Letters to the Editor
- April 09, 2025Fischer recognizes AmeriCorps members Letter to the Editor: April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month, and I’m writing today to celebrate two people who have spent the last four years supporting our students. As AmeriCorps members with Reading Corps and Early Learning Corps, Kayla Kindt and Diane Lax have focused on providing Rock County students with extra practice and support to improve…
- April 02, 2025Sasker: 'If you are currently having troubled times...' Letter to the Editor: I received in the mail an article entitled “A Message of Hope in Troubled Times.” It reminded me of a time I was part of an organization that put literature in the local churches. I entered some of the most beautiful facilities. I was greeted and helped by smiling, friendly people. If you are currently having…
- By Howard Bakken, Hendersonville, N.C.March 19, 2025To the Editor: I’m writing in response to editor Lori Sorenson’s March 13 column, “Tired American Journalist.” I have long decried the growing indifference to and disdain for the press. In my youth in rural Rock County, I can hardly recall a single family that didn’t have a subscription to the Argus Leader or the Worthington Daily Globe, as well as the Rock County Star Herald. I recall Al…
- November 13, 2024Frakes: Mock Presidential Election To the Editor: Last week I read an article in the Minnesota Star Tribune opinion pages. It said that a Minneapolis middle school had a mock presidential election and Harris won 577 to 47 for Trump. Now I’m sure that their education so far has taught them that they are on the hook for mom’s and dad’s and grandpa’s and grandma’s tax bills. Who said we’re…
- October 23, 2024Opinion vs facts in campaigns To the Editor: As we have observed and been engaged in the local election cycle, we can’t help but notice a difference in the approaches to campaigning. Some have called it “partisan.” We call it a stark difference in philosophy on spending, specifically the level of appropriate government spending. On one side you have the “challengers” who have been putting out…
- October 09, 2024Thone: 'We the people have been forced to believe ...' To the Editor: Writing rules that make home day cares almost impossible to compete and then making big brother the competition in a nine-million dollar building is Big Brother. How do the little people compete with a multi-million dollar Big Brother organization that is forcefully subsidized by those day cares? Making pot “legal” so that…
- October 02, 2024Hudson: Still no answers To the Editor: First thing I want to say is thank you to both Cox and Lehman for their response to my letter, even though they did not agree with me they stood up and made their voices heard as more people need to do this and exercise their first amendment right, this is how Government is controlled. I also looked at the League of MN cities and what I saw is Luverne is…
- September 25, 2024Hoff writes: 'Life is hard sometimes ...' To the Editor: In the 1980s interest rates were crushing the agricultural community. Farmers could not keep their heads above water. The assumption that you would be farming until your hair turned white was crushed. The devil schemed and crept into their minds. Suicide was the best option. The life insurance policy would fix everything. Last week the…
- September 17, 2024Honoring Gus Letter to the Editor: I practiced psychology for more than 40 years and encountered many people who were viewed as having limitations. What impressed me most was not their limitations, but their strength and the love they extended to family and friends. On the third night of the Democratic National Convention, our governor and candidate for vice-president spoke. In the front row…
- September 11, 2024Thanks for supporting veterans Letter to the Editor: As president of the American Legion Auxiliary in Luverne, our busy season starts with Memorial Day when seeking donations with poppy posters and then poppy sales the last Friday in May. Our many thanks to all the businesses and our community who so generously supported our fundraiser. One hundred percent of the monies we receive gets used…
- August 14, 2024Klosterbuer: 'You might just save a life' To the Editor: As a long time Red Cross blood donor, I was alarmed to see that there is a critical shortage of blood in our country. For most people donating blood is a simple process, usually taking an hour or less. If you have never donated blood before or have put it off, I urge you to make an appointment. Red Cross will be in Luverne on Tuesday,…
- August 07, 2024Bickerstaff: PMP supports child care center To the Editor: Premium Minnesota Pork continuously supports the efforts to create a child care center in Luverne, Minnesota, that serves the needs of our community. Child care is an essential part of economic development and a critical part of the social infrastructure of a healthy community. The Luverne area provides a wonderful environment for…
- July 31, 2024Jarvie reflects on her move from South Dakota To the Editor: This letter is in response to Karen Tolkkinen’s article about whether or not Rock County feels Minnesotan, especially now that we’ve been added to the Sioux Falls metro area. I will say without hesitation that Rock County is absolutely Minnesotan. Tolkkinen spoke with Mayor Pat Baustian, who mentioned people who have moved to…
- July 24, 2024Kracht: 'What a crazy few weeks this has been with the political scene' To the Editor: Wow! What a crazy few weeks this has been with the political scene in Washington, D.C. I have written two letters, but when the time came to submit them, everything had changed. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know about most of this. I’ll give you a quick review of what has happened. There…
- July 17, 2024Lehman: Do the research Letter to the Editor: Mr. Hudson (in a July 11 Star Herald letter to the editor) emphasized the importance of asking questions, with which I agree, but I also believe in research. I haven’t the temerity to speak for the mayor or City Council, but I can share my own experiences. My wife and I moved here from Brandon in 2022. Full disclosure, I lived in Luverne…
- July 10, 2024Hudson: People need to ask questions Letter to the Editor: I went to the valuation meeting May 14 which was open from 4:00 to 4:30 for the public which I feel is a way to keep the people from attending as most people cannot get off work at this time and the mayor and council know this, so what are they hiding? There were only a half dozen of us there and they all said they have been fixing up…
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