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  • January 14, 2020
    Luverne Education Association members hand out free boxes of popcorn to all moviegoers Thursday night as a way for the teachers to give back to the community. Thursday night’s movie opened the 10th year of Bank Nite, which brought back the free showing of a family-friendly movie on the first Thursday of the month as was done years ago in Luverne. A cash drawing takes place at the conclusion of…
  • January 14, 2020
    U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Minnesota Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Eva Kramer reminds producers that Marketing Assistance Loans (MALs) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDPs) are available to help producers through periods of low market prices. MALs and LDPs provide financing and marketing assistance for wheat, feed grains, soybeans and other oilseeds, pulse crops, rice,…
  • January 07, 2020
    Chiropractor Codie Zeutenhorst and his business, Luverne Health and Wellness, was accidentally omitted from the decade’s list of businesses that appeared in the Jan. 2 Star Herald. Zeutenhorst started his practice in Luverne in 2012 when he moved to the community with his wife, Jana. The list, compiled by the Luverne Chamber office, was intended to chronicle local businesses that started up,…
  • January 07, 2020
    Weather conditions have been just right on recent winter mornings in Rock County for hoar frost to form on trees and other vegetation resulting in artistic scenery like this one in northeastern Rock County. Temperatures have remained mild in recent weeks but a cold snap is on the way this week for an abrupt reminder of January's often harsh conditions. The forecast, however, does not call…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    January 07, 2020
    State officials are considering a site permit for Elk Creek Solar Project in Rock County, and a public meeting Monday will offer information and consider the environmental scope of the project. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and the Minnesota Department of Commerce will conduct the meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at Grand Prairie Events in Luverne. Information gathered at the…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    January 07, 2020
    Work has begun on the former Casey’s building on East Main Street in Luverne to prepare the location for business and public use. Exterior siding was removed and interior walls were gutted Monday, and plans call for a new entrance and an exterior blend of architecture with exposed rock and dark trim. Up next will be construction of two handicap-accessible public bathrooms with separate entrances…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    January 07, 2020
    Science is steadily improving the way doctors treat and manage mental health conditions, and medications are a big part of that treatment. Dr. Austin Spronk shared information about psychiatric medicine Monday night for a roomful of people at Luverne Community Education. His presentation was the third in a series of monthly sessions on Brain Health started last fall by local advocates with #…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    January 07, 2020
    A new adviser will guide Hills-Beaver Creek students as the 2020 Minnesota High School Mock Trial season gets underway this week. Megan Klumper is a fifth-year teacher at H-BC High School with 15 years of classroom experience. She currently instructs secondary English classes. Advising the 16-member Mock Trial team is Klumper’s first extra-curricular assignment and she stepped forward for the…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    January 07, 2020
    Each year since 2015 Luverne High School has competed at the state Mock Trial tournament by achieving the best regional record. This week, as the 2020 season gets underway, 16 Luverne students are aiming for a sixth-straight Region 4 title. Third-year adviser Jason Berghorst is confident the students can return to the state tournament. “The students pretty much coach each other during practice…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    January 07, 2020
    Rock County Commissioners approved a $6.1 million levy for taxes payable in 2020. That’s a 5.41 percent increase ($317,577) over the current levy with some budget unknowns. The county will have a total budget of $12.5 million in 2020 including $562,319 in state aid, an increase of $45,279 from the previous year. Commissioners approved the 2020 levy at their final meeting of the year Dec. 23 to…
  • January 07, 2020
    Lauren Joy Klosterman entered the world Jan. 1 as the first baby of 2020 born in Sanford Luverne. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Her parents are Kelly and Calvin Klosterman, Lismore, and she has a 13-year-old sibling, Jaden Russell. Her grandparents are Dale and Lori Klosterman, Adrian, and Warren and Teresa Kooiman, Edgerton.
  • By Mavis Fodness
    January 07, 2020
    Judges for the Luverne Area Chamber Convention and Visitor Bureau’s 2019 Prairie Photo Contest recently announced winners for September-October. “It was almost impossible for the judges to decide,” said chamber director Jane Lanphere. “Every photo was wonderful and had value.” Ultimately the winning photos were selected on subject matter that the CVB did not currently have in their photo array.…
  • By Lori Sorenson
    January 01, 2020
    Luverne Street Music Carnegie Minstrels raised more than $2,000 for the Rock County Emergency Food Shelf with their Dec. 7 community cantata “Sing Christmas” in the American Reformed Church. The Luverne Area Community Foundation supported the performance with a $500 grant to help cover costs, so that the entire amount could be donated. Pictured at the Food Shelf (in the lower level of the United…
  • January 01, 2020
    2019 Luverne obits   December 2018 Dec. 22: Wallace Schmuck, 90, Luverne. Dec. 25: Gary Lee, 62, Magnolia. Dec. 26: Delores Johnson, 82, Rochester. Dec. 28: Marian Lorenzen, 87, Hardwick. Dec. 29: Helen Loosbrock, 96, Adrian. Dec. 31: Lloyd Vanden Bussche, 61, Beaver Creek.   January Jan. 2: Marie Gleis, 95, Luverne. Jan. 5: Martha Steinhoff, 92, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Roger Peterson, 76, Perham. Jan…
  • January 01, 2020
    2019 Luverne births   July 2018 July 16: Jordan and Katie Kopp, Luverne, a boy, Hudson.   December 2018 Dec. 18: Brent and Melissa Hofmeyer, Sheldon, Iowa, a girl, Ruthie Kay. Dec. 22: Ryan and Corey Wynia, Luverne, a girl, Audrey Wendy.   January Jan. 1: Casey and Lindsey Swenson, Brandon, S.D., a boy, Landon Vincent. Jan. 2: Jordan and Jordyn Pater, Luverne, a boy, Benjamin. Jan. 14: Caleb and…
  • By Mavis Fodness
    January 01, 2020
    The Rock County VFW Post 2757 recently announced student essay winners in the 2019 “Voice of Democracy” and “Patriot Pen” contests. Entrants, judged on excellence in original writing about patriotism and democracy, received cash awards for the top three places in middle school and high school categories.  This year writers in both contests answered the question, “What Makes America Great?”…
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