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10 years ago (1995)
Mark Lundgren resigned as head baseball coach.
After more than a year of work, Heartland Express director Deb Fick got the authority to transport passengers across state lines. The service will be useful for medical appointments.
Dan Serie’s team won the Memorial Day Scrambler at the Luverne Country Club. Team members were Serie, Eileen Reisch, Ed Sedlacek, Jeannie Wethor and Ed Coleman.25 years ago (1980)
The county board will conduct a hearing regarding the dissolution of the Magnolia School District.
Rock County commissioners are considering a plan to remodel the existing sheriff’s office and sheriff’s quarters into a joint law enforcement center. The estimated cost of the renovation is $248,000.
Sara Pursell and the NBC crew of Real People spent a day in Luverne to do a story on 100-year-old John Engebretson. He still worked every day at Rose Dell Mutual Insurance Company.
Emil Wiese retired after 32 years with Tri-State Insurance Company.50 years ago (1955)
Three miles of cookies — that is, if they were laid in a straight line one next to the other — will be baked this week in a special cookie promotion by Ben’s Bakery. The company will make 3,000 dozen cookies.
Polio vaccinations will start next week, about two weeks later than expected.75 years ago (1930)
A total of 47 students graduated from Luverne High School.
As a direct result of his affection for a dog, Otto Peters, of Anton, Iowa, is now serving a 30-day sentence without the option of paying a fine. The charge against him was not love for a canine, but for petit larceny, in that he had driven off with a highly valued Springer spaniel owned by the Great Northern agent at Hills.
As Friday is the heaviest day of the week in the amount of mail matter handled at the Luverne post office, the mail carriers will make one delivery of mail this morning and will take the rest of their one day’s vacation period tomorrow afternoon, making two half holidays in place of the full day, as authorized by the post office department.100 years ago (1905)
Extensive improvements will be made in the Central school building during the coming summer vacation. The improvements will include the installation of a steam heating plant to replace the hot air plant now in use; new hardwood floors in the various rooms, new cement floor in a part of the basement, and a board floor in that part of the basement not now in constant use.
Agent Geo. S. Bell, of the Omaha, will engage with a number of others in Rock County in raising sweet potatoes this summer.
There were 350 children attending a Decoration Day program and address by N.R. Reynolds. Each child received a flag.