10 years ago (1994)"After two years of bailing out and cleaning up flooded basements in the southwestern neighborhoods of Luverne, it became painfully clear that some kind of flood mitigation plan was needed for the Poplar Creek flood plain.Factors such as development in the north, tiling of nearby fields and, of course, an abundance of rain have all contributed to recent flooding in the Warren and Southwest Park streets area of town."25 years ago (1979)"Portions of Rock County’s Rural Water System are very close to providing filtered, treated water.Dan Cook, construction inspector, and Gerald Winter, chairman of the Rock County Rural Water Board hope that some customers will have useable water by the first of the month.Cook said all three wells, located near the Rock River south of Luverne are pumping, and the filtering and chemical treatment equipment within the filtration plant is operational."50 years ago (1954)"Members of the Kenneth Evangelical Lutheran church will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of their church next Sunday.… The Kenneth church had its beginning in the 1890s when a small group of Norwegian settlers moved in and made their homes near what is now the town of Kenneth."75 years ago (1929)"Something of a record in the matter of rapid pork production was established Friday, when B.H. McDowell, of Springwater township, disposed of seventy-one head of spring shoats on the Sioux Falls market, that averaged 240 pounds at 185 days old. He retained thirty gilts for breeding purposes that were equally well grown out."100 years ago (1904)"Mayor E.A. Brown was called to Heron Lake Friday night to meet with the adjusters of the Tri-State Grain Shippers’ Indemnity company, of which he is president, to adjust the loss of the two elevators burned at that place Thursday night. He returned Saturday evening."