Sioux Valley Energy and Basin Electric Power Cooperative presented Rock County with a $10,000 check to purchase new ...

Rock County’s biggest news stories in 2025 follow a theme of growth, development and progress, and the Star Herald headlines ...

Greg Hoogeveen photo/LHSBBB1 LHS junior Coy Thone reaches for a high pass under the hoop on the road Monday, Dec. 22, against ...

Sam Hansen asks third-grader Vance Dressen if the stocking cap and/or water bottle Hansen found on the bus was his items.

Looking back at the sporting events covered in the Star Herald during 2025, I was amazed at all the accomplishments of our ...

Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary teachers and staff are settling into their new spaces at the new elementary school in Beaver ...

The following is a list of the obituaries that appeared in the issues of the Rock County Star Herald in 2025. Dec. 21: Cynthia McDowell, 82, Fruita, Colo.; Vance Kohl, 87, Eagle Point, Wisc. Dec. 23: ...

Commissioners approved pay increases for county employees at their last meeting of 2025 on Dec. 16. The increases take effect Jan. 1. Most of the increases follow the 3-percent cost of living increase ...

I really need someone to tell how much it is going to snow this winter. We got snow early on and in one weekend hunting pheasants in South Dakota it made it all the way to 12 below zero.

In the following, I am highlighting my “Top 5 Ag Topics for 2025,” based on issues that were discussed in my columns throughout the year.

A rollercoaster of temperatures descended on the area this weekend after a warm, foggy and brown Christmas. Saturday’s temperatures reached 49 degrees before a strong weather front dropped an inch of ...

The Luverne boys’ hockey team snatched a 5-4 win from Albert Lea on the road Monday, Dec. 22, improving its season record to 11-0. Luverne senior Maddux Domagala put three pucks in the back of the ...