Remember when

10 years ago (1996)
It was Grandparents’ Day at Luverne Elementary School this week. Kindergarten through fourth-graders invited their grandparents to school and about 500 showed up.
Rock County is contributing $4,000 more annually in order to help the local Historical Society take possession of the Masonic Temple for use of a museum.
The Luverne School Board looked at architect plans for an elementary addition to the school.25 years ago (1981)
Magnolia High School students will attend Luverne High School next fall. An historic pairing agreement for the next two years has been signed by the two school boards and bargaining representatives for the two teachers’ associations. Magnolia will function as an independent school system, paying the Luverne School District for service for all junior and senior high school students. Magnolia School District will continue to operate the elementary school.
The county and city of Luverne are negotiating for the county to manage the sanitary landfill and to find a new location.50 years ago (1956)
Ray Frick was elected secretary of the Rock County Building and Loan association Tuesday night.
Some farmers and Rock County village dwellers have seen their wells go dry recently. Wells that had been producing water for 50 years went dry last fall. 75 years ago (1931)
The community of Hardwick helped Mr. and Mrs. K.G. Skartum celebrate 50 years of married life together. Following a program of musical numbers and short addresses, the evening was devoted to playing "500" and at 11 o’clock a luncheon was served to approximately 125 people. The table was decorated with a huge three-layer cake decorated in white and yellow. Mayor J.P. Kennedy presented the esteemed couple with a purse of gold and expressed best wishes of that community.
Martin Dollander, a farmer to the southwest of Luverne, lost 22 head of sheep who were badly bitten by dogs.100 years ago (1906)
After an exciting chase lasting an hour and thirty minutes, with two greyhounds, W. H. Jones, Ira Sanders and P.A. Vincent succeeded in capturing a wolf north of Ira Sanders’ place near the Mounds, and they exhibited the animal on the streets during the afternoon.
J.R. Maxedon has discontinued the use of steam power in the Luverne laundry, and power for that prosperous institution is now supplied by a six horse power engine built by the International Harvester Co.