From parched to drenched
Harvest is in full swing for much of Rock County this week, marking the final stretch of what’s arguably been a challenging growing season.
Highway 75 project proceeds (almost) on schedule
Contractors have been given a five-day extension on completion deadlines due to September’s frequent rainy weather.
H-BC School Board Candidates share priorities
There are five candidates seeking election to four open seats on the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board.
The Loft after-school program helps kids find community
Starting at 3:20 p.m. on the dot, the quiet halls of First Presbyterian Church in Luverne start to fill with the noise of children.
Luverne preliminary levy set to rise 7.12%
Luverne City Council members are proposing a 7.12% levy increase for taxes payable in 2027.
Adrian reporter to contribute to Star Herald
The Rock County Star Herald is expanding its coverage area east toward Adrian, and Deb Kroon will be the face of those stories for the Star Herald news team.
News
- By Lori SorensonMay 17, 2022The Schomackers announced Monday that they’re expanding their Home Galleries business into the Sewing Basket next door, and the Sewing Basket will move down the street to the Mall on Main. “We need more space,” Tony Schomacker said Monday morning. “It gives us more room to expand our offering of fabrics and sewing machines.” He said the Sewing Basket was getting crowded, and the Home Galleries is…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 17, 2022Weather events and cold soil temperatures over the past month have delayed the spring planting schedule throughout Minnesota. Rock County farmers returned to the fields in earnest Monday, trying to get the corn and soybean seed into the ground before another event arrives in the area. Last week the state’s farmers spent 2.4 days in the field, according to the latest crop report. Nick Overgaard…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 17, 2022The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking volunteers to monitor the state’s more than 12,000 lakes and 92,000 miles of streams for water quality. These include several high priority sites in Rock County, and the agency is recruiting residents for its popular Volunteer Water Monitoring Program. The volunteers measure water clarity at various locations along the Rock River and the creeks of…
- By Lori SorensonMay 17, 2022Luverne native Martha Helen Schmidt has composed a setting of Minnesota poet Bill Holm’s “Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death,” a musical tribute to Holm that premieres Saturday in Minneapolis. Schmidt, a composer and educator from Minneapolis, stopped in Luverne Monday ahead of Tuesday’s preview performance at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. The production also features…
- By Lori SorensonMay 17, 2022Voters in Minnesota’s first congressional district will choose from 20 candidates in four different party affiliations on the upcoming May 24 special primary election. Minnesota’s District 1 seat is currently vacant due to the passing of Congressman Jim Hagedorn in February. Winning candidates from the May 24 primary will move on to the general election on Aug. 9. Democratic-Farmer Labor party…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 17, 2022Big changes await students entering sixth grade at Hills-Beaver Creek High School this fall. School board members supported the administrators’ recommendation to move to an education structure where students will now follow an eight-period day with electives. “It seems like a big thing,” said board member Tim Bosch at the May 9 meeting. “It’s just a few more teachers with more responsibility on…
- By Lori SorensonMay 17, 2022There is an empty lot in Beaver Creek where the 125-foot-tall wooden grain elevator once stood. Demolition crews have been chipping away at the iconic landmark for the past several weeks, and construction will start soon on a new commodities office and truck scale being built in its place. “Everything is in good shape, and we are still on schedule to be operational for harvest,” said New Vision…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 17, 2022Once a year, Luverne Pizza Ranch employee Dawn Cope throws pizza dough in the air. “We generally hand-spread the dough,” said Ranch owner Lila Bauer. But on the days when the Luverne Elementary kindergarten classes visit, Cope is encouraged to spin the pizza dough in the air and catch the stretched dough in her hands before it hits the ground. Giggles erupted from the last of the four classes to…
- May 17, 2022Family and friends gather Monday night in the Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School gymnasium for the Little Patriot Academy preschool graduation of the Class of 2022. The 15 students, dressed in blue gowns and wearing mortarboards, sang and told those in attendance their choice of careers. Doctors, veterinarians, teachers and farmers were popular choices. Teacher Macy Ellingson handed out the…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 17, 2022A passion for agriculture led Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior Samantha “Sam” Moser to develop a business to educate elementary-aged children about life on a farm. Her business, Farm to Fork Education, features a 70-page children’s activity book titled “Ag. Fun for Everyone” for 5- to 10-year-olds. “The book covers the proper practices and knowledge of animal husbandry and agricultural land…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 10, 2022Cheers and shouts from staff and family and propelled 550 Luverne Elementary students to finish the PPIE Cardinal Dash in a noticeably fast time on Wednesday, May 4. Principal Stacy Gillette said, “This is the fastest Cardinal Dash ever completed!” After the half-mile and one-mile dashes, classrooms faced off in a tug-of-war challenge within each grade level on the football field. The Cardinal…
- By Lori SorensonMay 10, 2022A meat market will return to Luverne later this year when Fareway Stores takes over the former W-2’s building at the corner of Highway 75 and Main Street. Fareway will lease the building from Luverne Properties for at least two years with the option to purchase it if all goes well. Fareway real estate director Koby Pritchard discussed plans at Monday’s meeting of the Luverne Economic Development…
- By Lori SorensonMay 10, 2022A wine tasting and dinner Saturday night will raise funds to support the new Child’s Remembrance Garden in Luverne. The mission of the families working to build the garden is “to provide a non-denominational safe place for those who have lost a child to grieve, remember and heal.” It will be located in the northwest corner of Tonto Park off James Street near St. Catherine’s Cemetery, and the goal…
- By Lori SorensonMay 10, 2022Sanford Luverne’s annual Hospice Dinner and Auction on April 23 resulted in net proceeds of $88,163 to benefit the hospice cottage. Hospice Volunteer and Marketing Coordinator Helen Saum said the amount is a new milestone for the annual event. “Thank you, thank you to the many businesses, individuals, volunteers and families who supported the hospice fundraiser online and/or in person this year…
- May 10, 2022Builders and investors involved with the PrairieE Loft apartment buildings hosted informal tours Friday of the construction progress so far. Two three-story apartment buildings are going up on the former Sharkee’s and Mert’s lots along Hatting Street. They will have 27 one- and two-bedroom units, all with in-floor heat and will be elevator-accessible and have off-street parking. Despite supply…
- By Mavis FodnessMay 10, 2022Rock County Rural Water will add a new well to the system, thanks to $100,000 in Covid relief funds allocated to the project. At the May 3 Rock County Board meeting, commissioners approved Rural Water’s request for funds to design and construct a new well in the system’s current wellfield. Estimated cost is $225,000. “What this will do will help us in drought conditions,” system manager Ryan…
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