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
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.
Luverne Community and visitors celebrate annual Winterfest
Hundreds of people celebrated the annual Winterfest weekend in Luverne Friday through Sunday.
'Old Limo' finds new home in Colorado
Nine years after it was purchased at a local car auction, the former Hardwick American Legion Post 478 limousine has found another home.
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By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School student council visited Patriots elementary school students Friday afternoon for the annual Fall Festival at the elementary school in Beaver Creek. Nineteen secondary students helped at the various booths and stations set up in the elementary gym for the kindergarten through fifth-grade students to complete. Elementary teacher Shelly Fischer said the…
By Lori SorensonOctober 23, 2024City government has been supporting a community pool in Luverne for more than 100 years, according to research shared at the Oct. 15 Luverne City Council meeting. During a presentation of the pool and fitness center’s recent financial audit, City Administrator Jill Wolf shared that the city has been investing in swimming recreation since 1922. In June of 1922, the Luverne Fire Department used…
By Lori SorensonOctober 23, 2024For over 100 years the city of Luverne has subsidized local pool and fitness recreation, with the budget amount increasing every year. After the recent $6 million remodel and expansion, the annual subsidy for 2024 was projected to be $692,900, prompting an audit of pool and fitness operations. The city Abdo Financial Solutions for $15,000 for a process evaluation to assess financial management…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 23, 2024Employees in the Rock County Auditor-Treasurer’s Office will move back into their remodeled offices Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Rock County Courthouse. The department of motor vehicles (DMV) will be closed to the public Tuesday during the move. Absentee balloting will not be affected and will be available during the transition. The auditor-treasurer’s office was relocated to the commissioners’…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 23, 2024Community Transit provided over 21,000 rides to Rock County residents in 2023 with organizers focused on continued growth. “There’s kind of always been that stigma that public transit and assisted transportation are just for the elderly and the disabled,” said Nick Lesko with United Community Action Program (UCAP). “That’s not the case — anybody and everybody can ride.” Lesko, who is UCAP…
By Lori SorensonOctober 23, 2024A $1.37 million construction project is planned for the Luverne Municipal Airport in 2025. At their Oct. 8 meeting, Luverne City Council members approved the 2025 airport capital improvement plan and a construction project for a new T-hangar and taxi lane. The project includes building a five or six-unit hangar, extending the taxi lane, and completing associated site work, with an estimated…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 23, 2024Four Luverne residents are seeking election to three open seats on the Luverne School Board. Each term is for four years. Heather Johnson is the sole challenger in the field with incumbents Ryan DeBates, Tim Jarchow and David Wrigg seeking re-election. The Star Herald asked each candidate to answer three questions, keeping answers to each at 200 words or fewer. Questions included: 1.) Why are…- October 23, 2024The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the launch of the Distressed Borrowers Assistance Network, an initiative designed to provide personalized support to financially distressed farmers and ranchers across the nation. Through a series of cooperative agreements, this national network will connect distressed borrowers with individualized assistance to help them stabilize and…
By Lori SorensonOctober 23, 2024The Rock County Historical Society received word on Friday that it would receive a $111,722 grant from the Minnesota Historical Society. “This is big news,” said Wendel Buys, director of the Rock County History Center. He said the grant funds will be used to purchase museum quality collection storage. Specifically, “mobile, high-density shelving” will be installed in the History Center’s new…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 23, 2024For Pastor Ed Borchardt, life experiences overlap as the rural Wisconsin native settles into leading the Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. He returns to an agricultural community, with which he is familiar. Borchardt spent part of his youth on a dairy farm near Abbotsford in central Wisconsin. At age 14, he moved with his family into the small town of Abbotsford. “Farming wasn’t at the time…- October 23, 2024Sanford Health is now administering COVID-19, influenza and RSV vaccine for eligible patients at its clinic locations across its footprint in North Dakota, South Dakota, Northwest Iowa, Minnesota and Northeast Nebraska. The health care system is also encouraging everyone to make sure they are up to date on their pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine It’s…
By Lori SorensonOctober 23, 2024An early morning crash east of Beaver Creek Friday took the life of one young man and hospitalized another, according to information from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office. At 1:18 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, dispatch received an iPhone notification of a severe crash on County Road 4 and 90th Ave. The Rock County Sheriff’s Office, Rock County Ambulance and Beaver Creek Fire Department responded to the…
By Lori SorensonOctober 16, 2024The city of Luverne recently completed $110,000 worth of remodeling and operating procedures that are improving the municipal liquor store’s bottom line. “With the implementation of changes by new management, we are on track to break the $200,000 net profit threshold without significantly increasing our revenues,” Wolf said. She said the new point of sale system allows tracking gross margins…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 16, 2024Since May Hardwick’s sole source for gas and diesel has been closed due to a weather event that damaged the electronic connections to the pumps. The new equipment for the 24-hour self-service station is on its way, thanks to the Hardwick City Council’s decision to repair the popular service in the community. At the Oct. 8 council meeting, council members decided to consider selling the business…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 16, 2024Almost a decade after their dads brought “A Year with Frog and Toad” to the Green Earth Players’ stage, Luverne High School seniors Bri Kinsinger and Xavier McKenzie are reprising the starring roles with slight twists. The LHS musical will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 24-26, in the performing arts center. Dads Casey McKenzie and Shawn Kinsinger played the roles of frog and toad…
By Lori SorensonOctober 16, 2024The late Terry Connell was honored Monday night as the Luverne Area Chamber’s 2023 Outstanding Chamber Member of the Year. The award, established in 2005, honors Chamber members who are no longer working but “who have made significant contributions to the community in their personal life and professional career.” Connell died in November 2021, so the Chamber Board of Directors gave this year’s…
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