Locals travel to path of totality to view 2024 eclipse
The highly anticipated 2024 total eclipse of the sun occurred Monday, April 8, across North America, and several groups of Rock County residents traveled to experience the once-in-a-lifetime ev
Students perform 'Legally Blonde The Musical'
When the LHS production of “Legally Blonde, the Musical” opens next week for six evening performances, audiences will be surprised at what they see.
Roeman retires from 38-plus years with county FSA
Stacey Roemen celebrated her retirement from 38 years with the Rock County Farm Service Agency Saturday night at Take 16, which was crowded with family, friends and well-wishers.
Thone wins spelling bee C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-S-H-I-P
Twenty-three of the best spellers in southwest Minnesota participated Saturday morning in the 2024 SW MN Spelling Bee hosted at the Luverne Middle School.
History Center to host April 18 celebration
The Rock County History Center’s construction project is complete, and staff and volunteers are hosting a celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
Palisade Lutheran Church celebrates 150 years of worship
Palisade Lutheran Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary Sunday, April 14, at the corner of Minnesota Highway 23 and 121st Street (County Road 5).
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- By Lori Sorenson, editorFebruary 10, 2020Construction will begin this summer on the third phase of Luverne’s Loop path, according to discussion at the Luverne Economic Development Authority meeting Monday morning. EDA director Holly Sammons said a bid letting date has been set for March 4 and work will likely begin in June on the portion of the path that intersects at Main Street and Blue Mound Avenue. The next portion of the trail…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020Luverne’s fifth annual Get Hooked Ice Fishing Derby will be Saturday, Feb. 8, at The Lake in Luverne, and Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere said plans are shaping up for another successful outing. “I’m not real good at working with ice fishing people, and I’m not an ice fishing person, but I tell you, there are a lot of enthusiastic people and there are such generous businesses in this…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020Child abuse charges against a Luverne native in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are gaining national attention after an NBC News investigation last week referenced 15 medical experts who say there’s no proof. Dr. John Cox, a 1999 Luverne High School graduate, is a pediatric emergency room physician who accidentally fell asleep with his one-month-old adopted daughter in his arms last May. When he woke up to…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020Luverne High School graduate Matt Christensen is a student in Nanjing, China, not far from Wuhan where the deadly coronavirus broke out. He returned to Luverne in mid January for the Chinese lunar holiday and days later, the World Health Organization declared a global emergency. His flight left Shanghai on Jan. 12, and on Jan. 23 China imposed travel restrictions. By the end of January public…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020Hills-Beaver Creek High School students will take an avid interest in college basketball scores next month, thanks to a lesson in mathematics. Representatives from Dordt College met with the H-BC sophomores, juniors and seniors in Nora Wysong’s math classes and outlined the March Madness Data Analytics Battle. Mathematics associate professor Valorie Zonnefeld is in her third year of working with…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 04, 2020During her quarterly report to the Luverne City Council Jan. 28, Luverne Area Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere made an announcement about the community’s long-running Buffalo Days celebration. She announced that she and local planners had decided to move Arts in the Park activities to the Rock County Courthouse Square for all Buffalo Days celebrations going forward. After flooding rendered…
- February 04, 2020The Rock County Star Herald received one group and two individual awards at the Better Newspaper Contest of the 153rd annual convention of the Minnesota Newspaper Association Jan. 30-31 in the Twin Cities. As a group the Star Herald staff received a third-place award in special sections for their work documenting the “Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener.” The 14-page special section…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020At the end of each semester since 2000, the Bookin’ Buddies at Luverne Elementary School share one last story and the second graders receive a free book as a parting gift. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the second-graders in Lori Nath’s and Laura Louwagie’s classes received an extra book provided by the Rock County Dementia Network that organizers hope will have a lasting impact with readers. “Grandpa…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020Luverne High School students broke up this week’s colder temperatures by embracing winter with the kickoff of Snow Week Monday. Coronation took place Monday afternoon in the LHS gymnasium. Vying for the queen title were Michelle Arevalo, Claire Baustian, Alexa Chesley, Anita Cole-Kraty, Madi Flom and Mela Jarchow. King candidates were Isaiah Bartels, Colby Crabtree, Graham Cunningham, Brody…
- By Mavis FodnessFebruary 04, 2020The Luverne High School speech team opened the 2020 season with a second place team finish in Worthington on Saturday. Eighteen students competed with 200 other students from 16 different schools in three rounds of competition. Fourteen Cardinal speakers received individual honors at this event as listed: Creative expression: Megan Hansen, blue ribbon. Discussion: Alexa Chesley, second place. Duo…
- February 04, 2020Minnesota West Community and Technical College has selected Rita Miller, Luverne, as a nominee for the statewide Outstanding Educator Award. The award acknowledges “exceptional individual professional accomplishment and encourages ongoing excellence in teaching,” according to Jackie Otkin, dean of Allied Health for Minnesota West. “Rita demonstrates that excellence in teaching is an ongoing…
- February 04, 2020The artwork of two fourth-graders is among 12 final designs being considered for the Sioux Valley Energy Billboard Contest. Posters designed by Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary student Lily Top and Luverne Elementary student Trinley Vanderburg were chosen from 200 submissions to the 12th annual competition. Each poster contained a farm safety message. The top three posters for the billboard will be…
- February 04, 2020USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) encourages agricultural producers to enroll now in the Agriculture Risk (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. March 15, 2020, is the enrollment deadline for the 2019 crop year. Although more than 200,000 producers have enrolled to date, FSA anticipates 1.5 million producers will enroll for ARC and PLC. By enrolling soon, producers can beat the rush as the…
- By Lori SorensonFebruary 02, 2020Child abuse charges against a Luverne native in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are gaining national attention after an NBC News investigation last week referenced 15 medical experts who say there’s no proof. Dr. John Cox, a 1999 Luverne High School graduate, is a pediatric emergency room physician who accidentally fell asleep with his one-month-old adopted daughter in his arms last May. When he woke up to…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 28, 2020An Ellsworth farm family wants more 4-H youth involved in showing sheep at the Rock County Fair. Chris and Jamie Tiesler will bring their idea to an introductory meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the Extension office in Luverne. The Tieslers propose providing interested Rock County youth with quality show lambs as a way to increase the number of sheep exhibited at the July fair event and…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 28, 2020Construction of the $7 million performing arts center at Luverne High School has halted for the time being. Project manager Joel Bornhoft with ICS of Sioux Falls told school board members Thursday evening, Jan. 23, that weather may have compromised the ground under and around the center’s footings. “The contractor thought it best to delay it,” Bornhoft said. The soil tests by Geotek Engineering…
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