Tuff Home residents experience 'A Night on Mount Olympus'
The day after Hills-Beaver Creek High School hosted a junior-senior prom for students, residents from Tuff Memorial Home donned dresses and suits Saturday afternoon for their first
State offers info on 2026 Hwy 75 work
Minnesota Department of Transportation personnel were in Luverne Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the 2026 Highway 75 construction project.
'Marlene and Darlene without George'
“Marlene and Darlene” will return to the stage next week for another comedy performance to raise money for Generations.
Emerald ash borer officially reported in Rock County
Infestations of the destructive emerald ash borer have been spreading across Minnesota over the past 15 years, and on Monday the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the first sighting
LHS competes in world robotics
The Luverne High School robotics team earned a Judges Choice Award at last week’s FIRST Robotic Competition World.
Sled hockey comes to Blue Mound Ice Arena
The Siouxland Sled Hockey Association brought on-ice practice to the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne for the first time April 7 in honor of their newest member.
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- By Lori SorensonJanuary 04, 2016Felony theft charges were filed Tuesday against two Sioux Falls women for allegedly stealing from two Luverne businesses last summer. Shelley Meyer, 51, and her daughter, Allison Meyer, 18, both of Sioux Falls, are accused of shoplifting nearly $2,800 worth of merchandise from two retail stores in Luverne on Aug. 1. According to the complaints filed Jan. 5 in Rock County District Court, the…
- By Mavis FodnessJanuary 04, 2016A group of concerned citizens in Jasper wants to preserve the former Jasper High School and reinvent the 1911 structure into a multi-purpose facility. The school was designed by W.E.E. Greene, the architect who built Luverne’s prominent historic buildings — the Palace Theatre, Maplewood Chapel, Carnegie Cultural Center and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Concerned Luverne citizens have preserved…
- December 28, 2015Greater protection is available through FSA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for crops for which Federal Crop Insurance is not available. Options created by the 2014 Farm Bill, provide greater coverage for losses when natural disasters affect eligible crops. Previously NAP offered coverage at 55 percent of the average market price for crop losses that exceed 50 percent of…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015Luverne School District will receive an additional $48,638 as a result of setting a 1.9-percent levy increase for 2016. School Board members unanimously approved the final levy at their regular Dec. 17 meeting that included the annual Truth in Taxation hearing. The hearing is required by school districts to discuss and receive public input on the preliminary levy and the current budget. No one…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015Rock County Commissioners formally approved the 2016 county tax levy at $5,153,362, which is 2.88 percent more than last year’s levy. The county’s preliminary levy had been set to increase 3.88 percent, but at their Dec. 22 meeting, commissioners decided to allocate $50,000 from the county reserves of $105,000 in order to keep the levy lower. No programs were affected by the reduction, and…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 28, 2015A glance at the Star Herald headlines in 2015 shows Rock County residents enjoyed a relatively stable year in terms of breaking news. There were highlights of a bumper harvest, new school superintendent and the Palace turning 100, but the story of 2015 unfolded in recurring themes. Headlines repeatedly shone light on soil conservation, Lewis and Clark water, fiber-to-the-home Internet access,…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 28, 2015A white Christmas arrived in Rock County Friday evening, Dec. 25, blanketing the area with roughly 7 inches of fresh snow. Just to be thorough, Mother Nature followed up with another 6.5 inches Monday night into Tuesday morning, prompting a whole new round of cleanup. The combined 13.5 inches in only a few days transformed the area into winter wonderland of snow-laden tree branches, porches and…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015Drivers in the east- and westbound lanes of Interstate 90 may have been startled by a two-story house being transported over the bridge between Luverne and Magnolia Wednesday morning, Dec. 23. No one was more apprehensive of the travel than the home’s new owners, Scott and Lisa Remme of Luverne. “It was very nerve-racking, exciting and scary all at the same time,” Lisa said. Since August the…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015A Sioux Falls couple received non-life-threatening injures in a rollover accident on Interstate 90, three miles east of the state line at 1:42 p.m. Friday, Dec. 25. Fred Bryner, 87, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was driving westbound in a 2014 Mercedes when it traveled into the median and rolled, according to the initial Minnesota State Patrol accident report. Roslyn Bryner, 79, also of Sioux…
- December 28, 2015
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 28, 2015More than 70 handmade cards decorated this year’s winner of the Carnegie Cultural Center Festival of Trees contest. Winner Lorraine Stoel earned the first-place award of $50 for her tree design called “Got Mail.” Her tree displayed her handmade paper cards using iris folding, a paper folding technique. According to information displayed with her tree, the iris folding technique originated in…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 22, 2015"As one person, I cannot change the world, but I can change the world for one person.” Greta VanDerBrink said this quote by Paul Shane Spear captures the essence of her work matching volunteers with people who need help. “This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made,” said VanDerBrink, about her retirement Dec. 31. “It’s all about the people; I’ll miss them.” Since she took the…
- By Glenda McGaffeeDecember 22, 2015The first-place winner of the Light ’Em Up contest sponsored by the Hills Lions Club in Beaver Creek is Sterling Shaffer who lives at 402 East 1st Ave. Shaffer, 76, describes himself as one of the elite seniors in the town of Beaver Creek. He has a passion for Christmas and decorates both the outside and inside of his house. He and his wife, Lois, moved from Sioux Falls to Beaver Creek in 1975…
- December 22, 2015Luverne Area Chamber and the community celebrated Southwestern Mental Health Center’s ribbon-cutting and open house Friday afternoon. In late October, SWMH staff moved into the 9,700-square-foot facility just off East Main Street in Luverne on South Spring Street. The $1.2 million renovation of the former Lewis Drug building was financed through the USDA’s Community Facilities Loan Program.
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 22, 2015This spring readers in Rock County will have four additional locations to pick up or drop off a book. Each will be a part of the Little Free Library program that allows people to take books and return them once they’re read. The Rock County Early Childhood Initiative is coordinating the project with the help of the Luverne Area Chamber and Rock County Community Library. “The whole idea is to…
- By Lori SorensonDecember 22, 2015Magnolia area residents will now have access to 24-hour library materials in their hometown, thanks to the Southwest Area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange (SAMMIE). A Little Free Library has been set up in front of the post office in Magnolia to allow people to take books and return them when done. The small outside structure has books that are donated by users under the motto, “Take a…
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