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So, the 2022 pheasant opener was a few days back, and I had a very unusual one.
Worthington was selected for the location to host the 2022 Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener. We were selected late and only had about 100 days to put the weekend event together.
It may seem like not a very big thing...
I volunteer at Redeemed Remnants and you should, too.
Redeemed Remnants is a thrift store ministry of ATLAS of Rock County. It’s located a block south of Main Street in the former Luverne Kawasaki building.
I think volunteering to work the store’s back door is the most fun because opening each...
The topic of a recent office conversation was the new Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max and the new Apple Watch.
Personally, I am not a fan of the Apple Watch and all its bells and whistles.
Have you seen the latest Apple Watch commercial on television? You know someone is wearing an Apple Watch because they...
The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 20, 1943.
Lycurgus N. (Coge)...
It is Monday and the wind has been and is making short work of our beautiful fall color. That is not unusual for this part of the plains. That is why I encourage those of us who live here to take a picture or two of how amazing the fall color can be on a sunny day before it is demolished by the...
Open day of 2022 pheasant hunting season was Oct. 15. I hosted Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in Worthington that weekend. It was quite an event. There were media outlets of all kinds in town for the event. Many of those hunted on the public lands of southwest Minnesota.
Finding a good hunting spot on...
Carson has been gone for a month.
It’s been one of the hardest parts of grieving his loss — knowing that with each passing day he’s slipping farther into the past.
There will be no new social media posts, no new Christmas card photos with his smiling face among our own, and no new milestones in his...
The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older.
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 13, 1943, and is continued from last week’s...
This is the fourth installment of the do-it-yourself obedience training for your own dog. Prior columns have covered the basics of getting the sponge in the obedience bucket level of obedience outcome when training in your own dog.
The steps covered in the first three articles should have taken...
Debuting this week is the inaugural “Seen Through Horses,” a national awareness and fundraising campaign sponsored through Horses for Mental Health coalition.
Fifty charity partners throughout the U.S. are the recipients of funds raised this week.
Rock Ranch near Hills is one of them.
Rock Ranch...