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By Nicole RonchettiAugust 19, 2026Rick Peterson won the special election for Rock County’s District 3 and joined the county board of commissioners earlier this week. Peterson, who retired last month as Star Herald general manager, garnered 259 votes compared to Deon Carriere’s 103. While he tried to follow results as they were coming in, Peterson said he and his wife were on a drive when he found out that he’d won the race…
By Nicole RonchettiAugust 14, 2026Rick Peterson won the special election for Rock County’s District 3 and is set to join the county board of commissioners early next week. Peterson, who retired last month as Star Herald general manager, garnered 259 votes compared to Deon Carriere’s 103. While he tried to follow results as they were coming in, Peterson said he and his wife were on a drive when he found out that he’d won the…
By Lori SorensonAugust 05, 2026When Rick Peterson started at the Star Herald in 2005, one of his favorite advertising clients was the Farm Store. The hospital had just been built on the north end of town, neighborhoods in the Veterans Addition were just taking shape and his home on Pine Drive was one of only three in the newly developed Sybesma Addition. Sharkee’s was still a primary restaurant and event center on South…
By RIck Peterson, general managerJuly 29, 2026My column countdown is at the end of the road. This will be the last one. For over 20 years every other week I hunted and pecked out a column. At the top of each of those columns was the heading “For What It’s Worth,” but I’m not sure what the “worth” was of most of the columns. I was more interested in them being entertaining or humorous, often times poking fun of myself and sometimes Mary…
By Rick PetersonJuly 15, 2026My column countdown continues with just one more remaining after this one. I know you’re probably thinking enough already. As I think back about my newspaper career I can’t help but remember how it all started. It all started with Scott Rall. Yeah, that Scott Rall. He was working at the Worthington Daily Globe way back then and he knew I was looking for work and he called me and told me about…
By RIck Peterson, general managerJuly 01, 2026I announced my pending July 31 retirement back in May and the time is sure flying by. I have this month to tie up loose ends and clean out my office. Reflecting back on the last 21 years and my time here has occupied a fair amount of time each day leading up to my last day. Following are personal highlights I have been lucky enough to experience during my time here. In 2007 the Ken Burns…
By RIck Peterson, general managerJune 17, 2026My column for this week is about things I have never taken for granted. Those things remind meof how lucky I have been to work in an office setting for the past 40 years. The hot muggy days recently give me reason to be thankful I work in an air-conditioned office. The same is true in the middle of a subzero cold spell in the dead of winter to be working in an office with the thermostat set at…
By RIck Peterson, general managerJune 03, 2026The column count has now entered June, leaving just five columns left, counting this one, before my retirement on July 31. One of the joys of this job is being involved in a whole host of community events. This weekend is Luverne’s annual Buffalo Days, and because of the Highway 75 construction some of the traditional events have detoured to different locations. For example, the Friday Night…
By RIck Peterson, general managerMay 20, 2026This is my last column for the month of May. I have June and July left and then I step away from the computer on my July 31 retirement date. Before I do step away, we have two very busy months ahead. Last week we published the 2026 Business Directory. This week’s Star Herald will have the 2026 Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek Graduation special edition. Then in early June the Arts and Academic…
By Rick Peterson, general managerMay 06, 2026I started my 40-year newspaper career in 1985 at the Worthington Daily Globe. It was called the Daily Globe back then because it was six days a week, so close enough. I have a handful of columns left to write before I punch out for the last time on my July 31 retirement date. Today, my column reflects on the technology advances in the newspaper industry over those 40 years. In 1985 the Globe…
By RIck Peterson, general managerApril 22, 2026I have shared many of my life events and experiences with you over the years on this page. If you haven’t read or heard I announced my upcoming retirement at the end of July. I told my Star Herald family last week and now it’s your turn. Over the past 40 years, the newspaper business is what I did. In the mid 1980s I started what turned out to be a long and enjoyable career. First at the…
By RIck Peterson, general managerApril 08, 2026April is Earth Month and earlier this week we hosted a Star Media Conversation with Shannon Dwire, president of Millennium Recycling in Sioux Falls. Starting this Thursday, you can watch that episode on our Star Media YouTube page, www. starmedia.today website, the Star Media Facebook page, or on the Star Herald website and Star Herald Facebook page. We discussed the do’s and don’ts of…
By RIck Peterson, general managerMarch 25, 2026The weather and basketball have dominated conversations at the office, at coffee and just about everywhere else. This column is about a little bit of both. The past week to 10 days has been one for the record book as far as the weather is concerned. On Saturday, March 14 we had single-digit temperatures, high winds and a snowstorm. Seven days later we had 85-degree temperatures, calm winds…
By Rick Peterson, General ManagerJanuary 21, 2026Football, football and more football. If you like football, the past few weeks have been a football lover’s paradise. The NFL and NCAA have put on quite a show. From close games to a couple of blowouts, and some controversial calls by the officials, it has been entertaining. On Monday night of this week Indiana University won their first national championship while putting together an…
By Rick Peterson, General ManagerJanuary 07, 2026Mary and I aren’t what you would call moviegoers. From our first date in 1976 and currently closing in on nearly 49 years of marriage in 2026, we have seen maybe four movies, and No. 4 happened on New Year’s Day. We both had seen trailers of the movie “Song Sung Blue” and thought this is one we would both enjoy. At 12: 15 p.m. on New Year’s Day I mentioned that “Song Sung Blue” was playing at…
By Rick Peterson, General ManagerDecember 23, 2025It’s not often that my column hits the stands and mailbox the day before Christmas. So, I thought I would take the opportunity to share a few of my Christmas memories from childhood to grandpa-hood. My earliest childhood memories of Christmas date back to the late 1960s and very early 1970s. The Peterson family Christmas schedule was the same year after year. There was the Christmas Eve church…
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