2022
Two seats are up for election Nov. 8 on the Hills City Council.
Incumbents Alan Leenderts and Vickie Busswitz filed for re-election to the four-year seats. They are challenged by Brian Kraayenhof, Cory Metzger and Dusty Seachris.
The Star Herald recently sent questionnaires to the candidates asking...
Dispatch report
Oct. 7
•Assistance from another department was provided westbound on Interstate 90, mile marker 18, Luverne.
Oct. 8
•A fire call was received at 70th Avenue, Hills.
•Public urination was reported on E. Brown Street.
Oct. 9
•Complainant on County Road 4, Luverne, reported an...
Children (and adults) at the Luverne Volunteer Fire Department open house during National Fire Prevention Week were able to climb onto the large red trucks and use a fire hose to knock rubber ducks off pylons. The Thursday night, Oct. 13, event included hotdogs, chips and cookies for those at the...
It is Monday and the wind has been and is making short work of our beautiful fall color. That is not unusual for this part of the plains. That is why I encourage those of us who live here to take a picture or two of how amazing the fall color can be on a sunny day before it is demolished by the...
The 4-2 Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots won their biggest football game so far this season Friday, Oct. 14, in Lamberton when they took down the 4-2 Red Rock Central Falcons in a convincing 22-0 victory.
The win put the Patriots in a good position for the Section 3 nine-man playoffs and proved they can...
The LHS girls’ tennis team competed in the first two rounds of the Section 3A individual tournament in Sioux Falls Thursday, Oct. 13.
Luverne had two individuals playing singles and two doubles teams competing for the right to move on to semifinals and finals that were scheduled to be played...
Open day of 2022 pheasant hunting season was Oct. 15. I hosted Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in Worthington that weekend. It was quite an event. There were media outlets of all kinds in town for the event. Many of those hunted on the public lands of southwest Minnesota.
Finding a good hunting spot on...
The Luverne Cardinals football team fell to the Fairmont Cardinals Thursday night in Fairmont where the hosts took a 7-6 lead into halftime and outscored Luverne 21-0 in the second half to earn a 28-6 victory.
With the loss, Luverne moves to 4-3 on the season.
The story of the game for Luverne was...
The Duff Dog Backyard Ultra attracted 17 athletes to the Blue Mounds State Park Saturday, Oct. 15.
Last year Luverne’s David Duffy hosted his first “ultra” running event that challenges athletes to complete 100 miles in one day.
There were seven participants in the 2021 event, so Duffy said he was...
Luverne cross country boys’ and girls’ varsity teams won at their home Luverne Invitational Thursday, Oct. 6.
It was a narrow win for the LHS girls, with the Cardinals beating Canby-Minneota by one point. The Luverne boys’ varsity team won by 23 points over Canby-Minneota.
“For them to come away...