Trunk 'n' Treat
Despite the cold and wet conditions, hundreds of trick-or-treaters turned out for Luverne's Annual Halloween Trunk ’n Treat event at the school parking lot Friday evening.
H-BC to construct half track in Hills
Construction will begin next year for a running track at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School in Hills.
Local dispensary opening delayed by statewide supply shortage
On the retail counter in Terry Gray’s “High Fidelity Cannabis” shop is a tidy row of display pods for customers to select their products.
Nearly half of LHS students choose to sing
Choir has become the most popular elective class at Luverne Middle-High School.
Pajamas, popcorn and pals
Discovery Time preschooler Chandler Hamm enjoys a craft project with Dave and Brenda Hamm last week during “
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By Lori SorensonOctober 29, 2025Rock County farmers are hauling in a bumper crop — potentially record-breaking — this harvest season, according to local reports. “This is the biggest harvest I’ve ever seen,” said Miles Brown who manages the Chandler Feed and Grain elevator in Hardwick. Many local producers have seen corn yields this fall of 225 to 275 bushels per acre (upwards of 290 in some fields). Brown said local fields…
November 08, 2025Greg Hoogeveen celebrates 3 years at the Star Herald office on November 8. He answered a few questions about her time at the Star Herald. 1. How did your journey with the Star Herald start? I had known about the position for some time but hesitated to apply for several reason. I had been shooting sports events for several years on my own and finally realized I could get paid to do what I…
November 05, 2025Despite the cold and wet conditions, hundreds of trick-or-treaters turned out for Luverne's Annual Halloween Trunk ’n Treat event at the school parking lot Friday evening. Weather was cold, wet and blustery, but dozens of local businesses and organizations greeted costumed participants from creatively decorated trunks and displays to hand out thousands of pieces of candy.
By Mavis FodnessNovember 05, 2025Construction will begin next year for a running track at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School in Hills. The running track, or half-track, will be built on a grassy area on the west side of the existing school. The H-BC School Board approved moving forward with construction Oct. 27, since funding for the project has now been secured. In October 2023, school board members approved $100,000 toward…- By Lori SorensonNovember 05, 2025Rock County residents who rely on government food assistance payments are in limbo this week after the government shut down affected SNAP benefits. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is administered through the USDA, and the Trump administration has withheld half of SNAP payments from being processed as scheduled. This has some families wondering about future meals and local…
- By Lori SorensonNovember 05, 2025Luverne City Council members took action last month to assess $19,000 worth of unpaid utility bills to property owners in the form of taxes on the property. The council each year reviews unpaid utility bills at a public hearing where property owners can discuss their bills with the council. No one attended the 2025 public hearing during the Oct. 21 City Council meeting where council members…
By Lori SorensonNovember 05, 2025On the retail counter in Terry Gray’s “High Fidelity Cannabis” shop is a tidy row of display pods for customers to select their products. Each of the small jars features a magnifying glass and a vent, allowing shoppers to view the buds and get a whiff of their aroma, The setup is known in the dispensary world as a “bud bar,” and a “budtender” helps shoppers choose among the different strains…- November 05, 2025Fareway Stores Inc. has launched a monthlong initiative throughout November to support individuals and families facing food insecurity in the communities where it does business. “As part of our ongoing commitment to giving back, Fareway is making it easier than ever for customers to help nourish their neighbors,” said Fareway CEO Reynolds Cramer. He said customers can participate in three ways…
- By Kent Thiesse, Farm Management AnalystNovember 05, 2025After months of uncertainty and angst among farmers and grain traders, the new U.S. trade deal with China announced on Oct. 30 provided some stability and certainty to the soybean market. Soybean market prices had struggled for most of 2025 due to a lack of soybean export sales commitments to China and other countries, as well as a fairly large 2025 U.S. soybean crop being projected by USDA in…
- November 05, 2025Gov. Tim Walz last week announced $4 million in new funding for Minnesota food shelves. Funding will provide relief as 440,000 Minnesotans lost grocery benefits through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Minesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) beginning Nov. 1. Amid the federal government shutdown, the United States Department of Agriculture announced that it will not…
By Mavis FodnessNovember 05, 2025Choir has become the most popular elective class at Luverne Middle-High School. Participation has topped 49 percent as 306 students chose learning to sing over any other elective option during the 2025-26 school year. This fall marked a greater-than-normal influx of freshman students — 60 of them — for choir director Seana Graber, who has been teaching music for 36 years. In response, she…
November 05, 2025Discovery Time preschooler Chandler Hamm enjoys a craft project with Dave and Brenda Hamm last week during “Pajamas, Popcorn, & Pals” in Luverne. Discovery Time hosted the event on Oct. 30 and 31 for preschoolers and their special guests. Students wore their favorite pajamas and welcomed their guests for popcorn and a visit of learning and play. Activities included an alphabet search,…
November 05, 2025Nine “trunks” lined Summit Avenue in Hardwick Friday night for the first Hardwick Fire Department “Trunk ’n Treat” event that was successfully conducted between rain showers in temperatures that reached at best into the upper 30s. Organizers are planning to make the “Trunk ’n Treat” in Hardwick an annual event.
By Mavis FodnessOctober 29, 2025Bethlehem Lutheran Church and Tuff Memorial Home, both in Hills, teamed up to provide an afternoon of trick-or-treating fun at the two locations Sunday. For two hours more than a dozen businesses and organizations handed out candy and other treats from car trunks outside on a windy, 65-degree day. Inside, Tuff residents handed out candy from the doorways of their rooms.
October 29, 2025A two-person acting team from CLIMB Theatre was in Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek elementary classrooms last week talking to students about brain health. “Brain health,” they said, is defined as “how the brain affects how we think, feel and act.” They illustrated through skits the difference between a healthy brain (smiling, happy body language) and a brain that’s suffering (slumped shoulders,…- By Mavis FodnessOctober 29, 2025Truth in taxation statements will reach Rock County property owners in late November, and Rock County commissioners encourage landowners to read the mailed documents. Landowners have two years to question the assessments and taxes on the property tax statement in order to receive monetary refund for any overpayment. A Steen resident’s statement has been incorrect for more than 20 years, and he…
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