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  • Workers with G&D Viking Glass, Sioux Falls, install a new street level entryway at the historic Palace Theatre in Luverne Tuesday. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    Historic Palace Theatre gets safer entry
    By Lori Sorenson
    April 03, 2024
    Workers with G&D Viking Glass, Sioux Falls, showed up Tuesday morning at the historic Palace Theatre in Luverne to install a new street level entry. The work follows years of planning and design to make the 109-year-old doorway safer in winter months when snow and moisture cause the decorative tile to get slippery. The Palace at one time used removable doors in winter months to keep out…
  • Magie Wieneke, the new Rock County Community Library assistant director, works on inter-library loan requests from the Plum Creek Library System. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
    New assistant director hired at library
    By Mavis Fodness
    January 31, 2024
    Magie Wieneke is the new assistant director of the Rock County Community Library, replacing Barb Verhey who recently retired after more than 48 years. Wieneke said she’s not sure she’ll stay as long as her predecessor, but she’s found her passion. “I’ve always been an avid reader, and the chance to be around books and have my finger on the pulse of all new releases is thrilling,” she said. “…
  • The proposed 57,400 square-foot Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School will face southeast with access to the parking lot off the newly named Patriot Lane. Rendering courtesy of ATSR Inc.
    Bids are in for new H-BC elementary school building in Beaver Creek
    By Mavis Fodness
    December 20, 2023
    Bid opening for the new Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School will test cost estimates that school officials, architects and construction managers have been working on for months. Sarah Fox, architect with ATSR, led the design process. “Most important is to get the school built on budget,” she said. Bids were set to be opened at 2 p.m. Tuesday after the Star Herald’s press deadline. Bid…
  • 1958: New dial telephone training begins
    By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    May 28, 2019
    The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958.   Phone Subscribers Will Get Call Explaining Dial System          Starting Monday, April 14, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company will start calling all Luverne telephone customers, according to N. C. Johnson, local manager.          “The reason for these calls is to explain the new dial service which will start Sunday, May 4…
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