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By Lori Sorenson, editorAugust 20, 2019I got a new keyboard for my Mac at the Star Herald last week, and in addition to being shiny and new (and clean), it has a new sound. A satisfying sound. … Almost like a typewriter, minus the ding of the return cartridge. Clickety clackety clickety clackety … “It sounds very productive,” a fellow news writer observed. My previous keyboard arrived quietly. With little ado. Its plastic casing with…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistAugust 20, 2019Driving in the county on Saturday, I was surprised to see so much wild cucumber vine. It was growing on fences, through trees — especially evergreens — and along creek banks. I even saw it climbing up on corn stalks. Now that it has started blooming, the airy white flowers make it very visible. Yes, it is attractive but realizing its potential to become extremely invasive quickly takes away that…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 20, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 8, 1965 First National Bank To Open In New Location On Monday Moving day for the First National Bank of Luverne is this weekend. First National will move to its new building at Main and McKenzie over the July 10 weekend and will be open for business as usual at the new location Monday morning. The Grand Opening is scheduled for July…
By Rick Peterson, general managerAugust 13, 2019So far after 15 days into the hands-free cellphone while driving era I have had only one near violation. I will admit that more than a few times after my phone rings or pings, I have made the motion to pick it up but resisted it. I suspect the hands-free law will take some time before compliance is the norm, much like the seatbelt law. Remember when the seatbelt law first went into effect? Many…
By Jason BerghorstAugust 13, 2019It may only be August, but I’ve decided to make a wish list. Instead of a Christmas list, however, I’m writing a wish list for Luverne. My guess is many local readers have found themselves saying, “I wish Luverne … ,” so I thought I’d turn my thoughts about that into a column. Luverne already has many things that other small towns might wish for. From the historic Palace and nice restaurants to…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistAugust 13, 2019My trees are dying!!!! I’ve had a few people question the leaf loss of their trees, and most often the trees they are alarmed about are flowering crab trees. This year is exceptional for infection of a fungal disease called scab. The infection starts mid spring, and the first symptom is a black spot on the leaf which most people don’t notice. Later the leaf turns yellow and drops, and that is…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 13, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 8, 1965. Weather Slows Work On County Highway Projects Maintenance Work Behind Schedule, Too The county highway department’s 1965 road building program is being delayed by wet weather, County Engineer Julius Brown said yesterday. In fact, he said, the wet weather is also slowing up the county’s normal maintenance…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterAugust 06, 2019Sometimes a little hope is found floating amid a sea of sadness. For Luverne native Abby Lange, that hope came June 26 when she helped a woman deliver a healthy baby boy. Abby works as a paramedic with Ringdahl Ambulance in Fergus Falls. The unexpected delivery was the result of a 5 a.m. emergency call of a female not feeling well. The ride to the hospital is something that Abby won’t soon forget…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 06, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 1, 1965. TALK ABOUT A WET SPRING- She Pumps Water Every Morning At 3 A. M. To Keep Well From Getting Too Full “It’s the absolute truth,” says Mrs. Elsie Herschberger, Kenneth. “It’s been so wet this spring that I have to get up every morning at 3 o’clock to pump out my well, or it gets too full.” It’s no…
By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota Highway PatrolJuly 30, 2019Question: With the upcoming new hands-free law that is effective August 1, can a teen that is under 18 years old and has a driver’s permit or provisional driver’s license use their phone in hands-free mode? Answer: The new hands-free law does not change anything for teens under 18 with a driver’s permit or provisional driver’s license: They cannot make or answer calls while driving (hand-held or…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJuly 30, 2019If you watch any baseball on television, you may have heard from time to time the announcer will talk about the unwritten rules of baseball. One of those rules is you don’t steal a base when your team is up by 6 or 7 runs late in the game. The same holds true for bunting for a base hit to break up a no-hitter late in the late inning of the game. That got me thinking about the unwritten rules of…
By Brenda Winter, columnistJuly 30, 2019“How hard can it be,” is a phrase that has allowed me to stay married, to have kids, to buy rental property, to homeschool, to direct a play, to travel in China, and last week it allowed me to serve as the camp chaplain at a camp for kids in foster care. How hard can it be? It got hard when all 52 of them stepped off the bus. They were not the mini-thugs I was expecting. Some of them were little…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 30, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 1, 1965. Record Crowd Attends Hills 75th Jubilee Biggest crowd to gather in Hills during its 75-year history was on hand for the Diamond Jubilee cele-bration Tuesday night. Parking space for late comers could be found only at the village’s extreme limits. Weather cooperated, and now it was a day of fun and interest…
By George Bonnema, Luverne HorticulturalistJuly 30, 2019It seems that my sprayer has been in my hand for most of the summer. Wet is good to a certain extent and then it becomes an ongoing invitation to blight and fungus infections that are hard to control, and that is where I am right now … so the battle continues. I am seeing a lot of the lower leaves of fall-blooming purple dome asters turning yellow and dry. Most often this is the symptom of damage…- By Michael Walgrave, Rock County Land Management technicianJuly 23, 2019“If civilization is to avoid a long decline, like the one that has blighted North Africa or the Near East for 13 centuries, society must be born again out of an economy of exploitation into an economy of conservation.” — W.C. Lowdermilk, former Assistant Chief of Soil Conservation Service and author of “Conquest of the Land Through 7,000 Years.” Armor the Land Attend Aug. 1 Cover Crop ‘How To…
By Lori SorensonJuly 23, 2019Pain is part of being human, and the hard lessons we learn from pain often help shape us into better people. There are entire Pinterest pages of inspiring quotes about living and growing through pain, and most of them — most of the time — make sense. “At the end of every dark storm there is a bright rainbow,” for example. But what does this mean for those who live with chronic physical pain?…
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