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By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 30, 2019If you watch any baseball on television, you may have heard from time to time the announcer will talk about the unwritten rules of baseball. One of those rules is you don’t steal a base when your team is up by 6 or 7 runs late in the game. The same holds true for bunting for a base hit to break up a no-hitter late in the late inning of the game. That got me thinking about the unwritten rules of…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 16, 2019As you are probably aware of, there are a number of ways you can tell when we are about to embark on a change of seasons — the calendar being the most obvious, but there are other signs as well. When spring is just around the corner, you start to see more boats being trailered down the highway and fewer snowmobiles. You probably make a mental note when you see your first robin of the year, and I…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 01, 2019Wow, July 4 already! Where has the summer gone? The Fourth is the unofficial midpoint of summer, and for me it’s going to be over with before I know it. Buffalo Days is over, tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and after next week Hot Dog night will be in the books for another year. Again, where has the summer gone? The one date that I have had marked on my calendar for some time is Friday, July 12.…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJune 04, 2019One of the most popular — and of course most read — sections of our paper is the On the Record report. Each week On the Record recaps the calls that came into the local sheriff’s department. We have, on occasion, inadvertently left the On the Record report out of the paper, and rest assured, we hear about it soon after the Star Herald hits the street. The part of the On the Record report I would…- By Rick Peterson, general managerMay 21, 2019When you start to age, that’s different from getting older — at least I differentiate between the two. Getting older has more plusses than minuses. On the plus side, as you get older, you get your driver’s license. A few years older you can vote. Tack on a couple more years after you’re old enough to vote and you can enjoy an adult beverage, and so on. With aging, the minuses outnumber the…
By Rick Peterson, general managerMay 07, 2019If you have wondered about the purpose and cost of that cable that Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has installed between the east- and westbound lanes on Interstate 90 from the South Dakota border to Worthington, you’re not alone. The Star Herald reported on the project prior to the start of cable installation, and we even did stories as the work progressed. The project was…
By Rick Peterson, general managerApril 22, 2019I hope everyone had a nice Easter this past weekend. The weather was spectacular for a change so we were able to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities. The Petersons actually hosted two Easter family gatherings, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Why two gatherings, you ask? Family work schedules dictated the weekend get-together. As mentioned earlier, the weather allowed us the opportunity…
By Rick Peterson, general managerApril 09, 2019After one of our weekly Monday morning advertising meetings, the ever-popular bag phone, for whatever reason, was the topic of our post-meeting conversation. I was a proud bag phone user and would still be today if it was up to me. If memory serves me, it was a Motorola. I did check on eBay and found one just like the one I had for $14.99 plus $11.99 for shipping. Anyway, this brings me to the…
By Rick Peterson, general managerMarch 26, 2019It would seem the month of March, or at least this third week of March, is birthday week for the Peterson family. First, our son Nate turned 40 last week Tuesday followed by Mary celebrating her birthday on Saturday, the 23rd. Then our youngest grandson, Owen, lights eight candles on his cake later this week. As a family we have hit a few of those milestone birthdays this year. Ellie, the…
By Rick Peterson, general managerMarch 12, 2019In my last column I mentioned a guy leaving Bomgaars with a new shovel he had just purchased, and the thought had occurred to me that it was a little late in the season for a new shovel. Boy, was I wrong! It seems I find myself in the market for a new shovel even this late in the snow-shoveling season. Not unlike you, I too have done more shoveling of the white stuff than I have in the past year…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJanuary 15, 2019I am sure many of you experienced date confusion over the recent holidays. By that I mean it was difficult at best during the weeks of Christmas and New Year to keep track of what day of the week it was. It seemed for two weeks in a row we had two Mondays each week, and to kind of balance that out, it also seemed like it was Friday twice a week. You probably found yourself asking others what day…
By Rick Peterson, General ManagerJuly 31, 2018Tuesday of last week I got to take my granddaughter Brooke to day care. I was called into day care delivery duty because Brooke’s mom and dad were taking Brooke’s sister Ellie to the hospital early in the morning to have tubes put in her ears. Side note here: We had tubes put in our kids’ ears over 35 years ago, and back then they made us and the kids suffer through a number of ear infections —…
By Rick Peterson, General ManagerJuly 17, 2018Another great Hot Dog Night has come and gone. You’re probably thinking summer has hit the midway point and you’re wondering, “Where did the summer go?” But then you realize there’s a lot more to come before we close the book on the summer of 2018. The Rock County Fair gets underway next week. There is a full slate of activities starting with 4-H exhibit judging Monday afternoon. Wednesday also…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerOctober 09, 2017October is here and as far as I’m concerned, it’s the best time of the year. If you want, you can get a football fix five nights a week at some level. Harvest is underway, cooler days and nights are the norm, and best of all, pheasant season opens this Saturday. With the good, there is always a little bad, and that is where shorter daylight hours, Asian beetles and flies come in. With the…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerSeptember 26, 2017If you haven’t bought your ticket to The Rock County Pheasants Forever banquet, time is running out. The 33rd annual banquet is next Thursday night, Oct. 5, at Grand Prairie Events. Note the new location. For years the annual banquet flip-flopped back and forth between Sharkee’s and the Blue Mound Banquet Center. Both Dave Halverson and Glen Gust were longtime supporters of Pheasants Forever and…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerSeptember 12, 2017It’s been a productive summer around here. By that I mean it’s been a productive few months in the baby department here at the office as well as in my family. Abbe, our production manager here at the office, had her second son at the end of July. My daughter Jenna had daughter No. 2 on Aug. 10. Our circulation manager, Jenn, had her second child, a daughter, on Aug. 22. Abbe had her first child a…
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