Tuff Home residents experience 'A Night on Mount Olympus'
The day after Hills-Beaver Creek High School hosted a junior-senior prom for students, residents from Tuff Memorial Home donned dresses and suits Saturday afternoon for their first
State offers info on 2026 Hwy 75 work
Minnesota Department of Transportation personnel were in Luverne Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the 2026 Highway 75 construction project.
'Marlene and Darlene without George'
“Marlene and Darlene” will return to the stage next week for another comedy performance to raise money for Generations.
Emerald ash borer officially reported in Rock County
Infestations of the destructive emerald ash borer have been spreading across Minnesota over the past 15 years, and on Monday the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first sighting
LHS competes in world robotics
The Luverne High School robotics team earned a Judges Choice Award at last week’s FIRST Robotic Competition World.
Sled hockey comes to Blue Mound Ice Arena
The Siouxland Sled Hockey Association brought on-ice practice to the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne for the first time April 7 in honor of their newest member.
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- July 20, 2021Rock County 4-H returned to in-person judging July 15 with pre-fair judging in selected general projects of clothing and textiles, food review, fashion review, video, performing arts, illustrated presentation and demonstrations. Club judging of community pride and banner projects also took place at American Reformed Church in Luverne. Other projects will have pre-fair judging on July 26 and on…
- July 20, 2021The Luverne Lions Club recently presented $100 scholarships to the Luverne High School Lions Club Students of the Quarter and the annual $750 scholarship. Scholarship recipients are (front, from left) Ainslie Robinson, Lauren VerSteeg, Elise Jarchow and Rozilyn Oye and Lions Club members (in back) Awards Chairman Codie Zeutenhorst and Club President Steve Cattnach. All received checks for $100,…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 13, 2021History books came alive for 50 parents, students and faculty from Hills-Beaver Creek High School who recently traveled with the H-BC World Classrooms field trip. The group spent June 25-28 visiting Washington, D.C., and other historic sites such as Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. School principal Andrew Kellenberger kept the community updated on the group’s activities by…
- July 13, 2021Jason Mathiesen is on the crew painting the Palisade Lutheran Church this week in western Rock County. He said tip of the cross atop of the steeple is 78 feet from the ground. The Palisade Church building on County Road 5 near Highway 23 is being repainted and getting new shingles on the roof. Cooler weather recently made the work more comfortable for Mathiesen and his coworkers.
- By Lori SorensonJuly 13, 2021The two-story brick apartment building just north of the eye clinic at 118 N. Freeman Ave will soon get a facelift, thanks to support from the Luverne Economic Development Authority. Cory and Bethany Tilstra and Dave and Teresa Hup, doing business as T&H Investments, LLC, are purchasing the building, which includes both commercial and residential business space. They applied to the LEDA for a…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 13, 2021Tom Houselog will leave his post this summer as Rock County Land Records director after a 46-year career that spanned 21 years in Rock County and 25 years in Pipestone County. In his June 24 resignation letter to Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre, he said he’ll miss his work and the people he worked with and for. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my work here for Rock County and have appreciated the…
- July 13, 2021Reconstruction of North East Park Street on the east side of the Luverne Middle-High School began last week by Duininck Inc. that included install a storm water system under the city street that runs in front of the school. In the joint street program with the city of Luverne and the school district, more than a half million dollars in street and parking lot improvements will be completed by…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 13, 2021Thousands of people are expected to descend on the streets of Luverne Thursday, July 15, for the town’s annual Hot Dog Night celebration. For 59 years families have been coming to Luverne on the second Thursday in July for free hot dogs and beverages offered by local businesses as a gesture of customer appreciation. As the tradition gained popularity, so did the attractions that cropped up along…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 13, 2021Hills-Beaver Creek School Board agreed to a pairing that provides a school resource officer to the district at least one day a week. The board made the decision Monday night after a presentation about the new position by Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge. H-BC will pair with the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, Luverne Public Schools and the city of Luverne for the new position. Total estimated…
- July 13, 2021Electricians and carpet layers descended on the new performing arts center at the Luverne Middle-High School Monday to add lighting around the 779 newly installed seats and install carpet in the 9,400-square-foot facility. Three weeks ago construction workers placed the final pre-cast panel to fully enclose the facility. The performing arts center is part of a $30 million project at Luverne…
- July 13, 2021Jadon Johnson (blue), Jesse Wright (orange), and Jacob Hamm with Midwest Sealants, Sioux Falls, suspend from the roof of the building on scaffolding to complete exterior maintenance on the Blue Mound Towers apartment building Monday morning. The crew is caulking around all the apartment windows and in control joints of the bricks. The “long overdue” work on the building’s exterior is part of an…
- By Mavis FodnessJuly 13, 2021Favorable interest rates are prompting the Rock County Commissioners to consider financing upcoming capital improvement projects through a general obligation bond. If approved, the county would borrow $3.485 million at a potential interest rate of less than 2 percent. A public hearing will take place Aug. 3 during the commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting. Details included in the five-year…
- By Lori SorensonJuly 13, 2021The Rock County Star Herald is offering a new type of advertising, Blue Mound Digital Marketing. Screens are located in businesses throughout the area (Luverne, Pipestone, Adrian, Brandon) and display 15-second high-definition animated clips that can be changed monthly or seasonally. The Luverne Economic Development Authority discussed the local marketing business during its Monday morning…
- July 13, 2021Pizza Ranch Inc. awarded its annual Community Impact Award to Randy and Lila Bauer of the Luverne Pizza Ranch at the company’s Awards Banquet in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 15. The Community Impact Award recognizes a franchisee or Ranch that has made a positive impact in their community and lives out the Pizza Ranch vision, “To glorify God by positively impacting the world,” according to…
- By Gregg Gropel for the Star HeraldJuly 13, 2021“Rotary Club Formed Here.” That was a headline printed 84 years ago in the June 11, 1937, Rock County Herald. Dr. Charles L. Sherman, who came to Luverne in 1904 as the ‘horse and buggy’ doctor, was the club’s very first Luverne Rotary Club president. Ever since Doc Sherman took the club’s gavel at the Manitou Hotel in June 1937, the club has always changed leadership in June. This year, 2021…
- July 06, 2021The July 4 celebration in Luverne at The Lake had all the makings of hot summer fun at the beach, with fireworks, picnics, beer garden, a land and water triathlon, a hula hoop contest, stories from the graves, live music, and foam dancing, to name a few.
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