Editorials
- February 21, 2023This week Minnesotans honors bus drivers across the state with “School Bus Driver Appreciation Day” on Wednesday, Feb. 22, to draw attention to these dedicated professionals and to the statewide bus driver shortage. Rock County’s list of school bus drivers report for duty in the Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek districts. Luverne school bus drivers include Brad Goembel, Scott Adams. Keith Brandt,…
- February 14, 2023Parents need to understand the prevalence of e-cigarette use, also known as vaping, and the serious health risks they pose to young people. Vaping comes in many forms: e-cigarettes, pen mods, box mod kits, pod mods (JUUL), which may sound foreign to some, but are everyday terms among youth. They look like pens or flash drives or are disguised as watches or tucked into the sleeve of a hoodie,…
- By Craig Oftedahl, Luverne Public Schools SuperintendentFebruary 07, 2023Seven dedicated individuals devote time and energy, making sure Luverne Public Schools is helping every child learn at a high level. The Minnesota School Boards Association has set February as Minnesota School Board Recognition Month to build awareness and understanding of the vital function elected school board members play in our society. We here in Luverne are joining other public school…
- January 31, 2023Feb. 6-1o is National School Counselors Week, a time to focus attention on the contributions of school counselors in education. Sponsored by American School Counselors Association, the week highlights the impact school counselors have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. According to Luverne Elementary School Counselor Marie-Atkinson Smeins, children are experiencing…
- January 24, 2023Thumbs up — to snowplow drivers and snow removal crews fighting a non-stop battle this winter. Thumbs up — to law enforcement, first responders, utility workers and others who work in winter conditions to keep people safe. Thumbs down — to those who drive on closed roads in the winter. They put themselves and others at risk by doing so and can delay the opening of the roads if they become…
- January 10, 2023Rock County’s recent heavy snow created headache and hardship for many people attempting to travel – and even depart their blocked garages and driveways. This week’s Star Herald chronicles the efforts of professional snow movers and shares images of snow blowing, snow shoveling and snow piles of mammoth proportions. The sheer volume of snow last week was the third largest in recent history,…
- December 27, 2022Happy New Year, Star Herald readers. We in the newsroom find satisfaction in reviewing and highlighting the top stories of the year in our final December edition. It shows we have progressive and ambitious local leaders and residents, and it shows our news team takes our work seriously in documenting big things, whether good news or bad. At a glance, this year’s top stories include: •PrairiE Loft…
- December 20, 2022Christians believe “God so loved the world that he gave his only son” to take away the sins of the world (John 3:16), and as such, we celebrate the arrival of Jesus as told in the Bible’s second chapter of Luke: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. … And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of…
- December 13, 2022It’s no secret that citizens, businesses and organizations in Luverne and Rock County are among the most generous in the nation. It’s a badge we proudly bear on occasions when told our Dollars for Scholars is second in the nation (first in terms of scholarship amounts awarded per student) or when we learn our little community raises more money for the American Cancer Society than most cities…
- December 05, 2022The Luverne Area Chamber’s annual meeting is Monday night, and it will be a time for board members, businesses and individuals to reflect on the organization’s mission and accomplishments. Looking at the agenda, it appears the past year has seen a dizzying level of community events to promote the town. For example, in 2022 the Chamber and its partners: ·Welcomed approximately 6,000 visitors to…
- By Jessica Campos, Center for Rural AffairsNovember 29, 2022This holiday season, pitching in to support a small business may be easier than you think. Many small towns are proud to feature a vibrant main street, and rightfully so. Busy storefronts are a sign of activity and growth. They also indicate strong community support. But not every small business gets their start in a brick-and-mortar location. With the popularity of online shopping, more small…
- November 21, 2022The Rock County Star Herald is again facilitating a holiday campaign to send Christmas greetings to deployed military men and women serving the United States around the world. After the first campaign in 2019, more than 600 letters were mailed through the Star Herald’s lighted display in the city park. We are again collecting letters for service people at our lighted display at the park, and…
- By Sue Abderholden, director, Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental IllnessNovember 15, 2022World Kindness Day was Nov.13, a day that more than ever before needs recognition. Here at NAMI Minnesota, we’ve been promoting “Space and grace,” to give others space to err, to be upset or mad. It means giving others grace so that our response to them is not filled with anger or frustration. When we respond with grace and space, we actually feel better – because we have responded with kindness…
- October 25, 2022Politics have a way of bringing out the worst in people, and that’s never been truer than in the wake of the 2020 election. Online conspiracy theories and unfounded allegations of voter fraud are still widely believed by many who feel their candidates had their elections “stolen” from them. We’ve grown accustomed to reading these sentiments on social media and even in a few random letters to the…
- October 18, 2022We at the Star Herald take seriously our role in educating voters as they navigate their options for the Nov. 8 General Election. In the Luverne School District, voters will choose school board members from a crowded ballot of 18 candidates, and residents in Ward 2 of the City of Luverne will choose one of two candidates seeking to represent them on the Luverne City Council. Voters in the cities…
- By Kari Voss-Drost, Southwest Crisis Center assistant directorOctober 11, 2022This past weekend I was in line at a concession stand when a guy standing behind me started harassing the woman at the front of the line. As he did so, he laughed and rhetorically asked, “If you can’t verbally abuse your neighbor, who can you?” The answer is, “No one.” Whether it is verbal, physical, sexual or psychological, violence and abuse is never OK. Now, I understand that the man thought…
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