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  • By Lori Sorenson, editor
    January 24, 2024
    A Star Herald co-worker last week discovered a lone screw on the floor beneath my office chair. “I thought you should know, in case it’s essential,” she handed me the short, stubby screw. I retrieved a Phillips screwdriver from the 50-year-old toolbox in the former press room, now a warehouse-sized storage room, to repair my 40-year-old office chair. I think it’s 40. It was well used when I…
  • By Mavis Fodness, reporter
    November 23, 2020
    This summer I celebrated my 55th birthday. That’s right the 5-5 —the posted speed limit on most county highways. It is also the minimum age for participating in the eight-hour defensive driving class through the Minnesota Safety Council and Luverne Community Education.  Any driver 55 and older can take the initial class that allows certificate holders to receive an auto insurance discount. I…
  • By Rick Peterson, general manager
    May 21, 2019
    When you start to age, that’s different from getting older — at least I differentiate between the two. Getting older has more plusses than minuses. On the plus side, as you get older, you get your driver’s license. A few years older you can vote. Tack on a couple more years after you’re old enough to vote and you can enjoy an adult beverage, and so on. With aging, the minuses outnumber the…
  • By Rick Peterson, general manager
    March 26, 2019
    It would seem the month of March, or at least this third week of March, is birthday week for the Peterson family. First, our son Nate turned 40 last week Tuesday followed by Mary celebrating her birthday on Saturday, the 23rd. Then our youngest grandson, Owen, lights eight candles on his cake later this week. As a family we have hit a few of those milestone birthdays this year. Ellie, the…
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