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By Lori SorensonJanuary 21, 2026Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan was in Luverne Saturday night sharing her vision for Minnesota seeking the DFL endorsement for U.S. Senate. (The seat is currently held by Sen. Tina Smith who is not seeking re-election this fall.) Flanagan spoke to roughly 50 people gathered in the Generations Events Center in Luverne about her Minnesota childhood with a single mom who relied on food stamps…
May 14, 2025Students at Discovery Time Preschool in Luverne spent Friday learning about horses and gardening at Rock Ranch near Hills. The morning and afternoon students of Angie Janiszeski and Amy Chapa spent an hour learning about plants from the Rock County Master Gardeners, the care and feeding of the horses, and basic horseback riding vocabulary. The visit was part of the students’ year-end field trips.
By Lori SorensonApril 30, 2025Rep. Brad Finstad visited C&B Operations Friday afternoon at the invitation of Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association, of which the local John Deere dealership is a member. Finstad toured the Luverne facility before hosting a closed-door meeting with farmers and C&B officials about taxes, tariffs, the Farm Bill and other issues affecting agriculture. “It’s just like the most Minnesota…
By Lori SorensonAugust 21, 2024Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad (R-Dist. 1) was in Luverne Wednesday for discussion about soil health as it relates to the federal Farm Bill and legislation to boost renewable fuels. "I was impressed by the locally led effort of farmers trying to improve their land using sound practices and science,” Finstad said after the meeting. “Their acknowledgement of what works on one farm might not…- By Lori SorensonJune 12, 2024U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar toured the child care center under construction in Luverne Monday morning along with local leaders and a delegation from the USDA, which provided grant funding for the renovation. The $7.2 million project will renovate the former Total Card Inc. office building (originally Tri-State Insurance) into the Kids Rock! Child Care Center set to open in 2025. Klobuchar’s visit…
October 04, 2023Abraham Lincoln impersonator Chuck Johnson presented his one-man, three-scenes, one-act play for residents at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne Friday afternoon, Sept. 29. Johnson, from Perham, Minnesota, wrote the play, “A Night Before Gettysburg,” in 2021 as part of a one-act play contest in Wadena, Minnesota. His performance won best play, best original play and best actor honors at the…
By Lori Sorenson, editorJanuary 25, 2016Newspaper offices were at one time fascinating places to visit — with noisy presses, oversized rolls of paper and ink by the barrel. In my time at the Star Herald, we’ve never printed on our own presses, but there were lots of other interesting things to see and do. Tourists were photographed at the door and then led to the darkroom to learn how film (remember film?) is developed and prints are…
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