2019
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced last week that it had fined Agri-Energy, LLC, $34,000 for exceeding air pollutant emissions and failing to keep required equipment testing and maintenance records.
According to the MPCA enforcement investigation, the violations occurred in July 2019...
Cody Penning, owner of Penning Hauling of Beaver Creek, was fined $9,650 for discharging thousands of gallons of liquid swine manure in 2019.
The discharge occurred in a sensitive drinking water supply area in Clinton Township.
Officials with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) charged...
St. Patrick’s Day parades aren’t typically a big deal in Luverne, but this year it will mark a turning point in a pandemic that’s canceled most forms of community celebration.
“The last parade in Rock County was for the Band Festival in 2019 so we have had a long dry spell,” said Luverne Area...
Area livestock producers are planning three new hog barn sites, three cattle barns and one dairy feedlot expansion for 2020.
Three additional hog barns are in the planning process, according to county feedlot officer Doug Bos, who presented the county’s 2019 Feedlot Summary Report to county...
Seven aggregate and gravel pit operators paid $146,373 in taxes in 2019.
Rock County Auditor-Treasurer Ashley Kurtz released the amounts at the Feb. 18 commissioners meeting.
The self-reported amounts are the highest total collected since 2010 and are $7,378 higher than taxes collected in 2018....
The Luverne Area Community Foundation recently announced its year-end 2019 grant awards in the amount of $24,850.
Community health care grants included:
•Rock County Ag Society $300 for first aid stations.
•Luverne Backpack Program $5,000 for weekend nutrition needs for students.
•Good Samaritan...
The Rock County Star Herald received one group and two individual awards at the Better Newspaper Contest of the 153rd annual convention of the Minnesota Newspaper Association Jan. 30-31 in the Twin Cities.
As a group the Star Herald staff received a third-place award in special sections for their...
Weather conditions have been just right on recent winter mornings in Rock County for hoar frost to form on trees and other vegetation resulting in artistic scenery like this one in northeastern Rock County. Temperatures have remained mild in recent weeks but a cold snap is on the way this week for...
Weather conditions were just right Thursday morning, Dec. 5, in rural Rock County for hoarfrost to form on trees and other vegetation, resulting in art-like scenery, as the Ellis & Eastern train makes its way to Luverne. Temperatures were mild during the past week with daytime temperatures in...
Meetings
Generations meeting will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, in the Generations building. Agenda items include election of board members and approval of revised by-laws.
Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Mondays in the United Methodist Church.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m....