10 years ago (1994)"A new city ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to swim or wade in public waters in the city of Luverne.According to this ordinance, approved at Monday night’s Luverne City Council meeting, persons are also prohibited from jumping, diving or entering any public waters from any bridge, roadway, railroad bridge trestle, dam or any other structure within or over the channel of any public waters or being physically present on the dam in the Rock River other than in areas specifically constructed for the purpose of observation."25 years ago (1979)"Luverne Senior Citizens will buy the former Lincoln Hotel and conduct a drive for funds.Funds collected will also be used to pay for the building and to serve as a basis for matching funds, which the organization will seek from the city and the county.The Lincoln Hotel is currently owned by Kathryn Heikes, Luverne. She has agreed to sell it to the senior citizens organization for $20,000 on a contract for deed. The senior citizens organization will make an initial $5,000 down payment from funds already on hand."50 years ago (1954)"Crash of a jet-trainer plane in Texas shortly after midnight Monday claimed the life of a former Rock County resident, First Lieutenant Ralph H. Iverson, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. U. Iverson, Pipestone. Lt. Iverson, an instructor at Bryan Air Force base, Texas, was on a routine night training mission with a student pilot, when the tragedy occurred, according to the word received in Pipestone Tuesday."75 years ago (1929)"Clint and Bessie Robbins and their company will complete a week’s engagement at the Palace Theatre next Sunday evening, which means that there will be three more nights of legitimate stage plays for Rock County theatre-goers. This popular stock company opened their engagement here Monday evening and has been greeted each night by large audiences."100 years ago (1904)"An important and gratifying evidence of the development and increasing prosperity of the northeastern part of the county is found in the growth and improvements to the village of Kenneth, near the north line of Vienna township, on the Hardwick branch of the Rock Island. Although the country tributary to it is one of the richest sections of the county in point of fertility and is rapidly gaining in the matter of settlement and improvement on the earlier settled portions of the county, Kenneth has been hampered in its growth thus far by more than its share of unfortunate conditions. Two years ago the crops in that section suffered injury from various causes, and last year the entire crop in that section which finds its market in Kenneth was destroyed by hail. As a result the merchants of Kenneth suffered seriously and the outlook for a time was very discouraging. Nevertheless they met their misfortune bravely and triumphed over every obstacle. This year the crops in that section are generally good and Kenneth is forging to the front. Thrift, enterprise and improvements are noticeable on every hand."