Remember When
10 years ago (2013)
•Enough time has passed since the artist Mary Renfro lived in Luverne for locals to ask, “Who’s Mary Renfro?”
Here's the answer.
Mary Renfro was a painter who lived in Luverne from the 1940s to the 1970s. She and her husband, Don, owned Renfro Variety from 1948 to 1970.
During...
10 years ago (2013)
•The new Luverne logo that was unveiled April 16 is showing up on city vehicles, stationery and now on colorful banners that started going up on Main Street light poles Tuesday afternoon. There are 55 light poles between Highway 75 and the Rock River Bridge.
The 18-by-40-inch...
10 years ago (2013)
•Owners, managers and dignitaries gathered Wednesday morning to celebrate the opening of the new Grandstay Hotel & Suites of Luverne, which hosted its first guests Wednesday night.
The 51-room hotel includes an indoor pool, elevator, 12 suites, handicap accessibility, pet-...
10 years ago (2013)
•The effects of the April 9-10 ice storm continue to be felt around the region, and especially in Rock County, where damage was among the worst.
At Tuesday night’s Luverne City Council meeting City Administrator John Call reported that public works crews are continuing to trim...
10 years ago (2013)
•Luverne High School Class of ’97 graduate Bill Aanenson brings 16 years of experience to a brand new business on Highway 75.
Aanenson and his wife, Michelle, opened Rock Motor Sports LLC in April.
The business, located in the former TriState Auto building, offers parts and...
10 years ago (2013)
•Preliminary numbers indicate that the 19th annual Hospice Charity Dinner and Auction at the Blue Mound Banquet Center Saturday night was the most successful ever.
Unofficial calculations show the 2013 estimated net proceeds at $66,165. The previous record was set in 2011 when...
10 years ago (2013)
•Stacy Riphagen, owner of Luverne’s newest business at 206 E. Main St., is busy unpacking boxes for her store opening at the end of April.
Her store, Dragonfly, will feature home décor, lighting and furniture.
Riphagen said she and her husband, David, and sons Spencer and Carter...
10 years ago (2013)
•If traffic through the front door is any indication, Sturdevant’s recent relocation from Luverne’s East Main Street to Highway 75 was a great move.
Owner-partner Bob Boelman said after 30 years, a handful of people didn’t know there was a Sturdevant’s store in town.
The...
10 years ago (2013)
•Luverne High School vocal music instructor Seana Graber shared details of the June 10-15 trip with Luverne School Board members, who approved the trip at their March 26 meeting.
Graber said 60 students are planning to make the six-day trip to and from New York City with...
10 years ago (2013)
•Rock County and one of its early pioneer families are featured in a current exhibit at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.
Doreen Rollag of rural Beaver Creek learned that a replica of the sod house that was once on her current acreage is part of a display illustrating...