Remember when?

10 years ago (1995)
At a strategic planning meeting, the Luverne City Council discussed promoting Main Street development and increasing downtown’s visibility.
Anthropologists from the Science Museum of Minnesota drove from St. Paul to the John Cronberg farm west of Luverne because Cronberg found a spearhead there 20 years ago.25 years ago (1980)
A large barn was destroyed Saturday on the Elmer Wellendorf farm four miles west of Ellsworth. Ninety pigs were also lost in the blaze.
The American Reformed Church of Luverne is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Guest speakers and special events are scheduled through November, according to Rev. William Hoffman, pastor. 50 years ago (1955)
Featured speaker at the Rock County Historical Society’s picnic will be Chief White Buffalo Bull, a Sioux Indian. He will give a talk on early Indian history and present several tribal dances.
Many fields of corn in Rock County are now knee-high.
Gordon Toft was awarded the Jaycee Key Man award at the Junior Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.75 years ago (1930)
Lightening started a barn fire at 10 a.m. on a farm operated by John Lund. The barn was practically new and was destroyed before firefighters reached the scene.
Steam locomotives have temporarily taken the place of the gas-electric engines on the Omaha passenger trains.
Mrs. J.L. Hogan, of Cherokee, Iowa, a former resident of this city and mother of Harold Hogan, in whose honor Dell-Hogan Post is named, was one of the Gold Star mothers who accepted the U.S. government’s invitation to visit the World War cemeteries in France. In a letter to her son, William, she wrote, "I am sitting on the ground beside Harold’s grave. You could never imagine a place so beautiful and so peaceful. They furnished each of us with a nice wreath for the graves and the government has placed two flags, French and American, three poppies and two palms on each grave."100 years ago (1905)
Will McDermott, who lives near the Mounds, shot a large raccoon in his yard near the house Tuesday evening. The animal is the first of its kind seen in this section for a good many years.
The members of the Keaffee Klatsch birthday club were delightfully entertained in honor of Mrs. W.C. Schwartz Saturday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. J.P. Coffey, on North Freeman Avenue.