Remember when

10 years ago (1996)
The city of Luverne changed the speed limit on North East Park Street, Mead Court and East Fairway Drive to 20 miles per hour to curb speeding motorists who residents in those neighborhoods said posed a safety threat.
Loopy’s Dollar Store will open in the former Snyder Drug Store.25 years ago (1981)
Letters and telephone calls keep coming in to A.R. Wood Manufacturing from people in the community interested in seeing the company survive.There have been offers of volunteer help from people who have never been inside the plant, and letters of support from individuals and community organizations.
The Community Day Care Center is closing and many people are working to try to raise funds to keep it open. There are 20 children planning to use the facility full time. 50 years ago (1956)
Luverne hosted Jack Haggerty, whose entertainment is the ability to drive and read while his face is covered with bread dough, four inches of cotton and about 5 1/2 yards of six-inch wide bandage.
The ugly spectre of a water shortage that has been plaguing Rock County for the last year suddenly raised its head in Luverne. City-wide water restrictions are now in effect, following a ruling of the city council at a special meeting.75 years ago (1931)
The hordes of caterpillars that appeared to threaten the very existence of the Canadian thistle have all disappeared. They suddenly evolved themselves into artistically marked butterflies.That these worms were most welcome with most Rock County land owners and farmers is a foregone conclusion, for there is no question but what they were highly detrimental to thistle plants even though they did not wipe out the plants.
R.B. Hinkly, of this city, does not agree with the statement made in these columns last week to the effect that the late C.C. Drew built the first concrete sidewalk in Luverne. Mr. Hinkly claims that honor for himself. It was while attending the World’s Fair in 1893 in Chicago that Mr. Hinkly observed someone making concrete sidewalk blocks.100 years ago (1906)
According to reports received by County Supt. Ellen M. Wright, the indications are that there will be a very large attendance at the Teachers’ summer training school, which will
One of the most important questions to come before the county commissioners at their midsummer meet, which will begin Monday, July 9, will be the matter of extending to the people of the county at large the same privileges in the use of the Luverne library as are enjoyed by the citizens of Luverne — the right to borrow and use its books and otherwise make use of the library without cost. The library board has shown willingness to grant this privilege provided the county commissioners will pay the expense.