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The “Nutcracker Story” opens on Christmas Eve in a small German town in the 1820s. Among the party guests invited to Claire’s family home are local dancers Aubrie Timmer, Kaleah Woods and Gracelyn Koenig, who danced in the Friday afternoon performance. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 11 December 2024

Local dancers bring 'Nutcracker Story' to life

Seventeen children from the Luverne Spotlight Dancers joined the 35-member Youth Dance Ensemble, based in the Twin Cities, for two performances of the “Nutcracker

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Members of the Women’s Giving Circle celebrated their first year of presenting grants Monday at the Take 16 Event Center. Over the past year, 86 women pooled resources to raise $28,750, and they dispersed six grants totaling $24,000 Monday night. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 11 December 2024

Women's Giving Circle celebrates first year, disperses $24,000 in grants

Members of the Women’s Giving Circle in Luverne handed out more than $24,000 to local charity Monday night for their 2024 “Celebration of Grants” at the Take 16 Event Center.

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Bryce Niessink and Janice Fick volunteered as Santa and Mrs. Claus for the Myhre Studio photographs that Jim Juhl and Brenda Winter do as a fundraiser for Generations. Here, the jolly couple pose with Andy and Cami Duron-Veguilla. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 11 December 2024

Luverne Community and visitors celebrate annual Winterfest

Hundreds of people celebrated the annual Winterfest weekend in Luverne Friday through Sunday.

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Audience members react to the library puppets on stage. Pictured (from left) are Breanna Schilling holding Finley Schilling, Taborah Nelson holding Gideon Nelson, Isaac Nelson, Daya Schilling, Gabby Grijalva, Brynnley Klarenbeek, Rylann Roozenboom, Eric Richters and Jackson Sparks. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 11 December 2024

Library staff presents 'Mysterious Christmas'

Lots of holiday excitement was generated Friday morning during the annual puppet show presented by Rock County Library staff as part of Winter Fest weekend in Luve

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Landon Ahrendt, an LHS senior, drives the lane for a layup against Marshall Friday, Dec. 6, in Luverne. Ahrendt had 11 points and seven rebounds against the Tigers in a 71-59 loss.
Sports Luverne Sports 11 December 2024

LHS boys’ basketball team splits games at home

The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished the past week 1-1 against two conference teams in their first two home games.

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Patriots junior Abbie Harris mirrors a Charger player as she works the ball to half-court in Hills Tuesday, Dec. 3. Harris posted nine points and four rebounds in the game. Westbrook-Walnut Grove won the game 46-40.
Sports Hills-Beaver Creek Sports 11 December 2024

H-BC girls’ basketball team beats Edgerton, falls to Westbrook-Walnut Grove

The Patriots girls’ basketball team is 1-1 after their first two games of the 2024-25 season.

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News

The “Nutcracker Story” opens on Christmas Eve in a small German town in the 1820s. Among the party guests invited to Claire’s family home are local dancers Aubrie Timmer, Kaleah Woods and Gracelyn Koenig, who danced in the Friday afternoon performance. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Local dancers bring 'Nutcracker Story' to life
December 11, 2024

Seventeen children from the Luverne Spotlight Dancers joined the 35-member Youth Dance Ensemble, based in the Twin Cities, for two performances of the “Nutcracker Story” Friday and Saturday in the performing arts center in Luverne. The story…

Mental health center to close doors in Luverne
By
Mavis Fodness
December 11, 2024

Rock County residents seeking mental health services will have one less option beginning Jan. 1.

The Southwestern Mental Health Center (SWMH) office in Luverne will close to…

Day care director hired
By
Lori Sorenson
December 11, 2024

A new child care director started Nov. 25 at Luverne’s Kids Rock! Child Care Center that will open next spring.

Sara Robinson comes to Luverne from Tea, South Dakota, where she was directing a child care center…

Giant nutcracker assembly waits for parts
By
Lori Sorenson
December 11, 2024

The Walgrave family provided a construction update on the “world’s tallest nutcracker” Monday during the Luverne Area Chamber annual meeting.

Groundbreaking was in the fall of 2023 and an 8-foot-tall concrete…

Members of the Women’s Giving Circle celebrated their first year of presenting grants Monday at the Take 16 Event Center. Over the past year, 86 women pooled resources to raise $28,750, and they dispersed six grants totaling $24,000 Monday night. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Women's Giving Circle celebrates first year, disperses $24,000 in grants
By
Lori Sorenson
December 11, 2024

Members of the Women’s Giving Circle in Luverne handed out more than $24,000 to local charity Monday night for their 2024 “Celebration of Grants” at the Take 16 Event Center.

Treasurer Emily Crabtree of the…

Sports

LHS senior Levi Gonnerman skates past the Waseca goalie toward a puck behind the net Dec. 7, in Luverne. Luverne and Waseca ended the game in a 3-3 tie after one period of overtime play.
LHS boys’ hockey 4-0-1 after Waseca 3-3 tie in OT
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 11, 2024
The Luverne Cardinals boys’ hockey team notched two wins and one tie over the past week. The Cardinals beat Marshall 4-2 Tuesday, Dec. 3, and Redwood Valley 11-2 Thursday, Dec. 5, and they tied Waseca 3-3 after an eight-minute overtime period. Under new head coach Tony Sandbulte, Luverne pulled…
LHS senior Amira Cowell approches a tumbling pass in her floor routine Thursday, Dec. 5, in Luverne. Cowell won the all-around and took first place in all four events in the meet. LHS beat Blue Earth 132.375 to 125.850.
Luverne gymnasts beat Blue Earth, Cowell takes all-around
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 11, 2024
The Luverne gymnastics team hosted Blue Earth Thursday, Dec. 5, beating the Buccaneers 132.375 to 125.850 in varsity team competition. “I thought the girls did an amazing job on Thursday,” head coach Phoebe Flom said. “The first meet is always tough and we never feel ready, but they did better…
Junior forward Ella Apel works the puck toward Waseca’s goalie Saturday, Dec. 7, at home. Apel scored two goals and had one assist in the game. Luverne finished the game with a 5-2 win.
Luverne girls’ hockey goes 2-1 in conference matchups
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 11, 2024
The Cardinals girls’ hockey team collected two wins and one loss in three conference games this past week. Marshall beat Luverne 5-1 on the road Tuesday, Dec. 3, and Luverne defeated the Windom Eagles 5-1 Thursday, Dec. 5, in Windom. The Cardinals won over Waseca 5-2 at home Saturday, Dec. 7.…
Landon Ahrendt, an LHS senior, drives the lane for a layup against Marshall Friday, Dec. 6, in Luverne. Ahrendt had 11 points and seven rebounds against the Tigers in a 71-59 loss.
LHS boys’ basketball team splits games at home
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 11, 2024
The Luverne boys’ basketball team finished the past week 1-1 against two conference teams in their first two home games. The Cardinals beat Pipestone 62-59 Tuesday, Dec. 3, and they lost 71-59 to Marshall Friday, Dec. 6. “The first game of a season can get a little sloppy,” head coach John…
Patriots junior Abbie Harris mirrors a Charger player as she works the ball to half-court in Hills Tuesday, Dec. 3. Harris posted nine points and four rebounds in the game. Westbrook-Walnut Grove won the game 46-40.
H-BC girls’ basketball team beats Edgerton, falls to Westbrook-Walnut Grove
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 11, 2024
The Patriots girls’ basketball team is 1-1 after their first two games of the 2024-25 season. The Lady Pates hosted Westbrook-Walnut Grove Tuesday, Dec. 3, falling 46-40 to the Chargers, and they traveled to Edgerton Friday, Dec. 6, and beat the Flying Dutchmen 61-41. The Patriots have a busy…
Sophomore grappler Matthew Gangestad holds up a banner honoring his 50th career win at the Flandreau Tournament Saturday, Dec. 7.
Bernie and CeCe Rock place first in weekend invites
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
December 11, 2024
The Luverne Cardinals went on the road over the past week for their first wrestling matches of the 2024-45 season. The girls’ team traveled to Hector Saturday, Dec. 7, for the Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Invite where LHS took ninth place out of 18 teams. The boys’ team…

Columns

My son is the mayor of Lismore
By
Mavis Fodness, reporter

Results from last month’s general election may have surprised many, but no one was more surprised than I was.

Come January, my oldest son, Andrew, will be sworn in as the…

December 11, 2024
Star Media makes impact over two (short) months
By
RIck Peterson, general manager

It’s been just a little over two months since the Rock County Star Herald introduced you to Star Media, our way to expand our presence beyond the printed page.

Star Media aired its first…

December 11, 2024
Ask a Trooper: Do not pass vehicle stopped for railroad crossing
By
Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State Patrol

Question: Every once in a while, I notice some vehicles stop in the road at the railroad tracks when nothing is coming. Can I pass them when they do this?

Answer:…

December 11, 2024
Black Friday, indeed!
By
Brenda Winter, columnist

It was early on a Friday morning and still dark in Luverne, Minnesota. Six a.m. was too early for even the sun to be up. It was so dark they called it “Black Friday.”

I was snuggled into my fluffy winter bathrobe…

December 04, 2024

Obituaries

Beatrice Hamann
December 11, 2024

Beatrice “Betty” Ann Hamann, age 88, of Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born Oct. 3, 1936, in Luverne, to George and Agness (Nergaard) McClure.…

Doris Rockman
December 11, 2024

Doris Eleanore Rockman  passed peacefully on Nov. 30, 2024.

She was born on March 27, 1924, to Ed and Emma Anderson in Vesta Township, Redwood Falls…

Robert Bartholomaus
December 04, 2024

Robert “Bob” Bartholomaus, age 88, of Clarion passed away Nov. 24, 2024, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Bob Bartholomaus was at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2,…

Harold Kruger
December 04, 2024

Harold Floyd Kruger, age 85, of Beaver Creek, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

He was born Sept. 7, 1939, in Adrian, to…

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