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O Holy Night
December 20, 2023
About 260 students in four middle school and high school choirs sing under the direction of Seana Graber in the Luverne performing arts center last week to a full auditorium of audience members. There were over 1,000 people in the performing arts center for the candelight grand finale of "O Holy Night." On Dec. 14, the performing arts center again filled with music, this time with band students…
'Tis the season for giving — something we do well in Rock County
December 13, 2023
It’s a wonderful time of year for giving and receiving gifts, and here in Rock County we have generosity down to a science — or at least a stroke of the keypad. The 2023 Christmas gift drive for our students in Luverne schools is wrapping up, and 44 families in the district will receive extra presents under their trees. Through the School Giving Tree, each child will receive two gifts and each…
Nothing says 'Christmas' like letters from home
By Lori Sorenson
November 15, 2023
The Rock County Star Herald is again facilitating a holiday campaign to send Christmas greetings to deployed military men and women serving the United States around the world. After the first campaign in 2019, thousands of letters have been mailed through the Star Herald’s mission to reach service people with holiday cheer. In previous years, letters were collected at the Star Herald’s lighted…
Include Friends, family with Alzheimer's, dementia in holiday celebrations
December 17, 2019
As families across Rock County prepare for the holidays, they will join 16 million families and friends who are also caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia. Though holiday celebrations are often happy occasions, they can be challenging and stressful for those impacted by Alzheimer’s. This doesn’t mean our loved ones with Alzheimer’s shouldn’t be included in…
Museum needs to be open on holiday
October 03, 2017
To the Editor: We traveled from our home in Florida to visit my brother Ardell and his wife Jayona and family over Labor Day weekend. We had a wonderful time but for one thing. I had looked forward to visiting the new Rock County Museum. By the time we arrived on Saturday, Sept. 2, it was closed and was not open again either Sunday or Monday Labor Day. I do not understand why the decision to…

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