2025
- By Lori SorensonOctober 01, 2025At their Sept. 23 meeting, Luverne City Council members approved a preliminary levy of $3,887,585 for taxes payable in 2026. That represents a 9 percent increase over the current levy of $3,566,592 for an additional $320,998. By statute, local governments are required to set preliminary levies in September. Those amounts can be lowered but not increased by the time levies are certified in…
- October 01, 2025Meetings Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Poplar Creek Estates in Luverne. All are welcome. Call 507-935-8173 with questions. Apple giveaway at Prairie Alley Several varieties of apples are available at Prairie Alley throughout the season shared by friends at 308 N. Blue Mound Ave in Luverne. Donations are welcome. Nutrition for Seniors Oct. 2…
October 01, 2025Lyle Rollag (above) combines wet corn for livestock feed Sunday afternoon in Beaver Creek Township and (at left) Dick Kramer combines soybeans in Rose Dell Township Friday afternoon. “Soybean yields have been impressive across the area,” according to Lucas Peters with Professional Ag Marketing, Luverne. “Consistent yields are a talking point this year as we avoided the excessive rainfall events…
By Lori SorensonOctober 01, 2025The Luverne Area Chamber and the Convention and Visitors Bureau recently announced the winners of the July-August CVB Photo Contest. “Special thanks to all of you for entering the contest,” said Chamber Director Kenzi Klein. The winners are: •Kelly Doyle who had three winning images, “Bergamot,” “Bison Stare” and “Cliffline Pano.” •Heather Johnson with “Bird’s Eye View.” •Steven Baatz with…
By Calla Jarvie, Rock County Library directorOctober 01, 2025I just got back from the annual Association for Rural and Small Libraries conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you’re thinking it was one big nerd-fest, you would be right. And it was AWESOME. As you probably gathered from the title of the conference, it was focused only on small and rural libraries. Every session at the conference was aimed specifically at libraries in areas like ours…
By Lori SorensonOctober 01, 2025Luverne hosted the 74th Tri-State Band Festival Saturday with 16 bands participating in the parade and field events. “On behalf of the Tri-State Band Festival Committee, we would like to thank all the amazing band students, directors and supporters who joined us,” said Chamber Director Kenzi Klein. “We were honored to have these incredible performers in our community. Host bands are Luverne…
September 24, 2025- By Lori SorensonSeptember 24, 2025Luverne will host the 74th Tri-State Band Festival Saturday, Sept. 27, with 16 bands participating in the parade and field events. Parade competition begins at 9:30 a.m. on Main Street with 12 marching bands performing on the parade route. No bleachers will be provided this year, so parade goers are encouraged to bring their own chairs. Field competition among eight bands begins at 12:30 p.m.…
September 24, 2025Roughly 250 people circled the Luverne City Park Saturday morning for the fifth annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk. This year organizers centered around a theme of hope, according to Angela Nolz, who helped organize the event with a team of volunteers and sponsors. “Hope is what brings us together today — hope for healing, hope for understanding and hope for a future where no one walks…
By Mavis FodnessSeptember 24, 2025A final radio call will be made for retiring Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge on Tuesday, Sept. 30. After 34 years on the job, Verbrugge announced in April he would retire at the end of September. “I have struggled with this decision, but I know in my heart that it is time for me to step away while things are in excellent condition,” he told county commissioners April 22. “I will truly miss…- September 24, 2025Apple giveaway at Prairie Alley Several varieties of apples are available at Prairie Alley throughout the season shared by friends at 308 N. Blue Mound Ave in Luverne. Donations are welcome. ‘The Boys in the Light’ book signing events Sept. 26-27 Author Nina Willner of “The Boys in the Light,” a book about Luverne’s Elmer Hovland’s role as a U.S. military leader in rescuing two…
By Lori SorensonSeptember 24, 2025This summer the Rock County Star Herald’s video production service, Star Media, earned a prestigious national award through Editor and Publisher Magazine. The award, Media that Matters, “spotlights and celebrates individuals and organizations redefining success in the news publishing industry through innovation in audience engagement, revenue, technology, and journalism,” E&P shared about…- September 24, 2025LSS meals at Generations Monday, Sept. 29: Spaghetti noodles with meat sauce, Italian vegetable blend, green beans, dinner roll, gingersnap cookie. Tuesday, Sept. 30: Herb-baked chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, green peas, wheat dinner roll, Granny Smith apple. Half-Priced Day sponsored by Christian Reformed Church. Wednesday, Oct. 1: Smothered chopped steak, baked potato, sliced carrots,…
By Mavis FodnessSeptember 17, 2025Students and staff at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School won’t move into the new facility until Thanksgiving break. Superintendent Todd Holthaus told H-BC School Board members, staff and students of the delay on Monday. He met with RA Morton construction managers, and discussions placed the 57,400-square-foot building at 90 percent complete by the original Oct. 16 move-in date. “It wasn’t…- By Lori SorensonSeptember 17, 2025Several Luverne alumni and former educators will be inducted Friday into the Luverne Alumni Hall of Fame and Luverne Educators Hall of Fame. The 2025 Class of the Luverne Alumni Hall of Fame and the Luverne Educator Hall of Fame will be honored in ceremonies Friday, Sept. 19, during Luverne’s Homecoming celebration. The 2025 Induction Ceremony will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in the LHS…
- By Lori SorensonSeptember 17, 2025The fifth annual “Out of the Darkness” suicide awareness and prevention walk will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Luverne City Park. The 2025 walk focuses on improving brain health in farming communities. “Farmers are tough, but it’s not an easy profession,” Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen recently shared on the MDA website. “From unpredictable weather to…
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