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

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 ...

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.

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.

City of Luverne union employees are negotiating a new contract that will be in effect for the next three years. Meanwhile, at their Dec. 18 meeting the City Council approved 2.25-percent step ...

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 ...

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.

As Jim and I reviewed our personal highlights of 2025, we were amused to conclude the year's "best" was the wooden patio screen we built from repurposed hog barn lumber.