Remember when

10 years ago (1996)
The late buses for athletic practice won’t be running this fall. The Luverne School Board decided the economics of spending $10,000 to transport one or two people to Hardwick, Magnolia and Ash Creek after athletic practice didn’t seem reasonable.
Plum Creek Library System will no longer bring the Roadrunner Bookmobile to rural Rock County communities. In fact, if no other organization steps forward to operate it by next spring, the bookmobile will cease to exist altogether.
The Luverne City Council reviewed the proposed levy for 1997 as well as capital expenditures for 1999. The proposed levy for the city is $429,296, or an increase of 3.22 percent over the previous levy.25 years ago (1981)
Juliet Braa and Arthur Anderson will be honored at the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday as the Outstanding Senior Citizens from Rock County.
Many homes in Luverne have a car or two sitting in front or in the alley, but part of this common practice is about to change. Luverne City Council members passed an ordinance that unlicensed vehicles aren’t allowed to be parked in public view.50 years ago (1956)
The age of retirement has come for a grand old lady in Luverne. She sits impassively with her eyes closed for the first time in 60 years, quietly reminiscing her illustrious past, while everyone is excited and even somewhat confused about getting her more modern successors dressed up for their debut. It might be sentimental to call the old Luverne grade school a grand old lady, but she was all of that to thousands of Luverne students. First, as a high school, the finest and proudest in 1896, and later, after 1925, a grade school. The Luverne School Board is undecided what to do with her and she’ll rest quietly for a while.75 years ago (1931)
A 1930 Ford coach, owned by R.V. Peterson, was stolen shortly after midnight Tuesday while parked on South Freeman Avenue a short distance from the Armory. The automobile was taken for a joy ride while the owner was at a dance.
Ole’s Coffee Shop is now under new ownership, A.J. Murray, and A.J. Hollister purchased the business from Ole Fronsdahl.
The Luverne Golf Club completed arrangements for a new course on the P.A. Arnette farm, in Luverne Township, two miles southeast of this city.Laying out of the course was finished the fore part of this month. It will consist of nine holes, with greens fifty feet in diameter, as compared to the thirty-foot greens on the course west of town.100 years ago (1906)
Numerous new cases of hog cholera have developed during the past week, and the indications are that unless the most stringent quarantine can be established the disease will develop into the worst epidemic of the kind in the history of the county. Too much stress cannot be put upon the necessity of united effort to confine the disease to the section now infected.As a result of the outbreak of the disease, the hog shipments during the past week have been very heavy in all parts of the county. Thirteen cars have been shipped from Luverne — twelve by Herman Fitzer and one by W.H. Jones.