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Luverne Senior Legion second baseman Alex Schlosser brings down a tag on a Madison base runner Tuesday, June 24, at Redbird Field. Trailing 4-2 after six innings, Luverne scored three runs in the seventh inning for the win.
Sports Luverne Sports 2 July 2025

Luverne Senior Legion goes 2-2

The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team won two games and fell twice this past week.

Luverne beat Madison 5-4 Tuesday, June 24, at home.

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Morgan Nath-Huls, a Luverne 14U player, reaches for a throw from her catcher to try to tag out a Titan player sliding into home Saturday, June 28, at the Riverside Diamonds in Luverne.
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Luverne hosts “Bash-A-Rama” softball tournament

 

 

The Luverne Softball Association hosted the 2025 Bash-A-Rama tournament June 28-29 in Luverne.

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The July 17 soil health field day will be at the farm of Eugene Halbur pictured Monday in no-tilled soybeans on his farm near Jasper. He’s been no-tilling crops for six years. Lori Sorenson/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 2 July 2025

Field day to share latest in soil health

Area farmers will have an opportunity to learn the latest in soil health management at a July 17 field day near Jasper.

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News 2 July 2025

Hundreds attend annual event

Mother Nature offered a break in rainy weather Tuesday evening for the community’s annual Touch A Truck event in the Luverne Middle School/High School parking lot.

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Hills-Beaver Creek robotics team (from left) Ryker Gehrke, Lily Fick, Penni Moore, Eva Hubbard, Arya Tollefson, Bentley Cleveland, Noah Engelkes, Ian Lingen, Elaina Bos and Nora Tatge pose at the team’s “pit” during the WPI Annual First LEGO League event June 13-15 in Worchester, Massachusetts. Shared image
News 2 July 2025

H-BC robotics team earns 'motivate' award at national competition

Ten Hills-Beaver Creek middle school students recently returned from Massachusetts where they competed in a national robotics event June 13-15.

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News

Luverne to celebrate Nutcracker Festival next week, July 9-12
By
Lori Sorenson
July 02, 2025

Luverne will celebrate its status as “Nutcracker Capital of the World” next week with a full slate of Nutcracker Festival events and activities.

There will be nutcracker beer, the Wooden…

Four-day event stages around July 10 Hot Dog Night
By
Lori Sorenson
July 02, 2025

Luverne will celebrate its 63rd annual Hot Dog Night Thursday, July 10, with local businesses serving over 15,000 free hot dogs and beverages starting at 5:30 p.m.

The event started in 1962 as a customer…

Angela Nolz, Sanford Luverne behavioral health specialist and integrated health therapist (from left), is pictured with behavioral health professionals Suzie Walgrave and Brianna Halse. Walgrave, a nurse practitioner in Luverne, recently became certified as a mental health practitioner with a subspecialty in psychiatry. Halse is a behavioral health counselor who works with patients of all ages but is also a registered play therapist.
Sanford adds mental health staff
By
Jason Berghorst
July 02, 2025

Sanford Luverne recently expanded behavioral health care services at the local clinic. 

Suzie Walgrave, who is a nurse practitioner in Luverne, recently became certified as a mental health practitioner with a…

Ordinances target bonfires, rummages
By
Jason Berghorst
July 02, 2025

The Luverne City Council recently approved two new ordinances, one related to recreational fires and the other to rummage sales.

Both ordinances, recommended by city staff, passed unanimously on roll call votes…

Sports

Luverne Senior Legion second baseman Alex Schlosser brings down a tag on a Madison base runner Tuesday, June 24, at Redbird Field. Trailing 4-2 after six innings, Luverne scored three runs in the seventh inning for the win.
Luverne Senior Legion goes 2-2
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
July 02, 2025
The Luverne Senior Legion baseball team won two games and fell twice this past week. Luverne beat Madison 5-4 Tuesday, June 24, at home. At the New Ulm tournament, Mankato National Legion beat Luverne 7-2 Friday, June 27, in their first game. In the second game Luverne took down Omaha West 5-3…
Morgan Nath-Huls, a Luverne 14U player, reaches for a throw from her catcher to try to tag out a Titan player sliding into home Saturday, June 28, at the Riverside Diamonds in Luverne.
Luverne hosts “Bash-A-Rama” softball tournament
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
July 02, 2025
    The Luverne Softball Association hosted the 2025 Bash-A-Rama tournament June 28-29 in Luverne. Thirty-two area teams participated in the two-day event at Joe Roberts and Riverside East diamonds. Four brackets of teams, 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U played throughout the weekend in “Competitive and…
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Luverne Junior Legion 9 and 10 teams take on Pipestone in Luverne
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
July 02, 2025
The Luverne Junior Legion 9 and 10 teams played a double-header against Pipestone Monday, June 30, at Redbird Field. The Junior Legion 9 game ended in a 5-5 tie after four innings, and the Luverne Junior Legion 10 team beat Pipestone 12-1 after 5 1/2 innings. Legion 10 was scheduled to take on…
Redbirds
Redbirds beat Hadley 8-1
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
July 02, 2025
The Luverne Redbirds beat the Hadley Buttermakers 8-1 Sunday, June 29, on the road. Luverne opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning with three runs. Braydon Ripka, Jake Haugen and Will Serie each crossed home plate once in the inning. The Redbirds tacked on another four runs in the top…
Race
Local race results
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
July 02, 2025
The results of racing events for June 27-29 are listed. Drivers with ties to Rock County are included.   Rapid Speedway June 27 -  Rock Rapids, IA Sportsmen #21 Larry Kracht, Magnolia – placed sixth in A Feature, finished fourth in Heat 2. #17 Brandon Boeve, Beaver Creek – placed 11th in A…
Redbird player Blake Sauer slides safely into home plate Wednesday, June 18, as teammate Derek Lundgren watches from the batter’s box. The Redbirds beat the Worthington Cubs 9-0 at home, in the game.
Redbirds capture two wins
By
Greg Hoogeveen, sports editor
June 25, 2025
The Luverne Redbirds captured two big wins and now stand at 4-4 for the season. Luverne beat the Worthington Cubs 9-0 June 18 at home and the Heron Lake Lakers 17-8 June 22 on the road. The Redbirds were rescheduled to host Hadley Wednesday, June 25. They are on the road Friday, June 27, versus…

Columns

Optimism prevails despite predictable fate of porch blooms
By
Lori Sorenson, editor

I rescued some clearance-priced begonias at Bomgaars a few weeks ago, despite completing spring planting in mid-May.

The perky pink blossoms are the perfect spot of color in the wicker planter near our patio…

July 02, 2025
1963: Family Night gathering is Saturday
By
Betty Mann, Rock County Historian

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 7, 1963.

 

N.F.O. Family Night will be held February 9…

July 02, 2025
Does it work or not?
By
Scott Rall, outdoors columnist

It was that time of year again when I needed to take the herd of dogs I own to the vet for some routine shots.

Not that this is a new thing by any means.  I normally have had at least four dogs at my house since…

July 02, 2025
The Pidaparti family (from left) Surya, Deviana and Snigdha of Maple Grove visit the Prairie Rose Wind Farm near Hardwick in late May. Their visit began from an email to this reporter. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Seeing wind farm through the eyes of a 5-year-old
By
Mavis Fodness, reporter

An email landed in my inbox last fall simply titled “Wind Turbine Visit.”

The author was a Maple Grove dad whose daughter is enamored with wind turbines.

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June 25, 2025

Obituaries

Marlyn Roberts
July 02, 2025

Marlyn F. Roberts, age 79, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at the Royal C. Johnson VA Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Memorial…

Linda Bork
June 25, 2025

Linda S. Bork, age 79, of Rapid City, South Dakota, formerly of Luverne and Edgerton, Minnesota, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Monday, June 16, 2025, surrounded by her family at Monument Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota.…

Vance Kohl
June 25, 2025

Vance L. Kohl, 87, of the town of Eagle Point, Wisconsin, died Saturday, December 21, 2024, surrounded by family at Our House Senior Living, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and under the care of St. Croix Hospice.

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Marlyn Roberts
June 25, 2025

Marlyn F. Roberts, age 79, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at the Royal C. Johnson VA Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Memorial visitation was…

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