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This is a scene from the grandstand as the first-grade classrooms take on each other in the tug-of-war competitions. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 14 May 2025

Cardinal Dash marks decade of running for cash

Luverne Elementary students enjoy 70-degree temperatures May 7 for their 10th annual Cardinal Dash, a fundraiser organized by PPIE (Parent Partners in Education).

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A counseling cabin will soon be under construction on the west side of the arena at Rock Ranch near Hills. The cabin will have large windows and an observation deck on each side of the 16-by-16-foot structure. Shared Image
News 14 May 2025

Rock Ranch to build counseling cabin

Rock Ranch’s equine-assisted therapy program is growing, and owners Marie and Dan LaRock are responding to the need.

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Mox VanderLinden (left), Phineas Jarvis, Carter Sterling and Charlotte Swanson feed hay to Benny, one of the Rock Ranch horses. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 14 May 2025

Preschoolers visit Rock Ranch

Students at Discovery Time Preschool in Luverne spent Friday learning about horses and gardening at Rock Ranch near Hills.

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Matt Ebert (far left) talks with Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary students May 7 as part of the district’s Alumni Talks series. Ebert, a 1997 graduate, talked about his high school experiences as well as those experiences as a U.S. assistant attorney in St. Paul. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 14 May 2025

Ebert encourages students to embrace challenges, explore opportunities while at H-BC

H-BC Class of 1997 graduate Matt Ebert returned to his alma mater in Hills on May 7.

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Redbird pitcher Jake Haugen throws the first pitch of the 2025 season to a Pipestone batter at Redbird Field Sunday, May 11. Luverne beat the A’s 11-1 in the game.
Sports Rock County Sports Luverne Sports 14 May 2025

Redbirds win 2025 season opener

The Luverne Redbirds met Pipestone at Redbird Field in Luverne for their season opener Sunday, May 11.

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Cardinal junior Blake Sauer slides into home, beating the throw by Jackson as senior Carter Sehr (back, left) and junior Landyn Lais cheer Sauer on. Luverne beat Jackson 10-0 in the game.
Sports Luverne Sports 14 May 2025

Cardinals baseball team strings three wins in a row

Luverne baseball racked up three more wins to extend their winning streak to eight games in a row.

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News

This is a scene from the grandstand as the first-grade classrooms take on each other in the tug-of-war competitions. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Cardinal Dash marks decade of running for cash
May 14, 2025

Luverne Elementary students enjoy 70-degree temperatures May 7 for their 10th annual Cardinal Dash, a fundraiser organized by PPIE (Parent Partners in Education). After the running event, students went head-to-head with classmates in tug-of-…

Five apply for city cannabis permits by first deadline
By
Lori Sorenson
May 14, 2025

The city of Luverne received five conditional use permit applications for cannabis licensing during the first round of applications that closed Friday, May 9.

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Next sheriff will be appointed
By
Mavis Fodness
May 14, 2025

Commissioners unanimously decided to appoint a replacement for retiring Sheriff Evan Verbrugge, rather than conduct a special election.

Applications for the county sheriff…

A counseling cabin will soon be under construction on the west side of the arena at Rock Ranch near Hills. The cabin will have large windows and an observation deck on each side of the 16-by-16-foot structure. Shared Image
Rock Ranch to build counseling cabin
By
Mavis Fodness
May 14, 2025

Rock Ranch’s equine-assisted therapy program is growing, and owners Marie and Dan LaRock are responding to the need.

A counseling cabin will be constructed this fall, thanks…

H-BC to sell remaining bonds
By
Mavis Fodness
May 14, 2025

The second of two bond sales for the Hills-Beaver Creek School District will take place May 28 and will complete the sale of $29.975 million approved in a 2023 referendum vote.

Board members approved the sale of…

Sports

Redbird pitcher Jake Haugen throws the first pitch of the 2025 season to a Pipestone batter at Redbird Field Sunday, May 11. Luverne beat the A’s 11-1 in the game.
Redbirds win 2025 season opener
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 14, 2025
The Luverne Redbirds met Pipestone at Redbird Field in Luverne for their season opener Sunday, May 11. Redbird Braydon Ripka drove a home run ball over the fence at Redbird Field in the eighth inning to help Luverne take an 11-1 win over Pipestone. With a 5-1 lead after seven innings, Ripka drove…
LHS girls’ track team wins Big South Championship
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 14, 2025
The Luverne girls’ track team won the Big South Conference Small Schools Championship Saturday, May 10, at Paulsen Field in Pipestone. The LHS boys finished in third place behind Jackson and Redwood Valley. The Cardinals posted 10 first-place finishes, 34 personal records, and seven season…
Cardinal junior Blake Sauer slides into home, beating the throw by Jackson as senior Carter Sehr (back, left) and junior Landyn Lais cheer Sauer on. Luverne beat Jackson 10-0 in the game.
Cardinals baseball team strings three wins in a row
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 14, 2025
Luverne baseball racked up three more wins to extend their winning streak to eight games in a row. The Cardinals beat Jackson County Central 10-0 at home Tuesday, May 6, and took two games from St. James 8-1 and 11-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8. LHS is now 14-3 for the season…
Senior Payton Behr, No. 9, strides home and is greeted by her teammates after hitting a home run against Edgerton at home. LHS lost the game 11-1.
Girls’ softball team beats Blue Earth twice, falls to Edgerton and Adrian
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 14, 2025
The Luverne girls’ softball team won two games and fell in two in a busy week of play. LHS beat Blue Earth 18-4 and 19-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8. LHS fell 11-1 to Edgerton at home Friday, May 9, and lost to Adrian 8-7 on the road Monday, May 12. The Cardinals were scheduled…
Luverne junior Elijiah Henrichs serves to his Blue Earth opponent in the No. 4 singles match May 6 at home. Luverne fell 7-0 to the Buccaneers in the meet.
Luverne boys’ tennis team drops four matches
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 14, 2025
The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost four matches this week. Blue Earth topped Luverne 7-0 Tuesday, May 6, at home, Lac qui Parle and Benson both beat Luverne 7-0 at home Saturday, May 10, in a doubleheader, and Fairmont beat LHS 7-0 on the road Monday, May 12. “Benson was our toughest opponent of…
Patriots track team excels at Dick Davidson Invite
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
May 14, 2025
The Patriots varsity track team participated in the Dick Davidson Invitational Thursday, May 8, in Slayton. The H-BC boys’ team placed second with a score of 134, and the girls’ team finished in third with a score of 100 in the team competitions. The Patriot boys’ team placed behind Murray County…

Columns

Be 'flickers of hope' to support light amid dark clouds of hardship
By
Lori Sorenson, editor

There once was a little candle whose flame was beginning to dim.

Her light is dimmed by clouds of hardship: a D-minus in math, social media bullying and the recent loss of her grandmother.…

May 14, 2025
Choices Part 2 focuses on choosing paint
By
RIck Peterson, general manager

This is the second installment in my four-part series of columns on how I feel we have too many choices. My last column dealt with the onslaught of choices regarding barbecue sauces. This week I was overwhelmed by the choices in the world of paint.…

May 14, 2025
How do you think we are doing?
By
Scott Rall, outdoors columnist

So how many of you have even heard of the Land and Legacy Amendment?

Of those of you who recognize the term, how many of you are familiar with what it is and how it operates?

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May 14, 2025
First adventure over, maneuvering mountains is memorable
By
Mavis Fodness, reporter

Yukon Cornelius is the name of the Arctic prospector in the animated holiday special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

It’s also the name we’ve given to our new-to-us GMC…

May 07, 2025

Obituaries

Carol Stroh
May 14, 2025

Carol Lou (Roberts) Stroh was born October 28, 1940, to J.W. “Buddy” Roberts and Elizabeth Ann (Wright) Roberts at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas, Texas.  She graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas, and worked at Dallas Title, Titche Goettinger, Republic…

Audrey Green
May 14, 2025

Audrey Madison Greene, age 82, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Audrey was born on Aug. 4, 1942, in Luverne, Minnesota.

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Elsie Mulligan
May 14, 2025

Elsie Mulligan, age 91, of Luverne, Minnesota, died in the morning hours on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Parkview Manor in Ellsworth, Minnesota.

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Cynthia McDowell
May 14, 2025

Please join us for a celebration of life for Cynthia (Eads) McDowell on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at the Beaver Valley Cemetery, 501 Co Hwy 4, Beaver Creek, MN 56116.

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