Star Herald issues 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' to recent happenings

Thumbs up to local electric utility workers for their round-the-clock work at Luverne’s power plant to man the back-up generator that was called into service.
Thumbs up also to Luverne city leaders who had the foresight to maintain an independent power source for the community.
Thumbs down to climate change deniers. Our Arctic cap is melting, it’s snowing on the beaches of the Gulf, and our entire West Coast is either on fire or in chronic drought. But OK. Climate change is a hoax.
Thumbs down to the party that called 911 as a possible joke. It’s no joke that dozens of firemen, first responders and law enforcement personnel dropped everything Friday to search for snowmobile accident victims that didn’t exist. It’s a crime to misuse 911 and we hope the perpetrators are prosecuted.
Thumbs up to the first responders and medical professionals who played a role in 3-year-old accident victim Nora Matthiesen’s recovery. It’s a relief to follow up this bad news story with a good news feature about a remarkable and somewhat miraculous recovery.
Thumbs down to political signage in boulevards and along highways. The election is over (for those who believe in free and fair elections) and it’s time to move on. Plus, it’s the law. They were supposed to be gone Nov. 13.
Thumbs up to city staff for displaying American flags on Presidents Day. It must have been a frigid job to put them up that day, but Old Glory looked wonderful lining the street under sunshine and blue skies. It’s uplifting to be part of a community that takes pride in patriotism.
Thumbs up to the water departments whose crews fixed broken water mains caused by the recent stint of high temperatures in the negatives.