer. The first two are simple and necessary. “What…
By Rick Peterson, general managerFebruary 23, 2021I’m not sure I have ever written about shoes before, so this week seemed to be a good fit to do so. At the Peterson household we have had more than a few discussions about the number of shoes that take up space in the house when they’re not where they belong — on our feet. I won’t get into the number of shoes Mary currently has in her inventory. If I did, that would result in one of those shoes…
By Rick Peterson, general managerFebruary 09, 2021So have you had a heart attack lately? Hopefully your answer is no, and just because February is heart month, that is no reason to have one. But if you happen to have a heart attack any time soon, Rock County is a pretty good place to have one. If you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of suffering from a heart attack, your chance of surviving such an event is largely affected by how fast…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJanuary 25, 2021I seem to have a knack for finding myself in awkward situations from time to time, and it happened last week while watching our grandson play basketball with the Redwood team in Pipestone. Shortly before tip-off, I made a pit stop in the men’s room, and an older gentleman entered the bathroom shortly after I did. We’re staring at the wall ahead of us doing our business and — here’s the odd part…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJanuary 12, 2021With the start of the New Year, the pheasant hunting season came to an end. Because the New Year’s Day holiday fell on a Friday, the season extended through Sunday, Jan. 3. The season for me was a success in so many ways, and none of the success was because of the number of birds I harvested. In fact, I missed more roosters than I hit, and that means there were a lot of birds to take aim at. My…
By Rick Peterson, general managerDecember 28, 2020I don’t want you to think I am photocopying my column for this week, but I kind of am. Last year at this time I had come up with what I was calling my Luverne Bucket List. Simply put, the aforementioned bucket list included things I challenged myself to do in 2020 right here in Luverne. Well, as you can imagine, COVID-19 shot a bunch of holes in my bucket. What you’re about to read is my 2020…
By Rick Peterson, general managerDecember 01, 2020If you missed the fireworks this past Sunday night, sad for you. They were nothing short of spectacular. There is a video on our Facebook page that will give you a sample of how great they were. The park was just as cool. Kudos to the Luverne Chamber, City of Luverne Public Works Department, local businesses and churches and individuals that donated money for the fireworks and put up displays.…
By Rick Peterson, general managerNovember 17, 2020A week from today (Thursday) is of course Thanksgiving, and that means it’s time for my annual list of things I am thankful for. Some of the things on this year’s list I never thought I would find myself being thankful for. They include toilet paper, hand sanitizer, paper towels, Lysol wipes and masks. Who would have thought all of a sudden one day those items would vanish off the store shelves…
By Rick Peterson, general managerNovember 03, 2020About a month ago, Scott Rall wrote in his column the reasons you should carry a cell phone with you while hunting. Carrying a cell phone while in the field is something I have been doing from the time I traded my bag phone in for a flip phone. I hunt alone a lot, so carrying the cell phone is as important as my gun, shells, dogs and, of course, wearing blaze orange. I hunt for a variety of…
By Rick Peterson, general managerOctober 20, 2020We are kind of entering the holiday season with Halloween just around the corner and Thanksgiving and Christmas already on some of our minds. But sandwiched between Halloween and Thanksgiving is Veterans Day. For me the Mt. Rushmore of holidays would be #1 Christmas, #2 Memorial Day, #3 Veterans Day and #4 would be Thanksgiving. So seeing how Veterans Day is about three weeks away, that is my…
By Rick Peterson, general managerSeptember 22, 2020The combines are rolling, pumpkins are showing up on front porches, and hopefully the lights will once again light up Cardinal Field. All this points to one thing – Tuesday is the first day of autumn, my favorite season. Even the name autumn sounds better than the other seasons. Spring and summer are probably tied for second place in the favorite name game, and of course winter is dead last.…
By Rick Peterson, general managerSeptember 08, 2020If you are like me, the events of Sept. 11, 19 years ago, will be at the forefront of your thoughts Friday. Officially the day is now called “Patriot Day” as a national observance to honor the memory of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. It was first observed in 2002 after the proclamation by President George W. Bush. In 2009, president Barack Obama rededicated it as “Patriot Day and…
By Rick Peterson, general managerAugust 25, 2020As I ponder today’s current events, I was wondering what was consuming my thoughts last year at this time. With a quick look back at my late August 2019 column, I discovered that turning Social Security age was my topic of the week. So that got me to thinking what was on my mind the year before that and the year before that and so on. So the topic back in 2018 was about hosting the Minnesota…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing general managerAugust 11, 2020I have a coronavirus activity challenge for you that doesn’t include wearing a mask, and if you do this as a family, social distancing can be set aside momentarily. In today’s Star Herald you’ll find a “Kid Scoop” ad sponsored by our hometown Sunshine Foods store. The message of the ad is to encourage kids to scrub their hands and help them understand the importance of doing so. The ad offers a…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 14, 2020As I sat in front of my computer struggling to come up with a column idea that doesn’t focus on the coronavirus or politics, I found myself wondering what I wrote about, say, 10 years ago at this time of the year. So I looked back at my column from July 8, 2010, and believe it or not, the following is the first sentence from that column 10 years ago. “Sometimes when I sit down to write this…
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