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- By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerAugust 15, 2017As you can tell, we have a drastically different front page this week for Minnesota Newspaper Week and the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s 150th anniversary. The whole idea behind the mostly blank front page is to offer a sense of what it would be like without a local newspaper. I suspect a few readers will pick up the paper and look at the blank front page and think we had screwed up in some…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerNovember 07, 2016A couple of weeks ago a few of my hunting buddies and I spent a few days out in Winner, South Dakota, hunting pheasants. I’ve been making my way to Winner at least once a year for the past 20 years. Over the years a number of things have changed. We have always hunted the same land and have experienced the good years and the not-so-good years as far as bird count goes. The last dozen or so years…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerOctober 11, 2016Just a second while I strap on my spurs because I am about to get on my high horse. A year ago on this page I wrote about the rising cost of health care because of the Affordable Healthcare Act, otherwise know as Obamacare. Well, affordable health care is anything but affordable. Premiums are skyrocketing beyond belief and at the same time deductibles are reaching five figures in an effort to…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerSeptember 26, 2016My last column was about buying a new alarm clock. This one is going to be about time. More precisely, the following is more about the word “time” than how to tell time. I figured there is no better time to write about time than now, so I suppose you could say it’s about time. We have part time, full time and vacation time. Some people consider vacation time as party time or just leisure time. If…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerSeptember 12, 2016I can’t tell you how long it’s been since we’ve bought a new alarm clock in the Peterson household, but it’s been awhile. The old one we brought with us when we moved here nearly 12 years ago. It had the standard features of the backup battery, digital display, AM/FM radio which we never used, and the two features we like the best —the two alarm time settings and the automatic adjusting for the…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerAugust 29, 2016Wow, where did the summer go? Officially it’s still summer, at least until Sept. 22. There are all kinds of signs that fall is just around the corner, though. For me the start of the football season is the most obvious sign the summer is in its last chapter. Shorter days and cooler temps are greeting us each day, and the summer flowers have seen better days. Many of you may not be aware, but…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerAugust 16, 2016Rock River Beerfest is this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Blue Mound Ice Area. If you buy a ticket for the event before Saturday, you can save yourself five bucks. Advance tickets are $25 and available at the Luverne Chamber office, Take 16 and the Blue Mound Liquor Store here in Luverne. Time is running out to get your ticket in advance, so I would suggest you do so no later than Friday. The…
By Rick PetersonAugust 01, 2016Wow! Hats off to the Rock County Fair Board for a very successful 2016 fair. The weather was perfect and the crowds certainly reflected that. The Star Herald staff is busy putting together a special section featuring all of the 4-H winners. Look for that in next week’s paper. Next on the community celebration calendar is the Rock River Beerfest Aug. 20 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Blue Mound Ice Arena…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerJuly 19, 2016I have one final thought on the tremendously successful Fourth of July celebration at The Lake in Luverne. That thought is, before we get too attached to calling the lake “The Lake,” let’s change the name. I know we had chances to throw a few name ideas around, but here is my thought: Seeing how Luverne’s Fourth of July celebration has found a home currently known as “The Lake,” why not pay…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerJuly 05, 2016Just in time for the Fourth of July we installed a new flagpole in front of our house. As with any project around our house, there is a certain amount of debate (argument) about the project. This time the debate (argument) was about the location of said flagpole. Before the location debate surfaced, a number of other issues had to be worked out. How high should the pole be? What color should the…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerJune 20, 2016The first day of summer was Monday, and that means the days are now starting to get shorter. I know you didn’t want to hear that, so let’s put that thought on the back burner for a few months. I suppose it might be age, but summers seem so busy nowadays. So, for this column I am going to write about the things I enjoy most about the summer months. Morning coffee on the front porch tops the list.…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerJune 07, 2016Before we close the books on Memorial Day 2016, I would like to extend a thank you to Lois Nelson. It wasn’t until Memorial Day this year that I learned of Lois Nelson and her commitment to playing taps as part of military honors at local veterans’ funerals for the past 20 years. A few years ago I had the honor of speaking at the Memorial Day service at the Maplewood Cemetery. That day I shared…
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General ManagerMay 23, 2016If you haven’t notice already, today’s edition of the Star Herald has a number of mentions of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. Today’s editorial reminds us of the many blessings we have as free citizens because of the sacrifices that tens of thousands of American servicemen and servicewomen have given to our country. Those sacrifices were not only for our benefit but also for the benefit of…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerMay 09, 2016You know, sometimes no matter how well you plan something, sometimes things can go ... well, not as planned. Such a scenario happened to our daughter a couple of weeks ago. Emily, who lives in Des Moines, Iowa, was hosting a Garth Brooks concert gathering for her brother and his wife and her sister and her husband. Weeks, if not months, of planning went into this get-together. Tickets were bought…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerApril 25, 2016They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but I am here to tell you this old dog can still be trained. I was on a sales call at Cragoe Realty last week and it’s not unusual for Gene Cragoe and me to get enthralled in a conversation about this, that or the other thing. Well, last week we had one of those conversations, and about midway through discussing the topic of the day, Gene leans over…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerApril 11, 2016Now that the NCCA Tournament and the Master’s Golf Tournament are over, it’s back to work for all of you. I include myself when I say that. All I can say is I hope you fared better on your pools than I did. ----- Just an FYI — the citywide trash pickup starts next week. Be sure to follow the rules for what you can haul to the curb and how to sort your junk. If you are like me and drive around…
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