10 years ago (1994)"Enrollment in the Luverne Public Schools for 1994-1995 has increased by about 100 students, but the statistics need to be explained. For the first time, numbers include Magnolia and Luverne students from grades kindergarten through 12. Total enrollment released at the Luverne School Board meeting Thursday lists 1,507 students. In September 1993 the total was 1,416."25 years ago (1979)"A new county senior citizen services advisory committee will make recommendations to the county board on the matter of providing mini-bus service for senior citizen church goers.The commissioners received two petitions, one from a group of senior citizens and one signed by Luverne pastors requesting that mini-bus service be restored on Sunday."50 years ago (1954)"Eight cars of the north bound Great Northern freight train No. 418 were derailed Tuesday afternoon about four miles southwest of Beaver Creek.Cause of the derailment was not known. Five of the cars, tankers loaded with asphalt, were thrown completely from the track down a steep embankment. One of the cars was split open emptying 10,000 gallons of asphalt into a nearby stream."75 years ago (1929)"Rock County’s most successful fair — the 21st annual — came to a close Wednesday night after a four days’ run, under uniformly ideal weather conditions.Tuesday, the second admission day, was the record maker in the matter of attendance, with about 8,000 paid admissions, and the largest crowd that has ever assembled at the fair grounds for an evening’s program, was present that night. Nearly 5,000 people were on the grounds at 8:30 o’clock."100 years ago (1904)"The local theater season was opened Saturday night by the presentation of Messrs. Wood and Ward’s musical comedy ‘Two Merry Tramps.’ The performance was far above the average of its class and gave excellent satisfaction to the large audience in attendance. On Monday night the ‘Factory Foundling’ presented the play by that name to a ‘packed house.’ Added interest in the presentation of this play was found in the fact that two of the principle characters, Messrs. Hugo Myers and Thos. Barck, are former Luverne boys."